Tag: Plug-in hybrid
Historical change: Most of the new cars sold in Finland are plug-ins
Fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars sold more than traditional gasoline and diesel cars last year.
Central lawmakers are floating the idea of a mileage-based tax on electric cars
Owners of electric vehicles are not obliged to pay fuel tax or vehicle tax. “The tax revenue for electric vehicle owners is particularly insignificant over the lifetime of the vehicle compared to what owners of diesel and petrol cars are used to paying. Partly for this reason, the total tax rate in Finland will decrease…
The kilometer tax will apply earlier for owners of electric cars
Owners of electric, hydrogen and plug-in hybrid cars will have to pay the mileage fee already in 2024. This is about a year earlier than owners of diesel and petrol cars, from which the fee will be collected at the beginning of 2025. In a message posted on the website the website of the Ministry…
Electric vehicle demand plateaus while used car sales surge
New Car Registrations and Used Car Sales According to the Autoalan Tiedotuskeskus, new car registrations in July saw a remarkable 16.2% increase compared to the same period last year, with a total of 6,397 new passenger cars registered. This growth can be attributed to the backlog of orders due to component shortages. Despite the positive…
Volvo Cars reports global sales growth of 17 percent in 6 months
© Provided by Xinhua The increased sales were driven by fully electric cars, of which 59,260 were sold, an increase of 167 percent, says Volvo Cars in a press release. STOCKHOLM, July 5 (Xinhua) — Volvo Cars said Wednesday that its global sales in the first six months of 2023 rose 17 percent year-on-year to…
Forecast: More than 1.5 million electric cars on Finnish roads by 2040
AUT stated on Tuesday that the current pace of electrification is not sufficient to achieve the national goal of at least halving traffic emissions from the 2005 level by 2030. As 94 percent of passenger cars are currently combustion engine cars and the average scrapping age is more than 22 years, combustion engine cars are…
Tesla is February’s best-selling car
Tesla was the best-selling car model in February. A total of 172 units were sold, beating Toyota with 98 cars sold. This is according to the summary of the Icelandic Association of the Automotive Industry. “Electric cars are the most popular among new cars, accounting for almost 40 percent,” but closely followed by plug-in hybrids…
Autoilijaliitto is planning a network of charging points for electric cars around Finland
There are currently around 150,000 electric cars and plug-in hybrids on Finland’s roads, but there may be few charging points.
Denmark’s electric car fleet will increase significantly in 2022
Almost 8 percent in totalMeanwhile, the number of plug-in hybrid cars rose to nearly 105,000 – a 35 percent increase over last year. Electric and plug-in hybrid cars made up 38 percent of new cars sold in 2022 and make up 7.7 percent of the 2.8 million cars in Denmark – against 5.2 percent in…
Denmark’s electric car fleet will increase significantly in 2022
Almost 8 percent in totalMeanwhile, the number of plug-in hybrid cars rose to nearly 105,000 – a 35 percent increase over last year. Electric and plug-in hybrid cars made up 38 percent of new cars sold in 2022 and make up 7.7 percent of the 2.8 million cars in Denmark – against 5.2 percent in…
Business Round-Up: Rough year for car sales … but not the electric kind
Going up and upThe number of electric cars in Denmark has now reached 106,000 – an increase of 75.6 percent from a year ago. So far this year, 38.5 percent of newly registered cars have been electric or plug-in hybrid cars. See all the car sales figures from 2022 here. Organic exports increased significantlyDenmark’s export…
Danish news Round-Up: Heavy traffic is expected when the autumn holidays begin
Saturday 15 October from 10.00-14.00 has been highlighted as probably the busiest period on Danish roads due to the autumn holidays, which start tonight and last until Sunday 23 October. A large number of families are expected to take the week off, and many choose to spend it in their holiday homes. It is also…
Business Round-Up: House prices will fall
Reject across the board?For areas such as northern Jutland and Bornholm, the picture is a little less dramatic. House prices will fall by 3.3 percent and 3.7 percent respectively in 2023. Last week, Danmarks Nationalbank also predicted “significant price drops” in the Danish housing market with almost identical figures to Nykredit. Last week, Handelsbanken also…
Kia’s Ceed has record sales volume in Europe
Seoul [South Korea]August 23 (ANI/Global Economic): Ceed, Kia’s [000270] European strategic model, has recorded record sales in the European market for 10 years. According to IR data from Hyundai Motor and Kia on the 22nd, the Ceed is Hyundai Motor Group’s best-selling model in Europe from January to July this year. A total of 90,120…
Business Round-Up: Report reveals four Danish pension funds with millions invested in mining company accused of using deadly force
Four pension funds have large investments in a gold mining company accused of using deadly force to protest its assets in the North Mara in Tanzania, Danwatch reports. Together, their shares in the Canadian mining company Barrick Gold are worth 73 million kroner. Dozens of Tanzanians have been killed in an attempt to get small…
National Round-Up: Denmark has already used up its annual allowance, and it’s still March!
From today, Denmark has used its supply of naturally produced resources until 2022, according to the think tank Global Footprint Network, which divides the world’s total production on its population to find out which countries are overconsuming. Denmark is the 15th country so far this year to reach overconsumption, and it’s not even April! Last…
Business Round-Up: Record year for Danish industrial production
After a small dip in 2020, Danish industrial production rose to DKK 925 billion in 2021 – an increase of DKK 78 billion. Revenue rose across all industry groups, with machinery, food and beverages and tobacco leading the way. Together, they accounted for 41.6 percent of total revenue and 37.2 percent of industrial employment. The…
South Korea’s car production, exports and sales decreased in January
Seoul [South Korea]February 16 (ANI / Global Economic): South Korea’s car production, exports and sales all declined last month due to downtime at some factories and a global shortage of car chips. However, exports exceed $ 4 billion over three consecutive months with strong sales of environmentally friendly vehicles. According to the report “Automotive industry…
Business Round-Up: Government Refuses to Help Majority of Homeowners Affected by Paralyzing Heat Bills
The government is strongly opposed to a proposal to financially help hundreds of thousands of people in Denmark with huge heating bills – primarily homeowners serviced by gas, where there is no alternative energy supply. Yesterday, the Danish People’s Party and the Conservatives presented a bill that proposes that the government should help the affected…
Business Round-Up: Tobacco sales plunge to historic lows
The demand for tobacco in Denmark has never been lower. The period 2011-20 saw a decrease of 29 percent in sales compared to the previous decade, according to Statistics Denmark. Increase in sales of smoking tobacco But while cigarette sales fell sharply by 18 percent in 2020 – a decline due to increased taxes –…
Review of vehicle purchase and conversion aid – consultation begins
According to the proposal, subsidies and conversion support for battery-powered electric vehicles and gas-powered trucks will continue from 2022. New forms of support include support for the purchase of electric and gas vans and support for the purchase of electric cars. The subsidies would speed up the transition to low-emission electric and gas-powered vehicles, which…
Motorists and climate demonstrations in Helsinki, demonstrations in Jyväskylä
The Finnish branch of the environmental group Extinction Rebellio, known as Elokapina, said it was expanding a series of demonstrations in which it called on the government to declare a climate emergency in Finland. On Saturday afternoon, members of the group dressed in red made a three-hour silent march through the center of Helsinki. The…
How to make money on your old car
The market for used cars is hot, and therefore it pays to have ice in your stomach if you as a private person want to sell. It is backed by Ilyas Dogru, who is a consumer economist at the car owners’ organization, FDM. For the supply is small and the demand is great. However, he…
FACTS: 94 of the country’s municipalities have charging points for electric cars
This means that in August 2021 there were 11 electric cars per charging point. Below you can learn more about the different types of chargers for electric cars, and the spread of chargers around the country. * A charging point is the plug that is inserted in the car. The charging point is located in…
New proposal: Biogas cars are not green cars
What counts as an environmental car may change and thus biogas cars would no longer be counted as green cars, according to a proposal from the government. It could be a severe blow to biogas cars and could lead to fewer such cars sold, according to critics. “As we see it, it will make the…
Climate discount for non-green cars can amount to one billion kroner
A new response from Minister of Taxation Morten Bødskov (S) indicates that the state in 2021 has given over a billion kroner in climate rebates for hybrid cars. This is happening despite the fact that from 2026 the EU does not consider hybrid cars to be green. It writes Information. According to a parliamentary response…
Car owners see a need for up to 50,000 charging stations for electric cars
But even more is needed, assesses consumer economist at FDM Ilyas Dogru. – 630 lightning charging points is not in itself enough for the many hundreds of thousands of electric cars we need. So we hope this is not going to stand alone. – We need up to 50,000 charging points if we are to…
Charging hybrids can be better for the climate than electric cars – according to a new study
Charged hybrid cars can under certain circumstances get as good, or even better climate performance than electric cars, according to a new study from Lund University. A combination of electrification and biofuels is required for the EU to have a chance of meeting the emission targets for the vehicle fleet by 2050. This is the…
More electric cars are exported from Sweden – despite criticism
In 2020, exports of used electric cars increased by 18 percent compared with the previous year to 1,800 cars and for plug-in hybrids the increase was 32 percent, to 7,600. This export is criticized as tax money ends up abroad instead of doing environmental benefits in Sweden. Mikael Levin, at the authority Trafikanalys, says that…
Volvo XC20 electric SUV planned for launch – Hyundai Kona EV Rival
Volvo is strengthening its plans to expand its portfolio of electric vehicles (EVs) by teasing a potential range of future electric crossovers. The Swedish car manufacturer had previously made its intentions clear that the entire range would be fully electric by 2030. The company is pushing ahead in its plans to convert half of its…
The automotive industry will see rapid growth in electric vehicles by 2025
The electrification of new cars will grow rapidly in the next few years, the Finnish car industry predicts. According to the Central Association of Car Sales and Repair (AKL) and the Finnish Automobile Industry Association, electrification is advancing on all fronts as fully electric cars and rechargeable hybrids become more common. The automotive industry expects…
Copenhagen sees a record number of electric car sales
Plug-in springPlug-in hybrid cars were also sold with a much higher frequency last year compared to 2019, when the Ford Kuga was the most popular choice. Approximately 6,170 new plug-in hybrids were sold in Copenhagen last year – an increase of as much as 370 percent from 2019. In total, 78,619 new cars were sold…