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Alternative Fuel Vehicle (AFV) Sales Up 28.8% in Europe. Electric Vehicles Up 117.9%

posted by cmn32480 on Saturday May 02 2015, @10:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the does-that-come-in-a-V8 dept.

sigma writes:

Automotive World reports that European demand for Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFVs) has risen rapidly in the first quarter of 2015, with plug-in electric vehicles leading the charge with a rate of increase of 117.9%. While the USA leads in total numbers of EVs registered, its rate of growth is slightly lower at 69%. Interestingly, the UK was responsible for the greatest increase in Alternative Fuel Vehicle purchases in Europe (64.2%), with the most popular vehicles being the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, followed by Nissan's Leaf, and the BMW i3.

Now that ACEA has discharged these numbers, it's clear that resistance to electric vehicles is falling, and there's solidly grounded potential for better AFVs to galvanize buyers off their current fossil fueled cars. Regulators are doing their part to overcome reluctance, and to prove EVs have the capacity to operate on all roads and open circuits.

 
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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by lentilla on Saturday May 02 2015, @11:59AM

    by lentilla (1770) on Saturday May 02 2015, @11:59AM (#177835)

    Kudos to the submitter for those neat electrical engineering puns in the summary! [dis]charged / resistance / grounded / potential / galvanize / reluctance / open circuits. Made my day :-)

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  • (Score: 2) by slash2phar on Saturday May 02 2015, @12:10PM

    by slash2phar (623) on Saturday May 02 2015, @12:10PM (#177836)
    Yes, very nicely done.. Current and Capacity too !

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 02 2015, @12:34PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 02 2015, @12:34PM (#177839)

      And even has, these, it's, that, to, is, for, are, on and all! That's brilliant! Great show, sigma!