Electric vehicles
The Level of Purchase of Electric Cars in Bulgaria is still Low
About 2% are the electric cars in Bulgaria and the purchase of electric cars in the country is still at quite low levels. In EU countries this year, the percentage of fully electric cars exceeded 10% of the total number of cars.
Regulation on car sales cap comes into force
A regulation imposing restrictions on the sale of second-hand cars to rein in a surge in vehicle prices has been published in the Official Gazette.
According to the new rules, those who engage in the trade of second-hand cars will not be able to sell their vehicle for six months from the first date of registration of the vehicle or until the car covers at least 6,000 kilometers.
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Car Sales in Europe Fell by 14%
EU car sales fell 14% in the first half of this year as manufacturers continue to experience supply shortages, AFP reported.
As chip shortages still hamper production, sales of new cars in the European Union fell to 4.6 million, data from the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed.
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Microchip shortages hit Renault sales
French carmaker Renault said yesterday that sales of its conventional and electrical vehicles fell in the first half of this year, impacted by the worldwide shortage of semiconductors.
It said it sold 1,000,199 units in the first half of 2022, down 12 percent compared to the same period last year.
The data for both years did not include sales in Russia.
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Electric car sales may reach 4,500 units this year
If the sales maintain their current pace in the coming months, electric vehicle sales may reach around 4,500 units, according to a business group.
In the first six months of 2022, the number of registered electric vehicles increased by 170 percent from a year ago to 2,413, according to a recent report by the Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Association (TEHAD).
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Eşarj to expand its charging stations network
Eşarj aims to include 495 fast-charging stations to its existing charging station network by investing 300 million Turkish Liras as part of its Fast-Charging Stations for EVs Program, the company has said in a statement.
Thanks to new investments, Eşarj will have the largest and fastest EV charging station network in Türkiye in terms of installed capacity, the statement added.
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Automotive market expands in June
Nearly 81,000 passenger cars and light commercial vehicles were sold in Türkiye last month, pointing to a 1 percent increase from a year ago, according to data from the Automotive Distributors' Association (ODD).
The country's automotive market expanded 19 percent in May.
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EU approves end of combustion engine sales by 2035
The European Union approved a plan to end the sale of vehicles with combustion engines by 2035 in Europe, the 27-member bloc announced yesterday, in a bid to reduce CO2 emissions to zero.
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Uber and Waymo team up to get driverless trucks rolling
Uber and Google's autonomous vehicle unit Waymo said they are joining forces to get driverless trucks hauling cargo on roads across the United States.
Due to the vast distances between American cities and with truck transport key to the economy, companies see self-driving as a way to cut costs and reduce risk.
Automotive market expands 19 percent in May
The combined sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles increased by 19.2 percent on an annual basis in May to 65,200 units.
Passenger car sales rose by 20 percent last month from a year ago, data from the Automotive Distributors' Association (ODD) showed.
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