European EV sales had a record-breaking September

Despite the global pandemic and economic downturn, the electric vehicle (EV) market in Europe is managing to buck the trend. According to figures shared by InsideEVs, there’s no sign of the trend slowing down either. In fact, plug-in electric vehicles had their best month of the year in September. The month saw a record 160,059 registrations of plug-in vehicles, that’s 166% more than September 2019. [Read: 4 ridiculously easy ways you can be more eco-friendly] Let’s drill down into that number further: battery electric vehicles (BEVs) outsold plug-in hybrid (PHEVs) cars by about 29%. September saw 91,615 BEVs registered and…

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