Employees work on the production line of the VW ID.3 electric car at the Volkswagen factory in Dresden, Germany. Photo: Bloomberg
Sales of fully electric cars surpassed those of petrol-only vehicles in the European Union for the first time in December, data from the auto industry group ACEA showed, even as hybrids held onto the largest overall share of the market.
The data underscores how the bloc is shifting slowly towards electric and hybrid vehicles, even as policymakers have proposed loosening emission regulations that should allow vehicles with combustion engines to stick around for longer.
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