Volkswagen is taking the next big step towards becoming a software-oriented mobility provider: from this summer, the brand will regularly send software updates “Over-the-Air” to models in its ID. family. This makes Volkswagen the first and only high-vo…
Month: July 2021
UK: New car market recovery squeezed by supply issues
New car registrations in June grew 28.0% year-on-year to 186,128, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT)’s latest figures. The monthly performance was again artificially lifted through comparison with June 2020, when the UK …
Sweden plug-in sales: Every second passenger car was a plug-in in June
As a consequence of a July fiscal change covering the benefit in kind tax rate for private use of a plug-in company car increasing, June saw a dramatic rise in plug-in passenger car registrations. For vehicles registered before the tax change the outgo…
Electric car sales take off in Australia, with MG stampede in the wings
Electric car sales are beginning to take off in Australia, with more than 6,000 sold in the first half of 2021 – a doubling of 2020’s entire sales.
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Series production of BMW iX gets underway at Dingolfing Plant
Standard production of the fully-electric BMW iX began last week in Dingolfing. The plant in Lower Bavaria now produces vehicles with all drive train variants, i.e. combustion-engine vehicles, plug-in hybrids and fully-electric models, on a single line…
MG raises price of electric SUV, just as rebates and stamp duty waivers kick in
MG has raised price of ZS EV electric compact SUV by $1,000 just as a series of state rebates and stamp duty waivers come into effect.
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SKODA developing all-electric SKODA RE-X1 rally car
SKODA Motorsport, SKODA Austria, battery technology solutions specialist Kreisel Electric and operational partner Baumschlager Rallye & Racing have teamed up to develop a fully electric rally car – the SKODA RE-X1 Kreisel. Based on a SKODA FABIA …
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is dominating global orbital launches in 2021
Less than three days after SpaceX completed its 20th successful Falcon 9 launch of 2021, a small Long March 2D rocket carried the country of China past the same 20-flight milestone. Excluding SpaceX and China, the rest of the world combined completed its 20th orbital launch hours before SpaceX when US startup Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne […]
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US: Volvo Sold Almost 2,500 Plug-Ins In June 2021
Plug-ins account for more than half of Volvo sales in California.
Rivian-Amazon Delivery Vans Are Coming
It appears that production is starting.
