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Bentley: All models available as hybrid by 2023

June 19, 2019 Carrie Hampel Uncategorized Comments Off

According to Sales Director Chris Craft, Bentley will offer hybrid versions of all its models by 2023 and launch its first all-electric model by 2025 at the latest. However, both the details of the models’ rollout and their technical basis is still unclear. In the interview with Roadshow, however, Craft left things open as to […]

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Peugeot introduces the e-2008 compact electric SUV

June 19, 2019 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

French car manufacturer PSA is pushing ahead with electrification: Peugeot is now presenting the new 2008 and its all-electric variant, the e-2008. The market launch is planned for the end of the year. Just like Peugeot’s e-208 compact car, for which the order books were opened a few days ago, the electric version of the […]

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Evergrande invests 23 billion in EV production

June 14, 2019 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

The Chinese real estate group Evergrande Group is investing the equivalent of around 23 billion US dollars in the construction of three plants for electric vehicles and their components in Guangzhou. The plan is to build one production facility for no less than one million electric cars per year and two additional plants for the […]

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Renault Zoe data leak: Soon to have almost 400 km-range?

June 13, 2019 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

Although the new Renault Zoe will not be presented until next week, there are already some photos and information about the small electric car from Renault is circulating online. Renault’s Zoe is among Europe’s most popular all-electric cars, neck-in-neck with Nissan’s Leaf. Nevertheless, the much loved Zoe is facing a model change – or an […]

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Aston Martin starts production in ‘Home of Electrification’.

June 13, 2019 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

Aston Martin has started production at its second plant in the UK. In St. Athan, Wales, pre-series vehicles of the SUV model DBX are now rolling off the production line, where the Lagonda all-electric version should start production in 2022. The Welsh plant was named Britain’s “Home of Electrification” last year. Announced in early 2016, […]

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Prices are out for Hyundai’s new all-electric Ioniq

June 8, 2019 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

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Hyundai has now released the prices for the revamped all-electric Ioniq, a few weeks after the hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions. The upgraded all-electric model will hit markets in the second half of this year. The Ioniq Electric is priced in Germany at 34,900 euros, in the UK, prices for the all-electric Ioniq start at £27,250. […]

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Toyota to ramp up BEV with CATL and BYD

June 8, 2019 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

Toyota is responding to higher-than-expected demand for battery-electric cars: The Japanese company has now announced that it will enter into a number of collaborations in China to accelerate the development of electric cars and to ensure the supply of key battery cells. The new partners include CATL and BYD, among others. Toyota has moved its […]

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Nio starts series production of second ES6 model

June 6, 2019 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

The Chinese electric car startup Nio has started series production of its second ES6 model. Both series, the ES6 and the ES8, are currently manufactured at the Nio-JAC plant in Hefei. After Nio’s plans for a factory in Shanghai were abandoned, plans are now being made for a factory in Beijing. The first ES6 is […]

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Toyota and Subaru develop new electric platform

June 6, 2019 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

Toyota and Subaru have agreed to develop a joint BEV platform. In addition, the two Japanese manufacturers intend to jointly develop a purely battery-electric SUV model in the C segment that will be sold under both brands. “Medium and large” passenger cars are to be built on the platform. The cooperation is primarily intended to […]

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BMW: X1 also to come out as a plug-in hybrid in 2020

May 30, 2019 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

BMW has revised its compact SUV X1. For the first time, the Munich-based company also wants to offer a plug-in hybrid in the series. The conventionally powered versions of the refreshed X1 will be available from dealers as early as summer 2019, while the part-time EV will not be on sale until 2020. While the […]

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