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Tesla starts exporting Chinese Model 3 units

October 19, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Tesla has now apparently started to export Model 3 produced in China to Europe – a first order from France already contains the reference ‘Model 3 – China’. In addition, not only the Model 3 is to receive additional range, but also the Model S and Model X. First, however, to the import of the […]

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Foxconn presents electric car platform

October 19, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Taiwanese contract manufacturer Hon Hai, aka Foxconn, who supplies components for Apple, wants to make a major entry into the electric vehicle business. According to CEO Liu Young-way, Foxconn is to be represented with components or services in every tenth electric car worldwide by 2027. The contract manufacturer plans to produce a number of components […]

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Seat Leon e-Hybrid now available in the UK

October 19, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

The Spanish Volkswagen subsidiary Seat has released their debut plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, the Leon e-Hybrid in the UK. The PHEV is now available to order at prices starting from £30,970. First announcement of the vehicle had been in 2018, and the presentation of the series version of the plug-in hybrid Leon followed earlier that […]

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Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross PHEV available in 2021

October 15, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Mitsubishi has announced the redesigned Eclipse Cross, which will be offered in select markets in Asia, Europe and Australia for the first time as a plug-in hybrid with a modified version of the drive system from the Outlander PHEV. Sales of the new model are scheduled to start in early 2021 in select markets, including […]

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UK prices out for regular VW ID.3 cars

October 14, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

One month after the UK delivery launch of the VW ID.3 1ST Edition, Volkswagen announced pricing for the seven pre-configured series ID.3 models. Order books are to open next week. As the 1st Edition vehicles near the end of their sales lifetime, the newer variants of the ID.3 are being introduced. Six of the new […]

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VW Touareg to be offered in two PHEV editions

October 14, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

The VW Touareg is now also available in two different plug-in hybrid versions, which offer an electric range of up to 47 kilometers according to WLTP. The two performance levels are already known from other SUV models of the VW group. The Touareg eHybrid with a system output of 280 kW starts in it’s native […]

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Audi launching two hybrid versions of the Q8

October 13, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Audi is now also presenting the Q8 with plug-in hybrid drive, making it the seventh PHEV model to be launched since mid-2019. They offer the Q8 as a PHEV with an electric motor in two power levels. The Q8 basically adopts the part-electric drives that Audi already offers in the Q7 but with slightly different […]

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Ecomotive presents recycled EV ‘Luca’ prototype

October 13, 2020 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

The Ecomotive team from TU Eindhoven presents a prototype of its Luca electric car in the form of renderings. In the next step, the developers intend to obtain road approval for the two-seater compact sports car, which is largely made of recycled material. The students are using a composite material made of flax and recycled […]

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Mercedes presents offroad concept based on EQC

October 13, 2020 Chris Randall Uncategorized Comments Off

Mercedes-Benz has presented an off-road electric motor based on its EQC series model with the EQC 4×4² concept. Several modifications to the chassis transformed the electric SUV into an off-road electric car. The vehicle, which Daimler calls the “electric car of extremes,” will probably not make it into series production. The EQC 4×4² is intended […]

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BMW recalls multiple PHEV models

October 13, 2020 Chris Randall Uncategorized Comments Off

BMW again has a problem with the high-voltage batteries in plug-in hybrid vehicles. Due to possible impurities in the production process of the battery cells, there is an increased risk of fire in several series. The total number of plug-in vehicles involved is 26,700 worldwide. One-third of these units are in customers’ hands; the rest […]

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