Mercedes-Benz Cars sales reached 503,500 units (+3%) in the first quarter with Top-End and battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales up 18% and 89% respectively. Despite ongoing supply-chain disruptions, economic headwinds and geopolitical uncertainty, G-Cl…
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BMW XM Label Red PHEV Debuts As The Most Powerful Production BMW M Ever
More powerful, more exclusive, more extravagant: just a few months after production got underway of the new BMW XM, BMW M GmbH revealed the flagship version of its first-ever high-performance car with an electrified drive system. The BMW XM Label…
Kia starts building facility for electric purpose-built vehicle (PBV) production
Kia held a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday for its dedicated plant for the production of battery-electric purpose-built vehicles (PBV). The ceremony was held at Kia’s Hwaseong plant, located in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, and was attended by ove…
360° Environmental Check Successfully Completed for Mercedes-Benz C 300 e: Summary of Results
Important factors for the lifecycle assessment of a plug-in hybrid vehicle include the resources consumed in production and the charging processes of the high voltage battery during vehicle operation. In production, the additional drivetrain components…
Ford Investing C$1.8 Billion To Build Next-Gen EVs At Oakville (Ont.) Assembly Complex
Ford Motor Company is investing C$1.8 billion in its Oakville Assembly Complex to transform it into a high-volume hub of electric vehicle manufacturing in Canada – a key part of the company’s plan to scale production of electric vehicles and make them …
Hyundai Motor Group announces investment plans to become top 3 EV manufacturer by 2030
Hyundai Motor Group today announced its goal to become one of the world’s top 3 EV manufacturers by 2030 through the combined sales of Hyundai Motor, Kia and Genesis electric models. The Group also highlighted its plans to invest KRW 24 trillion in the…
BMW Group: EV sales were up 83% in Q1 of 2023
The BMW Group posted significant growth in its global sales of fully-electric vehicles (+83.2%) in the first quarter of 2023. Overall, the BMW Group delivered a total of 64,647 fully-electric BMW and MINI vehicles to customers in the first three months…
Polestar 4 Set For Shanghai Auto Show Debut
Swedish electric performance car brand Polestar will reveal its next car, Polestar 4, at the Shanghai auto show on 18 April 2023. For the latest addition to its portfolio of cars, Polestar has taken the SUV coupé and transformed it for the electric age…
MINI Cooper SE Convertible to celebrate its world premiere at Auto Shanghai 2023
MINI will present its wide product range at the 20th International Automobile Industry Exhibition in Shanghai. The all-electric MINI Cooper SE Convertible will have its world premiere, while with the MINI Concept Aceman, MINI is providing a fir…
Nissan Max-Out to make China debut at Auto Shanghai 2023
Nissan’s Max-Out all-electric convertible concept is set to make its China debut at Auto Shanghai 2023 on April 18. Accompanying it will be a wide range of new and future products that promise to exceed expectations, including two other concepts …
