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Volkswagen reveals PHEV plans with >100 km range

September 29, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

In the course of a presentation of its current plug-in hybrid models, Volkswagen has given an outlook on the PHEV strategy for the coming years. A new generation of plug-in hybrid drives is expected to be used from 2023. On the one hand, the 1.4 TSI combustion engine used so far will be replaced by […]

Kia releases new Sportage PHEV SUV

September 10, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Kia has presented a version of its SUV model Sportage specially designed for Europe, which is also offered as a plug-in hybrid for the first time. The PHEV drive is known from other Kia models, but the design concept of the Sportage is new. The PHEV drive is also used, for example, in the larger […]

Volvo extends electric range of their PHEV lineup

September 10, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Volvo has upgraded the plug-in hybrid powertrains of the large SPA platform. In the Recharge models of the 60 and 90 series, not only is the electric range expected to increase to up to 90 kilometres, but the system performance has also been increased somewhat. The core of the revision is a new battery. In […]

Which electric cars are the cheapest to own? Motoring groups crunch the numbers

September 10, 2021 Bridie Schmidt Syndicated Comments Off

Electric cars cost up to $10,000 less to run than they did a decade ago. So which are now the cheapest to own?
The post Which electric cars are the cheapest to own? Motoring groups crunch the numbers appeared first on The Driven.

Rising sales for BEVs and PHEVs built in China

September 9, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

China’s electric car manufacturers recorded rising sales figures for electric cars and plug-in hybrids in August. BYD surpassed the 60,000 new electric vehicle (NEV) sales mark for the first time. By comparison, Tesla sold 44,264 of its vehicles manufactured in China last month. According to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), the sales volume of […]

Great Wall Motors presents new Ora & Wey BEVs

September 7, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

At the IAA Mobility, Great Wall Motors (GWM) is giving a preview of the first two models of its Ora and Wey brands, with which the Chinese car company soon wants to gain a foothold in Europe. The Ora Cat is a BEV compact car, while the Wey Coffee 01 is a plug-in hybrid SUV […]

Daimler is done with plug-in hybrids

September 7, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Daimler’s focus on battery-electric vehicles also has an impact on plug-in hybrids. The Stuttgart-based carmaker is no longer planning any new developments here. Suppliers such as ZF, however, assess the future of PHEVs differently. Since only purely electrically powered cars are to be sold under the Mercedes-Benz brand by the end of the decade reportedly, […]

Tech: Don’t Believe These 5 Plug-In Hybrid Myths!

September 4, 2021 Emily Henry Syndicated Comments Off

In this article, we’ll dispel five common myths on PHEVs that BEV-only fans may want you to believe.

The post Tech: Don’t Believe These 5 Plug-In Hybrid Myths! first appeared on Clean Fleet Report.

Norway marks 11,811 new EV registrations in August

September 2, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

In Norway, 11,811 new electric cars were registered in August. The share of electric cars in new passenger car registrations was 71.9 per cent last month. Norway’s most successful model across all drive types in August was the Tesla Model Y with 1,308 new registrations. Compared to August 2020 (5,704 new registrations), the 11,811 electric […]

Mercedes presents first performance PHEV

September 1, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

With the Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance, Daimler has presented its first high-performance plug-in hybrid. The vehicle has a system output of 620 kW – the purely electric range, however, is just twelve kilometres. The German carmaker announced at the end of March that the Mercedes Performance subsidiary AMG was working on an independent […]