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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV hits UK market

October 24, 2019 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

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Mitsubishi’s new Outlander PHEV Reflex commercial vehicle has gone on sale in the UK. The 2020 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Reflex Commercial is also eligible for the UK government’s Plug-In Van Grant, a discount of £7,642, resulting in an on-the-road CV price of £24,298 (excluding VAT). The vehicle has a maximum payload of 500 kg, with […]

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Lexus to present their first BEV in November

October 23, 2019 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

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In November, Lexus will present its first battery electric vehicle. This is announced by the Toyota luxury brand at the Tokyo Motor Show, where Lexus is already presenting its “vision for the next generation of electrified vehicles” with the futuristic LF-30 Electrified Concept. The study is a purely electrically powered gullwing door with wheel hub […]

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Honda is speeding up their European electrification plans

October 23, 2019 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Three years earlier than initially announced, Honda intends to electrify all its core models in Europe. After the premiere of the Honda e, another fully electric model is set to follow. Honda announced this at an event in Amsterdam. “In 2016 Honda gave a strong commitment to electrification – with a clear focus on hybrids, […]

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Audi to release A6 plug-in hybrid

October 21, 2019 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

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Audi is expanding its range of electrified models to include the A6 55 TFSI e quattro. However, the plug-in hybrid can only be ordered for the limousine of the popular company car model – from just under 69,000 euros. As with the A7 Sportback and Q5, Audi has opted to combine a four-cylinder petrol engine […]

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Volvo XC40 Recharge: Volvo’s first fully electric car expected in 2020

October 16, 2019 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Volvo presented its first battery-electric car, based on the compact SUV XC40. The model aptly named”Recharge” uses a lot of technology from the Polestar 2, but it will be almost a year before the car is on the road. However, Volvo is still hesitant about the technical data for the electric car in the press […]

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Audi to release plug-in hybrid A8

October 16, 2019 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Audi is equipping its luxury A8 series with a plug-in hybrid drive. The A8 L 60 TFSI e quattro offers 330 kW system power and a purely electric WLTP range of up to 46 kilometres. As with the A7 PHEV, Audi intends to compensate for the shorter range by making greater use of the EV […]

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CAM study finds US market stagnating, China losing momentum

October 15, 2019 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

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In the two most important markets for electromobility, new car sales have been slowing, as the CAM has stated in its latest industry study “Electromobility Report 2019”. Germany continued a steady positive development. For the study, the team from the Center of Automotive Management (CAM) headed by Stefan Bratzel compiled the new registration figures for […]

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Norway: Electric car share at 54.5% in September

October 10, 2019 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Exactly 6,086 electric cars were newly registered in Norway in September. With a market share of 54.5 per cent, around one in two new registrations was a passenger car with pure electric drive. The most successful model of all drive types was the Tesla Model 3. For the second time this year, BEV passenger cars […]

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UK: Peugeot opens books for four new hybrid cars

October 10, 2019 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Peugeot UK has opened reservations for four new plug-in hybrid models; two hybrid versions of the 3008 and two versions of the 508 series. Customers may now place their reservations online with a £500 deposit. In details, the models are the 3008 SUV HYBRID, 3008 SUV GT HYBRID4, 508 HYBRID and 508 SW HYBRID. The […]

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Geely & Volvo merge hybrid and ICE motors

October 8, 2019 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

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Volvo Cars and its parent company Geely intend to merge the development and production of internal combustion engines and hybrid drives into an independent company. This should achieve cost savings an enable more focus on the development of an all-electric range of cars. In future, all brands of the Geely Group will be supplied with […]

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