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China and Norway continue to lead EV sales globally

July 12, 2018 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

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Electric mobility has picked up speed in some important markets in the first half of 2018. China and Norway remain the leading drivers of global development. In Germany, EVs made up a market percentage of 1.8%. The entire automobile industry is currently undergoing changes. Chinese manufacturers are increasingly becoming serious competition for the established European […]

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Audi to add 15 new EVs to portfolio by 2025

July 12, 2018 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

In May, Audi announced their plan to sell around 800,000 BEVs and hybrids in 2025. Now, additional details have surfaced: 15 fully electric vehicles are planned to join the lineup by then. Next to the already announced e-tron, the e-tron Sportback and the e-tron GT, which are built on their own platform, another five Audi […]

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Electric car sales rising again in France

July 9, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

After sales were off to a slow start earlier this year, June has been a strong month for electric car sales in France. Particularly the commercial vehicle segment is growing and so is the number of sales of plug-in hybrid cars, according to Avere. Overall, plug-in car sales have risen to now account for 18,000 […]

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GM to speed up production of 2019 Chevy Bolt EV

July 5, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

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GM announces to increase production rates of the Chevrolet Bolt EV by 20 percent in the last quarter of the year. Meanwhile, the Chevy Volt receives a few upgrades and may now charge twice as fast as before. Just today you could read in our email newsletter that GM is far behind with deliveries of […]

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Sweden: Plug-in car share hits record-high in June

July 3, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Sales of plug-in hybrid and electric cars in Sweden have reached a record high this June. PEV sales were up 69 percent YOY with a record 2,749 registrations. This increased the annual plug-in percentage feasibly. Regarding the same period last year, growth stands at 60 percent. The 2018 plug-in share is now at no less […]

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Eaton launches eMobility business unit

June 27, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Power management company Eaton creates a new business division called eMobility to to develop high-voltage technologies for hybrid and electric vehicles. Solutions will include supercaps, converters or transmissions for heavy-duty EVs and Eaton earmarked 500 million dollars to spend over the next 5 years. Eaton bases their decision on a global vehicle electrification market they […]

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JLR increases spending to offer electric cars across board

June 26, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

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Jaguar Land Rover is increasing investment by about a quarter in order to offer electrified versions of its entire model range. By 2025, the British brand plans to include hybrid and electric versions for every car, although the EV variant will depend on demand. For the recent raise in spending, Bloomberg quotes from a presentation […]

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Volvo presents brand new V60 with two PHEV options

June 21, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Volvo has taken the wraps off the long expected V60 series that marks the end of diesel or better, the beginning of the electrified era at the Swedish carmaker as the V60 comes in two plug-in hybrid variants. And it is another first as the car is made entirely in Volvo’s new U.S. factory. The […]

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JLR working on flexible platform for petrol and electric models

June 13, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

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Jaguar Land Rover follows BMWs and Mercedes’ example and is working on an architecture ready to accommodate both fossil fuel and electrified models. JLR’s head of production, Wolfgang Stadler confirmed this in German media but would not give a timeline. Stadler did say however, that JLR plans to ready all their production hubs once the […]

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Volvo and Polestar launch performance boost for PHEV

June 13, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Volvo is launching a new electrified performance offer called Polestar Engineered, specifically developed for its upcoming 60 Series plug-in hybrid cars. The package tweaks the wheels, brakes, suspension and engine control unit for higher performance and better fuel economy. Volvo’s performance arm and electrified label Polestar has applied its engineering power to boost the new […]

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