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Bentley shows 2nd plug-in hybrid ‘Flying Spur’

July 7, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

After the SUV Bentayga, Bentley has presented its second plug-in hybrid. The Flying Spur saloon has a total range of over 700 kilometres but manages a purely electric range of 40 kilometres. Bentley has announced the electric range with reference to the preliminary WLTP data, but the official certification of the model is still pending. […]

BYD crack 40,000 EVs sold mark in June

July 6, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

BYD’s sales of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles exceeded the 40,000 mark for the first time in June. PHEV sales in particular saw a sharp increase, which is likely to be related to the launch of corresponding vehicles. BYD sold a total of 51,015 vehicles in June, including 20,016 BEVs and 100 PHEVs. While overall […]

Norway marks 13,184 EVs sold during June

July 4, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

In Norway, 13,184 new electric cars were registered in June. The share of electric cars in new passenger car registrations was 64.6 per cent last month. Norway’s most successful model across all drive types in June was the Tesla Model 3 with 3,196 new registrations. Compared to June 2020 (5,041 new registrations), the 13,184 electric […]

Great Wall Motor plans to sell 3.2 million EVs in 2025

July 2, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

The Chinese carmaker Great Wall Motor has presented its strategic plan until 2025 and its new traction battery. Great Wall plans annual global sales of 4 million vehicles by 2025, of which 80 per cent – or 3.2 million vehicles – are to be so-called New Energy Vehicles. In China the term ‘NEV’ covers purely […]

Renault plans to cover the entire BEV value chain

June 30, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Renault is accelerating its electric strategy and has presented a comprehensive strategy package under the name “Renault Eways Electropop”. This not only includes new sales targets, but also further details on the French company’s platform and technology strategy. Renault Group’s new sales targets for Europe are 65 per cent electrified vehicles by 2025 and up […]

LEVC announces electric campervan

June 29, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

The Geely subsidiary LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company) announced a campervan based on its van model VN5. The hybrid campervan is called the e-Camper and will start at prices around £62,250. The electric Camper will have the same electric drive with range-extender as the VN5 and the London Taxi TX and accordingly a purely electric […]

VW to phase out combustion vehicles by 2035

June 27, 2021 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

The VW brand is planning to phase out internal combustion engines in Europe by 2035 at the latest, thus taking a more moderate course than its sister company Audi, which recently announced its intention to stop selling cars with internal combustion engines by 2033 at the latest. Klaus Zellmer, board member for sales at the […]

Audi confirms accellerated transition off fossil fuels

June 23, 2021 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

Audi has now officially confirmed its accelerated switch to electric vehicles. The last new combustion engine will start production in 2025, but Audi is keeping a loophole open for the Chinese market. A few days ago, there were numerous reports leaking the news that Audi does not want to bring out any new models with […]

Peugeot reveals the 308 SW in two PHEV versions

June 22, 2021 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

Following the new Peugeot 308, the French manufacturer is now also presenting the 308 SW station wagon version with plug-in hybrid versions. Peugeot has announced the market launch of the new Peugeot 308 SW for early 2022. Prices have not yet been mentioned. Like the five-door sedan, the new station wagon will roll out as […]

Stellantis expands plant at Opel HQ in Germany

June 21, 2021 Carrie Hampel Syndicated Comments Off

Stellantis reports extensive work at Opel’s headquarters in Rüsselsheim, Germany, to implement the electrified EMP2 platform. This will allow Opel/Vauxhall to introduce a second production shift in Rüsselsheim, which is scheduled to start in autumn this year. The flexible Efficient Modular Platform 2 (EMP2) will be used for C- and D-segment vehicles and enables pure […]