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Peugeot reveals the 308 SW in two PHEV versions

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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 […]
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Stellantis expands plant at Opel HQ in Germany

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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 […]
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Daimler set to bring fossil fuel exit forward

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Daimler is apparently preparing for a possible earlier end to gasoline and diesel engines in Europe. Now that it seems most likely the EU Commission will significantly tighten CO2 targets, CEO Ola Källenius wants to further accelerate the electrification of the Mercedes model range. The German publication Manager Magazin revealed the German luxury carmaker’s plans […]
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Audi to release only battery-electric models from 2026

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From 2026 onwards, Audi no longer plans to launch any new models with combustion engines – not even hybrid vehicles. From then on, the German carmaker based in Ingolstadt will only be bringing purely electric new vehicles to market. This development reported by the German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung was confirmed to The Spiegel. This means […]
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Mazda plans its own electric platform for 2025

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Mazda has revealed its new technology and product strategy up to the year 2030. Between 2022 and 2025, the Japanese automaker is planning three purely electric models, five plug-in hybrids and five hybrid models with Toyota technology based on the ‘Skyactiv Multi-Solution Scalable Architecture’. Until now Mazda has managed to get one electric model, the […]
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Lexus launches the NX as PHEV & HEV

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Until now, the only electrified version of the Lexus NX has been a full hybrid. This will change with the second generation of the compact SUV model, which is scheduled for market launch in the fourth quarter of 2021: From then on, the NX will also be offered as a plug-in hybrid. NX has now […]
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VW presents plug-in hybrid T7 van

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VW Commercial Vehicles has presented its T7 as a Multivan, in which a plug-in hybrid is part of the drive programme for the first time. This is made possible by a change of platform: the T7 is now based on the Modular Transverse Toolkit. The new PHEV drive bears the additional designation eHybrid and offers […]
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BYD marks 71% EV sales for May

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BYD has published its sales figures for May 2021. The share of electrified vehicles rose to 71 per cent – mainly due to the strong growth in hybrids. In addition, the first 100 electric Tang EVs were shipped to Norway. First, the sales figures: BYD sold 32,800 electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids in May, about […]
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Norway sold 8,498 new BEVs in May

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In Norway, 8,498 new electric cars were registered in May. The share of electric cars in new passenger car registrations was 60.4 per cent last month. Norway’s most successful model across all drive types in May was the Ford Mustang Mach-E with 1,384 new registrations. Compared to May 2020 (3,444 new registrations), the 8,498 e-cars […]

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