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Volvo hits the pause button on EVs! No longer committed to going fully electric in Australia by 2026

EV Central

Volvo’s industry-leading commitment to go fully electric in Australia by 2026 is no more. We are fully committed to the strategy [of going fully electric],” Volvo Car Australia managing director Stephen Connor told EV Central. “We There’s no point us going fully electric if our consumers aren’t ready for it. “We

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DOE: Light-Duty PEVs in US traveled 19B miles on electricity in 2021; less than 1% of total VMT

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All-electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) traveled a combined 19.1 billion miles on electricity in 2021, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). This includes all miles traveled in EVs and the electric portion of miles traveled in PHEVs. More than 2.1

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Every fourth BMW sold in the UK in 2023 was all-electric

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BMW Group UK has reported 28,723 registrations of all-electric BMW vehicles in 2023, a 34 per cent increase on 2022. Now, one in every four BMW vehicles registered in 2023 was fully electric. In the corporate sector, half of all registrations are all-electric vehicles (BEVs).

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Pre-sales begin for Volkswagen Tiguan PHEV SUV in Europe

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The Tiguan eHybrid has an all-electric range (WLTP) of up to 50 km (31 miles). In Hybrid mode, the electric motor supports the 1.4-liter In this mode, the Tiguan eHybrid will temporarily also cover stretches fully electrically and thus without generating any local emissions, as recuperation during braking recharges the battery.

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Here’s why Toyota is nixing Prime badge for PHEVs

Baua Electric

The automaker announced on Thursday that it will no longer use its “Prime” badge for PHEVs starting with the 2025 model year. According to Toyota, this is not an effort to realign the RAV4 Prime or its plug-in hybrids in general but to get them on the same ground with other PHEVs. “The With Prime gone, are Toyota PHEVs still premium?

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Sales of electrified MINIs up 64.3% in 2021, 18% of total sales

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MINI Electric & MINI Cooper SE Countryman. The winner of the year was the fully electric MINI Cooper SE. The MINI Electric even managed to almost double its sales (plus 98.2%). In addition, 18, 392 units of the MINI Cooper SE Countryman ALL4 PHEV were sold—a sales increase of 24.2%.

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BYD tests PHEV pickup truck in Mexico [Video]

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However, after it was spotted in Mexico undergoing some rigorous-looking tests, news broke that BYD’s upcoming pickup truck will be a plug-in electric vehicle (PHEV). As a PHEV, comparing BYD’s hybrid pickup truck with fully electric cars like the Tesla Cybertruck or Ford F-150 Lighting would be similar to comparing apples to oranges.

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