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Rheinmetall books order for more than 500,000 hybrid vehicle engine blocks from SAIC

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The Materials and Trade division of the tech enterprise Rheinmetall has booked a new order to produce engine blocks for a hybrid vehicle. The customer is Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC), China’s largest maker of automobiles, motorcycles and car parts. HASCO), a subsidiary of China’s SAIC group. KPSNC) in China.

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Europcar to introduce Opel Ampera extended range EV as a rental car throughout Europe

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Opel and Europcar have agreed to introduce the Opel Ampera extended range electric vehicle ( earlier post ) as a rental car throughout Europe. —Opel/Vauxhall Vice President Sales, Marketing & Aftersales Europe, Alain Visser. Europcar provides electric and hybrid vehicles. Opel Ampera. Click to enlarge.

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Why Hybrids are gaining momentum amid EV frenzy | Autocar Professional

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The hybrid vehicles — dual powered by a petrol engine and an electric motor — are gathering strong traction amongst SUV buyers versus all electric battery-operated passenger vehicles. Not surprising then that the sale of mainstream hybrid vehicles is set to cross the one lakh mark in a short span of 24 months.

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GKN Automotive accelerating eDrive development; G400 unit undergoing winter testing

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GKN Automotive has pioneered advanced eDrive technologies since 2002, developing experience of systems integration and production that is unmatched in the industry. The DS 7 CROSSBACK E-TENSE 4x4, which launched in Europe at the beginning of 2020, features GKN Automotive’s latest advanced eAxle technology. Electrifying new models.

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Is Volvo backing down from its promise to go all-EV by 2030?

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By then, Volvo said it would phase out any car with an internal combustion engine, including hybrids. By 2025, Volvo said it aimed for 50% of global car sales to be EV, with the rest being hybrid. Despite this, EV sales remained strong in Europe (+80%) and other markets (+49%) outside the US, Europe, and China.

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Porsche Casts Doubt Upon Combustion Ban Timeline

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This is also true of the industry itself, which often makes bold promises designed to appease a subset of the public only to repeatedly move the target date back a few years.& Despite Europe having adopted battery electric vehicles far more quickly than North America, the market is still confronting a lot of the same problems.

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Tesla Swedish sales grow 9% in December

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in Sweden Data from Swedish auto industry association Mobility Sweden showed 1,789 new Tesla cars were registered in December, up from 1,645 in the same month of 2022. In number, electric cars increased by 18 percent, while plug-in hybrids decreased by just over 8 percent. Tesla Market share Grows to 6.1% Market share grew to 6.1%

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