Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

Volvo Cars formally inaugurated a new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. Recharge will be the overarching name for all chargeable Volvos with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Hyundai committed to offer ten electrified vehicles by the end of 2022, including seven SUVs and three car models. The fresh pipeline of new SUV products will include new and refined internal combustion, hybrid, plug-in, BEV and N performance models. Earlier post.) As an introduction to this blitz, Hyundai unveiled the 2022 Tucson SUV.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2023

Volvo Cars reported global sales of 51,286 cars in February, up 22% compared to the same month last year and a record for the month of February. The sales growth was led by the company’s Recharge line up of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars. China sales reached 13,066 cars, up 50% compared with February last year.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2021

Volvo Cars is tripling electric car manufacturing capacity at its plant in Ghent, Belgium as it prepares to meet fast growing demand for its Recharge line-up of chargeable cars. The share of Recharge cars as a percentage of total sales more than doubled in 2020, compared to 2019. in the region for the whole year.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2023

Plug Power unveiled a new high-power stationary fuel cell system for charging commercial electric vehicle (EV) fleets. Plug’s standard 18,000-gallon liquid hydrogen tank combined with its new megawatt-scale PEM fuel cell solution can provide more than 60 megawatt hours (MWh) of energy—enough to charge more than 600 EVs.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2023

Mercedes-Benz customers in Germany are now able to authenticate payments via an in-car fingerprint sensor. With the new digital payment service Mercedes pay+, Mercedes-Benz introduces native in-car payments. Instead, the car itself turns into a payment device.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2021

Specifically, this study examines actual fuel economy of cars and light trucks (pickup trucks, SUVs, and vans) from 1966 through 2019. (My million cars and light trucks sold in the United States in 2019 accounted for only 6.7% of all registered cars and light trucks in 2019.). by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

PEUGEOT estimates it will assemble up to 10,000 batteries a month for its car range by next year, and as many as 7,000 batteries a month for its advanced LCV range. PEUGEOT’s electrification is accelerating in 2022 with the New 408 which will strengthen the Plug-In Hybrid car offer, also reinforced by the New 308 and the 100% electric LCVs.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Volvo Cars has sold 581,464 cars worldwide in the first 10 months of 2021, up 12.6% In October, Volvo Cars global sales reached 50,815 cars, down 22.2% The decline was related to a shortage of components which affected production but the demand for Volvo Cars’ products remained strong. of the overall sales.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Citroën unveiled a new all-electric concept car called oli , an exercise in weight reduction and resource usage. With speed limited to 110 km/h (68 mph) and acceleration close to the classic 2CV model, the concept car gains a wider range and significantly improved battery lifespan.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2022

Mercedes-Benz xEV sales (plug-in hybrids and battery electric vehicles) rose 37% ub Q1 2022 to 67,800 units of which 21,900 (+210%) units were battery-electric vehicles (BEV). Overall, Mercedes-Benz Cars January to March deliveries fell 15% year-on-year to 501,600 units in a challenging environment primarily due to semi-conductor constraints.

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Electric Cars Report

APRIL 10, 2025

Porsche significantly increased the share of electrified vehicles it sold in the first quarter of 2025: a total of 71,470 cars were handed over to customers worldwide between January and March, 38.5 The post Over a third of all new Porsches sold have a plug appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2022

SK E&S and SK Plug Hyverse—a joint venture (JV) formed in January of this year by SK E&S and Plug Power—will work with Korea Southeast Power Generation (KOEN) to cooperate with green hydrogen and green ammonia projects based on renewable energy resources in Korea and abroad. million tons in 2030 and 27.9

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Volvo Cars reported global sales of 48,520 in January, up 2% compared to the same month last year. Sales of Volvo Cars´ Recharge models of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars increased by 31% in January year-on-year, accounting for 40.7% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2023

Volvo Cars reported global sales of 60,398 cars in May, up 31% compared with the same month last year. The company’s fully electric cars were the main contributor to the growth, rising 196% during the period to 10,826 units (). The share of fully electric cars stood at 18%. US sales grew by 14% in May to 10,723 cars.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2023

Volvo Cars reported sales of 162,938 cars for Q1 2023, up 10% compared to the same period last year. The sales growth was mainly led by the company’s fully electric cars. For the month of March, Volvo Cars sold 63,132 cars globally, up 8% compared with the same month last year.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2022

Alliance members prefer battery-electric vehicles over plug-in hybrids or hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles across most vehicle types. Most respondents stated a preference for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) over plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) or fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV). LDV ZEV Preferences by Vehicle Type.

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EV Central

MARCH 31, 2025

As EV demand stalls at least temporarily in Australia and plug-in hybrid interest rises, Chery has announced it will roll-out its advanced PHEV tech on the 2025 Chery Tiggo 7 Pro and Tiggo 8 Pro as well as models in its new premium Jaecoo brand. litre four-cylinder turbo engine kicks in to extend the range to a very respectable 1200km.

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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 25, 2025

Alongside the pure combustion engine models, Audi is now offering two plug-in hybrid electric vehicle models in two power levels for the A5 series for the first time. The post Audi A5 Plug-in Hybrid Comes With 110km Electric Range appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

BMW is adding two plug-in hybrid (PHEV) variants to the new BMW 7 Series range, including the first BMW M model in the range. The drive systems fitted in the two plug-in hybrid models bring together a six-cylinder in-line engine with BMW TwinPower Turbo technology and an electric motor integrated into the eight-speed Steptronic transmission.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2021

In 2020, Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivered more than 212,000 electric cars in total (+158 percent versus 2019), including nearly 134,000 battery electric vehicles (+197 percent versus 2019). —Klaus Zellmer, the board member responsible for Sales of Volkswagen Passenger Cars. of the brand’s total deliveries, up from 2.3%

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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 4, 2025

Volvo Cars' sales of electrified models fully electric and plug-in hybrid models decreased 3 per cent compared to the same period last year and accounted for 43 per cent of all cars sold during February. The post Volvo Cars reports February sales, 43 percent share of plug-ins appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Like other automakers, Volvo's walking back its plan to only sell electric cars by 2030. The automaker clarified that meant having a plug and not just a mild-hybrid system. On Wednesday, in Sweden at the debut of the 2025.5 XC90, the automaker revised its electrification ambitions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

As part of its newly announced 30-year environmental plan , Mitsubishi Motors (MMC) says that it will raise the proportion of electrified vehicles in its total sales—with a focus on its plug-in hybrids) to 50% by 2030. Raise the proportion of electric vehicles in the total sales to 50 percent by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Supported projects range from consumer rebates for clean cars to incentives for cleaner trucks, and mobility options. Funded projects include: $525 million for clean car rebates through the statewide Clean Vehicle Rebate Project. Over half of the $1.5 843 million for heavy-duty and off-road equipment investments.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

BMW has begun production of the fully-electric BMW iX1 in Regensburg; all its German plants can now produce electric cars. By 2024, at least one in three BMWs coming out of its Bavarian plants will be an electric car, said Milan Nedeljkovi?, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Production.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2021

of total passenger car sales in the EU, almost doubling their market share in a year, according to data from the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). Demand for electrically-chargeable cars also increased in Q1: battery-electric vehicles made up 5.7% of all new cars, while plug-in hybrids accounted for 8.2%

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2022

The European Council has agreed to raise the targets for reducing CO 2 emissions for new cars and new vans by 2030 to 55% compared to 1990 for cars and to 50% for vans. The Council also agreed to introduce a 100% CO 2 emissions reduction target by 2035 for new cars and vans—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The European Parliament approved the new CO 2 emissions reduction targets for new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, part of the “Fit for 55” package. Intermediate emissions reduction targets for 2030 are set at 55% for cars and 50% for vans. It makes sustainable driving accessible to everyone.

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

TheGolden Steering Wheel 2024winner is available as the fully electric Grandland Electric, the Grandland Hybrid with 48-volt technology and the powerful Grandland Plug-in Hybrid. The new Opel Grandland Plug-in Hybrid with 143 kW (195 hp) […] The post The New Opel Grandland Plug-in Hybrid appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Electric Cars Report

APRIL 8, 2025

BYD has set a new sales record in the UK, selling 9,271 cars in Q1 alone. This achievement is not only BYD UKs most successful quarter since the company introduced passenger cars in March 2023, but also means the company sold more cars in the most recent quarter than the whole of 2024 combined.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Nissan Rogue will soon add a plug-in hybrid variant using tech from corporate ally Mitsubishi.

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EV Central

APRIL 11, 2025

The new GWM Haval G6GT has the option of a plug-in hybrid system that takes EV-only motoring to another level. And while its not the cheapest plug-in hybrid on the market, the H6GT packs plenty in for the money. The best part is the plug-in hybrid system, which relies more on electrons than petrol. Theres also a 10.25-inch

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The new CR-V-based FCEV also will mark North America’s first production vehicle to combine a plug-in feature with FCEV technology in one model, which enables the driver to charge the onboard battery to deliver EV driving around town with the flexibility of fast hydrogen refueling for longer trips.

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Electric Cars Report

APRIL 8, 2025

Bentley's range of Continental GT, Continental GT Convertible and Flying Spur models has now doubled with the addition of a second V8 plug-in hybrid option, the High Performance Hybrid with an output of 680 PS.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2022

Peugeot is already at the spearhead of electric mobility: 75% of our passenger cars and 100% of our commercial vehicles are already available with an electrified powertrain. In 2021, every sixth vehicle sold by Peugeot in Europe was electrified and, in November, this reached one electrified Peugeot vehicle out of every five sold.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2022

kWh/100 km; estimates based on the car’s current development stage) as well as by a pair of plug-in hybrid models and another two conventionally powered variants with 48V mild hybrid technology. The BMW iX1 xDrive30 is the first all-wheel-drive electric car introduced by the brand in the premium compact segment.

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