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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 fullyelectric and plug-in hybrid cars. China sales reached 13,066 cars, up 50% compared with February last year.
Volvo Cars has opened order books for the XC40 Recharge P8 AWD ( earlier post ), the company’s first fullyelectric car which is based on the best-selling SUV, in selected markets. The company says it has already received “several thousands” of firm orders even before the formal start of sales.
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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced that the world’s first plug-in hybrid SUV, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, has achieved sales of 200,000 units worldwide since its launch in 2013. Since making its debut in Japan, the Outlander PHEV has been rolled out to more than 50 countries across the world.
Polestar, the Swedish premium electric car company founded by Volvo Cars and Geely Holding, delivered on its global sales target of 29,000 vehicles in 2021, representing year-on-year growth exceeding 185%. Polestar has produced two electric performance cars.
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Retail sales increased 6.3% The Buick, Cadillac and Baojun brands reached all-time highs for July sales, while Chevrolet posted growth of 24% on an annual basis. GM’s performance was strong across segments, with SUVs remaining the biggest riser—generating growth of 50% year over year. on an annual basis.
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Volvo’s industry-leading commitment to go fullyelectric in Australia by 2026 is no more. We are fully committed to the strategy [of going fullyelectric],” Volvo Car Australia managing director Stephen Connor told EV Central. There’s no point us going fullyelectric if our consumers aren’t ready for it. “I
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model series is for the fullyelectric version, with around 20,000 orders received over the first three months of this year. GTE models took the lead in 2014 and their second model generation features an increased electric range due to more battery capacity. Volkswagen reports that, even before the launch of the new ID.3
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Audi aims to sell approximately 800,000 fullyelectric cars and plug-in hybrids in the year 2025. Also in electric mobility, we want to become the Number 1 among the premium manufacturers—with full suitability for everyday use, no compromises, top quality and driving pleasure for the customer.
The EQS, the first electric luxury sedan from Mercedes-Benz, will start in the first half of 2021 in Factory 56 at the Sindelfingen site (Germany). Compact car class customers can look forward to two fullyelectric compact SUVs in the EQA and EQB in 2021.
AERO concept electric sedan in China as a foretaste of the brand’s first global fully-electric sedan. The production version for China is expected to go on sale in the second half of 2023. AERO concept car, Volkswagen is stepping up its electric offensive in China as part of its ACCELERATE strategy. With the ID.
years as it replaces three-quarters of its lineup and adds four new trucks and SUVs. By 2020, trucks and SUVs—including electrified vehicles—are to represent 86% of Ford’s product mix. It is the first of six electric vehicles coming by 2022 as part of the company’s $11 billion global electric vehicle investment.
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