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Volvo Cars building €1.2B EV manufacturing plant in Slovakia; third in Europe

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The new plant will be climate-neutral and build only electric cars, underpinning the company’s ambition to become fully electric by 2030 and climate-neutral by 2040, and to continue expanding its global production capacity to match its growth ambitions. The new facility represents an investment of around €1.2

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Volvo Cars gears up for long-term sustainable growth with new Slovakia EV manufacturing plant

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The new state-of-the-art plant will be climate neutral and build only electric cars, underpinning the company’s ambition to become fully electric by […] The post Volvo Cars gears up for long-term sustainable growth with new Slovakia EV manufacturing plant appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Electric Porsche Cayenne to live alongside gas and hybrid models

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The current Cayenne models, which have been on sale since the 2019 model year and given an update for 2024, will be given further updates to keep them fresh alongside the newer electric version which is expected to start sales in 2026, likely as a 2027 model in the U.S. It’s where the current gas and hybrid Cayennes are built.

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Skoda to set up second life battery hubs to power its retailers

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The company has also received 160 pre-orders for the power hubs from its dealers in Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands and Slovakia. The power hubs can hold up to 20 batteries from various Skoda plug-in hybrid models (Superb iV and Octavia iV) or five batteries from its fully electric Enyaq iV.

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Porsche accelerates shift to electric vehicles as gas-powered models die off

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With new electric vehicles launching, including the Macan, Boxster, Cayenne, and a range-topping seven-seater EV, Porsche is laying the groundwork for the future. Porsche launched its first fully electric car, the Taycan, in 2019. With nearly 42,300 Taycan’s sold in 2021, Porsche’s electric vehicle sales more than doubled.

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