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New battery-electric vehicles take 5.7% share in Europe in Q1; hybrids 18.4%, gasoline 42.2% , diesel 23.2%

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Most EU markets posted double-digit declines in this segment, including three of the four major ones: Germany (-29.4%), Spain (-28.3%) and France (-11.1%). With the exception of France (+8.3%), registrations of gasoline cars fell in all major EU markets during the three-month period: Germany (-30.0%), Spain (-25.7%) and Italy (-4.8%).

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Uplifting BEV result accelerates new-car market growth in Spain

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31 March 2025 As other major European markets faltered, Spain continued its growth streak across the first quarter of 2025. This was Spains seventh consecutive month of growth and marked its highest monthly volume total since July 2020. However, Spain remains firmly behind these three markets in terms of total volume.

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Ford reveals production version of Transit Custom PHEV at IAA Commercial Vehicles

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Ford revealed the production version of the new Transit Custom plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) at IAA Commercial Vehicle show in Hannover, Germany. The Transit Custom PHEV targets an all-electric driving range of 50 kilometers (31 miles), and uses the multi-award-winning Ford 1.0-liter

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SEAT begins construction on battery lab in Spain

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MW simultaneously, this facility will become a one-of-a-kind, pioneering electric battery laboratory in Spain. With an investment of more than €7 million, the new center will develop and test various energy systems for electric and hybrid vehicles. With a testing capacity that can reach 1.3

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SEAT delivers EVs and PHEVs to Barcelona for 6-month trial

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SEAT—the Spain-based member of the Volkswagen Group—earlier this year delivered three electric-drive cars to Barcelona City Hall: two Leon TwinDrive Ecomotive plug-in hybrids, and one Altea XL Electric Ecomotive, an all-electric zero-emissions car. SEAT is involved in other projects to promote electrical motoring in Spain.

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New EV market share in Europe hits 7.2% in Q2 2020, up from 2.4% in same period last year

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in Spain and 48.8% Sales of plug-in hybrids (PHEV) provided a strong boost to this growth (+133.9%) with 66,128 new cars. By contrast, both Spain (-46.2%) and Italy (-30.2%) saw sharp declines in the second quarter, owing to the negative performance of the hybrid and LPG segments respectively. to 129,344 new cars across the EU.

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SEAT to introduce 500 km MEB-based EV, Leon PHEV in 2020

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Of this amount, €464 million (US$572 million) were earmarked entirely for R&D, a figure which represents close to 3% of the total R&D investment expenses in Spain, making SEAT the leading industrial investor in Spain. From 2013 to 2017, SEAT invested more than €3.3 billion (US$4.1

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