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Avenger assemble! Full pricing for pint-sized Jeep Avenger that’s been designed to fight the Hyundai Kona Electric

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The European-designed and built Avenger will go on-sale in Australia in the fourth quarter of 2024. Concept is an off-road EV beast READ MORE: Jeep EV journey begins with images of 2023 electric SUV That pricing places the Avenger up against the Hyundai Kona Electric and Peugeot e-2008 compact SUVs. READ MORE: 4xFloor it!

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2023 electric car sales record led by Tesla, BYD and MG – but luxury brands are also doing plenty of EV heavy lifting

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Sales figures released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries showed its was relatively new brands leading the way with electric car sales – with Tesla accounting for 53 percent of all EV sales. EV sales growing fast Electric cars now account for 7.2 Again, it’s Tesla doing the heavy lifting, with 46,116 sales.

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Tesla Model Y continues to lead auto sales in Norway

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Overall auto volume was 19,366 units, up some 19% YoY, and the highest March sales since at least 2016 (though compensating from a hangover earlier in Q1). The Tesla Model Y broke all records, with the highest monthly sales of any vehicle in Norway’s history, with 7,445 units registered, and over 38% of the entire auto market.

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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Global vehicle sales totalled 5.55 This represents the largest year-on-year monthly decrease since 1980, when JATO Dynamics started to collect data—even surpassing the global financial crisis in November 2008, which saw a 25% decline in sales. million units in March 2020, down by 39% from March 2019. million units.

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Tesla Model Y Takes Over 38% Of Norway’s Auto Sales In March!

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Overall auto volume was 19,366 units, up some 19% YoY, and the highest March sales since at least 2016 […] The slight dent in share came from a drop in plugin hybrid volume, against overall market growth.

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Hyundai Motor America Targeting Minimum Average 50 mpg for Lineup by 2025

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Hyundai Motor America, currently the leading fuel economy auto manufacturer in the US according to EPA ratings, plans to achieve a corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) rating of at least 50 (mpg) by 2025 for its lineup of passenger cars and light duty trucks. Since becoming the fuel economy leader in the 2008 model year (average 30.9

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Hyundai breaks ground for third plant in China; total China capacity of up to 1M units by 2012

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Hyundai Motor Company has begun construction of a third plant in China to respond to growing demand in the world’s largest automobile market. Beijing Hyundai Motor Company (BHMC), a 50-50 joint venture between Hyundai Motor and Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co., —Mong-Koo Chung, Chairman & CEO of Hyundai Motor.

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