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Confirmed! China’s Leapmotor to go on-sale in Australia in 2024 with C10 SUV

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The Chinese electrified vehicle maker Leapmotor will launch in Australia in late 2024 as part of an international expansion backed by global auto giant Stellantis. Beyond that it has a variety of existing models it could add here quickly including the Mini-sized T03 electric car that has already been confirmed for European sale.

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JATO Dynamics: China’s smaller cities help boost new car sales in 2015; SUVs biggest growth drivers

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million in 2015, an 11% increase on 2014. Although new car sales growth for 2015 was still in the double digits, the rate declined for a second year in a row—dropping to 11% from 13% in 2014 and 16% in 2013. Just as in Europe and the USA, SUVs are the biggest driver of new sales.

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Navigant: sales of light duty vehicles to total more than 2.1 billion from 2015 to 2035

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According to a recent report from Navigant Research, total sales of LDVs are expected to total more than 2.1 billion from 2015 to 2035. Navigant forecasts global annual LDV sales to grow from 88.8 million vehicles in 2015 to 122.6 million in 2035.

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Navigant forecasts global annual sales of LDVs of 122.6M by 2035, up 38% from 2015

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In a new report, Navigant Research forecasts global annual sales of light duty vehicles will reach 122.6 from 2015 to 2035 to almost 1.9 Navigant expects sales of conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles will fall significantly over the forecast period, experiencing a CAGR of -6.6%. billion units.

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NADA forecasts light-duty vehicle sales of 16.94M in US in 2015; 56% trucks and SUVs

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Low gasoline prices and pent-up consumer demand will combine to drive new car and light truck sales to an estimated 16.94 million in 2015, according to the National Automobile Dealers Association. NADA’s original sales forecast of 16.4 On the downside, small and mid-sized cars are likely to face a tougher market in 2015.

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SUVs became the largest and fastest-growing automotive segment in 2015; up 22% from 2014

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Global sales of SUVs surged 22% in 2015, supporting an overall increase in global sales of light vehicles of 1.7% in 2014-2015, according to data released by global market research company Euromonitor International. of light vehicle sales globally. of light vehicle sales globally. Portugal: +54.8%.

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Diesel sales in March account for 26.6% of VW sales, 15.5% of Audi sales

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The Volkswagen Group, which accounted for 79% of the light-duty diesels sold in the US in 2013, reported that TDI diesel sales accounted for 26.6% of its Volkswagen brand sales in the US in March, and 15.5% of Audi sales in the US. Volkswagen Passat TDI sales in March were 4,549, representing 41.2%

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