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Volvo Cars introducing S60 plug-in hybrid concept at Beijing show; production version in early 2015

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Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) will reveal the Volvo S60L PPHEV (Petrol Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) Concept Car at the 2014 Beijing International Auto Show. A production version of the S60L plug-in hybrid will be launched in China early 2015 and will be produced at the Chengdu plant. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Mahindra launches new Supro Excel at starting price of Rs 6.62 lakh | Autocar Professional

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Mahindra & Mahindra, which is the market leader in small commercial vehicles, first launched Supro in 2015 and over 200,000 units have been sold till date. The CNG Duo, which varaint runs on both CNG and petrol, and is equipped with cylinders, will have a mileage of 24.88 km per litre. km per kilo and maximum range of 500 km.

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JATO Dynamics: 2016 will be record year for plug-ins with global sales in excess of 700K units; China to begin dominating the market

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Global electric passenger car sales totalled 280,000 units in 2014, representing growth of 43% compared with 2013; total global passenger car sales that year were 72 million units. The report projects annual EV sales in Europe of 500,000 units by 2019. Expected EV sales volume in 2016, 2019, 2022, 2025. 2015-YTD actual.

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Toyota phasing out diesel in passenger cars in Europe, keeping diesel for commercial vehicles

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In 2017, hybrids represented 41% of Toyota’s European total sales, rising +38% year-on-year to 406,000 units. In our latest new model, the Toyota C-HR, HEVs accounted for 78% of sales last year. Toyota’s HEV mix in passenger cars already equalled our diesel mix in 2015. HEV Powertrain – New, more powerful, TNGA 2.0L

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Hyundai Creta walks away with another record month, 16,458 units sold in March

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Hyundai Creta sees its second successive month of record sales in the Indian car market. In the month of March, 16,458 Hyundai Creta units were sold, a record for any one month since the SUV model was launched back in 2015. The company says that around 40 per cent of all Creta sales are accounted for by the version with 1.5-litre

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Survey finds big shift in UK buyers’ attitude to diesel; more concern over running costs than environment

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There appears to have been a dramatic shift in the petrol and diesel sales seesaw. In the 2000s, legislation changes resulted in a diesel boom but after last year’s revelations and the emergence of extremely efficient downsized petrol engines, the tide has now turned. — Steve Huntingford, What Car?

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2024 Hyundai Creta: Official images of India’s most-awaited SUV revealed

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The 2024 Hyundai Creta will sport a design that is significantly updated from the design of the model on sale at present. Launched for the first time in 2015, the Hyundai Creta remains a power player in the segment and with over nine lakh units sold, is a blockbuster hit in the automotive market as a whole. MPi petrol and 1.5l

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