Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 9, 2020
In the last quarter of 2019, EU demand for diesel cars further decreased , dropping to 29.5% Overall in 2019, almost 60% of all new cars registered in the European Union ran on gasoline (58.9%, compared to 56.6% From October to December 2019, the number of diesel cars registered across the European Union fell by 3.7%
Green Car Congress
MAY 6, 2020
Recharge is the overarching brandname for all chargeable Volvo models with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain. The European sales performance was significantly impacted in April due to restriced movement in several key markets including Germany, the UK, France, Italy and Belgium. compared with the same period last year.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 8, 2021
Volvo Cars is tripling electric car manufacturing capacity at its plant in Ghent, Belgium as it prepares to meet fast growing demand for its Recharge line-up of chargeable cars. The share of Recharge cars as a percentage of total sales more than doubled in 2020, compared to 2019. Volvo XC40 Recharge production in Ghent, Belgium.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 3, 2020
Punch Powertrain holds majority control in the new Joint 61/39 Venture, which will design, manufacture, and supply Punch Powertrain’s DT2 dual clutch transmission for the industry’s next generation of mild hybrid electric (MHEV) and plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) vehicles. In turn, Groupe PSA will make a cash investment in the Joint Venture.
Plug in America
JUNE 10, 2021
Last week, 37 electric vehicle (EV) driver associations from 26 countries, including Plug In America, joined forces to create the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance, building a worldwide EV community. Like Plug In America, the Alliance is calling for every new light-duty passenger vehicle sold in their countries to have a plug by 2030.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 5, 2019
As of the 2019/2020 season, Venturi will go to the starting line as a customer team of the Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E team. Pascal Wehrlein of Germany and Jerome D’Ambrosio of Belgium are competing as drivers for the team. —Wolf-Henning Scheider, CEO of ZF.
Green Car Congress
MAY 15, 2019
In 2017 Volvo Cars committed that all new Volvo cars launched from 2019 would be electrified. Volvo Cars’ first battery assembly line is currently under construction at its manufacturing plant in Ghent, Belgium. Plug-in hybrid variants of the XC40 are already manufactured there.
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