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Volvo Cars all-electric sales climb to 19% of all sales in February

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The sales growth was led by the company’s Recharge line up of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars. Sales of Volvo Cars’ Recharge models made up 40% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month. In February 2022, the share of all-electrics was only 8% (3,338 units out of 42,067).

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Jeep introducing all-electric Avenger at Paris Motor show

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The Jeep brand will showcase a 100% electrified presence at the 2022 Paris Motor Show (Mondial de L’Automobile 2022), with a stand fully dedicated to the introduction of the all-new fully electric Jeep Avenger, the brand’s first BEV.

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Volvo Cars global sales up 31% in May; fully electric cars up 196%

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The company’s fully electric cars were the main contributor to the growth, rising 196% during the period to 10,826 units (). Sales of Volvo Cars´ Recharge models of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars increased by 55% in May, accounting for 40% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month.

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Volvo Cars Q1 sales up 10% to 162,938 units; all-electric vehicles took 18% share

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The sales growth was mainly led by the company’s fully electric cars. Volvo Cars’ Recharge line-up of chargeable models, with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain, made up 41% of all Volvo cars sold globally (67,403 units) in Q1 2023. Sales of the all-electric cars were up 140% year-on-year.

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Porsche expects more than 80% of new vehicle sales to be all-electric in 2030

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Last year, almost 40% of all new Porsche vehicles delivered in Europe were already at least partly electric—i.e. plug-in hybrids or fully electric models. But by 2030, the share of all new vehicles with an all-electric drive should be more than 80%, Blume said. 2021 Taycan range.

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Argonne report on characteristics of light-duty plug-in electric vehicles in US

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A new report from a team at Argonne National Laboratory examines the changing characteristics for light-duty plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) from 2010-2021, evaluating range, energy efficiency, costs, and performance. terawatt-hours of electricity to drive 19.1 More than 2.1 Annual sales of PEVs in the US by year. Gohlke et al.

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Every fourth BMW sold in the UK in 2023 was all-electric

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BMW Group UK has reported 28,723 registrations of all-electric BMW vehicles in 2023, a 34 per cent increase on 2022. Now, one in every four BMW vehicles registered in 2023 was fully electric. In the corporate sector, half of all registrations are all-electric vehicles (BEVs).

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