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Comment on Nio Firefly: New spy shots show more details by Augustus Meyer

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Audi (org Auto Union/DKW) originally was a total separate company, before being bought by VW, as a premium subbrand. Because VW wanted to benefit from the famous history of Audi. Toyota founded Lexus to compete on premium segment with Mercedes etc. @Tom Budetti In reply to Tom Budetti. Thus, totally different stories.

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Comment on Nio cuts Q1 delivery guidance to 30,000 units, hints at Mar deliveries of around 11,813 by Augustus Meyer

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Toyota was a class of itself, being very profitable, making lot of money, before founding Lexus. VW bought Audi (ex Auto Union, DKW) after being very successful itself; and Audi was a top-brand already, when being bought. Toyota and VW did not need to make profit from sub-brand or acquired brand.

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Shanghai auto show: Complete map about exhibitors' booths

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NIO XPeng , and Li Auto 's booths were all in Hall 6.1, The organizers of the upcoming Auto Shanghai 2023, which will start on April 18, have announced the booth locations of all exhibitors. and Li Auto is 6A04 in Hall 6.1. The absence of Tesla in these maps means it will not be at the Shanghai auto show. 6A01 NIO Hall 6.1

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Tesla Model Y continues to lead auto sales in Norway

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share of the auto market in March, down from 91.9% 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 Model Y alone took over 38% of Norway’s new passenger auto registrations in March. year on year. comprised 86.8%

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Audi to add Q5 PHEV in Australia mid-2023

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Audi is re-introducing a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) to its Australian line-up from mid-2023 in the form of the Q5 55 TFSI e luxury medium SUV. 2023 Audi Q5 55 TFSI e. 2023 Audi Q5 55 TFSI e. 2023 Audi Q5 55 TFSI e interior. Those vehicles were very much the first steps down Audi’s road toward electrification.

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Will Toyota Prius Prime gain EV route planning smarts?

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Among the new features of the Toyota C-HR plug-in hybrid recently launched in Europe is an efficiency-boosting trip planner that could be useful to Toyota’s U.S. 2024 Toyota C-HR plug-in hybrid (European-spec) Predictive Efficient Drive is a system that Toyota also touts for the Prius Prime. And in the U.S.,

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US Auto Industry Down 8% Since 2019

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It’s time for another one of our quarterly US auto sales reports. No other media outlet compares US auto industry trends with as much history and depth as we do in these. First, before getting into the automaker comparisons for the second quarter of 2023 versus the second quarters of 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, […]