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Tesla Overtakes BMW In 2021 US Luxury Car Sales

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World leader in electric vehicles Tesla has been steadily increasing its market capitalization for several years. Musk’s manufacturer may be credited with hastening the adoption of electric automobiles with the Model S and succeeding models. That said, Cox has suggested that Tesla outsold BMW in the US in 2021.

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Europe’s biggest EV market is about to hit a perfect storm of problems

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Germany’s VDA, an interest group for the country’s automobile industry, says that battery-powered vehicles are likely to see a decline from 524,000 units last year – more than any other European market – to 451,000 units this year.

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2025-2035: Rewriting The Automotive History

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A recent report from the Environmental Defense Fund indicates that electric vehicle sales volumes are growing at a rapid pace, signalling an epochal shift in the auto industry over the next decade. Tesla produced a record number of electric vehicles in the first quarter of 2022. Companies Making The Shift.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. "The I got beaten down a number of times."

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