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Audi Brussels to produce exclusively e-tron quattro SUV, battery packs; A1 production moving to Spain

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As of 2018, Audi Brussels will produce exclusively the commercial version of Audi’s e-tron quattro battery-electric SUV ( earlier post ). Audi will transfer production of the Audi A1 from Brussels to Martorell in Spain; in 2014, Audi Brussels produced 115,378 Audi A1 models.

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Audi sales in China rose 10.3% year-on-year in August; global sales up 5.0%

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Following growth in June and July, Audi AG increased its global sales year-on-year in August as well. Last month, Audi sales increased in all three of its top markets: the US (+2.8%), Germany (+6.7%), and, most notably, in China (+10.3%) with 54,205 Chinese customers. Spain saw sales increase 8.8% more than a year ago.

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SEAT to invest €3B in conversion of Martorell plant for the production of small EVs

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Our ambition is to produce electric vehicles made in Spain from 2025 and, as part of this transformation, Martorell will also manufacture the CUPRA UrbanRebel. and the Volkswagen Group to the electrification of Spain with the Future: Fast Forward project. Over the past 30 years, SEAT S.A. million units), the Leon family (2.5

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Audi begins construction of first North American plant

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Audi has begun construction on a more than €900-million plant, comprising a press shop, body shop and assembly line in San José Chiapa, Mexico—the company’s first plant in North America. Starting in mid-2016, the plant will produce the successor generation of the successful Audi Q5 SUV.

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Audi worldwide sales up 6.8% in September; strong Q7 performance

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Audi saw its worldwide sales increase by 6.8% With a strong start from the new Audi Q7, Audi saw its best-ever September sales in company history in Europe with almost 80,000 units. Since the start of the year, global sales have increased by 3.8% Since the start of the year, global sales have increased by 3.8%

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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The outbreak of COVID-19 has already impacted the automotive industry significantly, according to JATO Dynamics, a leading provider of global automotive data and insight. Global vehicle sales totalled 5.55 —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. million units in March 2020, down by 39% from March 2019. million units.

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JATO Dynamics: 17% of new passenger car registrations in Europe in April were electrified

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Combined registrations in Italy, the UK, Spain and France tumbled from 646,000 units in April 2019 to 34,000 one year later. Registrations of Volkswagen’s, Volvo’s, Audi’s and Ford’s EVs posted double-digit growth. Spain also saw a decrease, down from 45% in April 2019 to 41% in April 2020. EVs: the new safe haven.

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