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Volvo suddenly shifts EX30, EX90 production to Belgium to avoid China-made EV tariffs

Baua Electric

Volvo is reportedly shifting EV production to Belgium ahead of schedule. Production of the new Volvo EX30 and EX90 is moving to Belgium to avoid expected tariffs on electric vehicles made in China. Volvo announced it planned to build its new low-cost EX30 at its Ghent plant in Belgium last October.

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Volvo Cars to triple electric car production capacity in Ghent after strong year of electrified car sales

Green Car Congress

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.

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Volvo Cars January global sales up 2%; Recharge models up 31%, for 40.7% of all cars sold

Green Car Congress

Sales of Volvo Carsยด Recharge models of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars increased by 31% in January year-on-year, accounting for 40.7% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month. The share of fully electric cars stood at 16.2%. European sales for January reached 21,436 cars, up 14.7%

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First batch of the new MG4 EV models arrive in Europe

Electric Cars Report

The first batch of MG Motor’s new pure electric vehicles MG4 EV or Mulan, the name for Chinese market, arrived at the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. MG also […] The post First batch of the new MG4 EV models arrive in Europe appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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New launch of MG5 in the electric car market

EV Report

After its absence of 15 years from the market in 2005, it is returned back to Europe with a new launch. It has come back to its native as a brand that is well known for building electric crossovers. This new electric vehicle was launched in October 2019 in two electric countries of Europe โ€“ Norway and Netherlands.

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Half of EU Electric Car Chargers in Just Two Countries!

CleanTechnica EVs

I’ve followed the European electric car and EV charger market for a decade. Nonetheless, I was shocked to see the figure that just came out from an EU EV charging analysis conducted by the European Automobile Manufacturersโ€™ Association (ACEA) โ€” “half of all charging points for electric […].

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bp pulse and APCOA to build EV hubs across Europe

Green Car Congress

Under the agreement, bp pulse plans to install ultra-fast charging at APCOA car parks—Urban Hubs—in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Poland and the UK over the next three years to help expand its charging network in city centers and further to accelerate urban e-mobility infrastructure throughout Europe.

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