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

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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 plant already builds the XC40 Recharge, the company’s first fully electric car, as well as a plug-in hybrid version of the XC40.

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First batch of the new MG4 EV models arrive in Europe

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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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Volvo Cars launches all-electric Volvo C40 Recharge; all cars to be pure electric by 2030

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Following the introduction of the XC40 Recharge and now the C40 Recharge, Volvo Cars will roll out several additional electric models in coming years. By 2025, Volvo Cars aims for 50% of its global sales volume to consist of fully electric cars, with the rest hybrids. —Henrik Green, chief technology officer.

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Brussels plant kicks off production for the new Audi Q8 e-tron

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Since production of the Audi e-tron began, the Belgium site has been recognized as the world’s first certified carbon-neutral high-volume production plant in the premium segment. The highly automated manufacture of electric motors in Györ. AUDI AG has owned the Belgium site since 2007.

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BYD Reveals Pre-sale Prices of European Passenger Car Range

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The world’s leading manufacturer of new energy vehicles and power batteries immediately introduces three full-electric passenger vehicles which will be delivered to Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany.

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Volvo Cars opens order books for new electric C40 Recharge

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The all-electric Volvo C40 Recharge is available online via volvocars.com in select markets across Europe as of this week. The propulsion system consists of twin electric motors, one on the front and one on the rear axle, powered by a 78 kWh battery that can be fast-charged to 80% in about 40 minutes.

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New launch of MG5 in the electric car market

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At the first half of 2020, MG ZS EV is expected to target Sweden, Netherlands, France, Germany and Belgium markets. There is a gap left in the electric car industry in the UK and other European countries, which MG is trying to create a wave by launching its new product – MG5. Reference – [link].

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