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Volvo Cars to build EX30 small SUV at Ghent plant

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Responding to strong demand for the car, Volvo Cars has decided that it will start building the new fully electric Volvo EX30 in its Ghent plant in Belgium from 2025, expanding production capacity for its celebrated small SUV.

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Toyota bZ Compact SUV Concept Debuts in Europe

Electric Cars Report

The new Toyota bZ Compact SUV Concept has made its European debut in Brussels, Belgium, giving a glimpse of what the future could be with the bZ Compact SUV Concept, extending the company’s vision under the “bZ” (Beyond Zero) brand umbrella.

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

Green Car Congress

The first Audi Q8 e-tron drove off the production line at the Brussels plant yesterday, 14 December, marking the beginning of an era for the new top model in Audi’s electric SUV range. Around 160,000 units of Audi’s first electric model have been delivered since 2018. The highly automated manufacture of electric motors in Györ.

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Volvo Cars opens order books for new electric C40 Recharge

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Like the XC40 Recharge electric compact SUV, the C40 Recharge comes with an infotainment systems jointly developed with Google and based on the Android operating system. The C40 Recharge will go into production this fall and will be built alongside the XC40 Recharge at the Volvo Cars manufacturing plant in Ghent, Belgium.

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XPeng P7 Sedan — First Impression

CleanTechnica EVs

Initially, there was a careful start in Norway with the XPeng P7 sedan and the XPeng G9 SUV. Now, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg are next. After a year of preparations, XPeng is ready to start deliveries of its vehicles in Europe. The rest of Europe will follow, but in each country, a […]

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Volvo C40 Recharge EV coming to US with $58,750 MSRP

Green Car Congress

The Volvo C40 Recharge pure electric will start at an MSRP of $58,750 in the United States before tax credits. This newest addition to the Volvo electric line-up has all the benefits of an SUV but with a lower and sleeker design. This will enable drivers to charge at discounted rates of $0.31/min,

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Audi to begin production of e-tron Sportback in 2019; second new electric model for Brussels

Green Car Congress

Audi will begin production of the Audi e-tron Sportback—Audi’s second production electric car—at Audi Brussels (Belgium) in 2019. The Audi e-tron electric SUV—the first electric model—will drive off the assembly line there as of 2018. Earlier post.).

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