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Volkswagen sold around 394,000 battery-electric vehicles in 2023

Teslarati

The delivery figures show that we are on the right track as a brand and that our cars are well received by our customers,” said Imelda Labbé, Volkswagen Board Member for sales, marketing and after sales. Worldwide, Volkswagen fell behind many BEV makers, while it still outpaced some traditional gas car manufacturers.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. But when you do, your car essentially becomes an electric vehicle with a gas-tank backup. So youll have a cleaner, cheaper, quieter car for your local travel, and the gas tank is always there should you need to drive longer distances.

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

Green Car Congress

So now finally we have the technology to deliver everything to customers and with things like plugins you don’t have the range anxiety so that does kind of relieve most of the tradeoffs, certainly. early technology adopters and relatively affluent urban consumers interested in a “green” commuter car). Market Drivers.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Subscribe Green News Events Manufacturers Region New Cars Used Cars Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Chrysler , Dodge , AutoblogGreen Exclusive , SAE World Congress Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day by Sebastian Blanco on Apr 22nd 2009 at 7:48PM Two months ago we went for a ride in the Dodge Circuit EV.

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The car would have been capable of making a lasting impression given the chance, outfitted, as it was, with the motor and gear box 1.0 I wish the thing was for sale as-is. It is probably possible to make a 20k electric smart that outperforms most other cars on the road in everything except range and top speed. and 49 mpg.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

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As people have seen the EV adoption rate globally is under pressure and a lot of other auto manufacturers are pulling back on EVs and pursuing plugin hybrids instead. It will increase—we actually know that it will—significantly faster than the car business, as we expected. It’s profound, and the rate of improvement is rapid.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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. Raising money to bring a PHEV to market.

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