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Electric car and SUV sales jump 90% to 90,000 units in FY2024 | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

In tandem with the handsome growth of the e-two-wheeler and e-three-wheeler segment, the electric passenger vehicle segment, which comprises cars, SUV and MPVs, has also registered record retail sales. Just 54 units behind Hyundai is BYD India , which sells the Atto 3 SUV, e6 MPV and launched the Seal sedan on March 5.

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Electric car and SUV sales soar to 79,550 units in first 11 months of FY2024 | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

The rise in sales of electric passenger vehicles is now quite apparent as in the growing number of green-number-plated cars, SUVs and MPVs seen on Indian roads. As per Vahan data as of March 3, 2024, a total of 79,443 electric cars, SUVs and MPVs (LMVs and LPVs) have been sold in the past 11 months (April 2023-February 2024).

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MG Motor India moots new sub-Rs 15 lakh EV MPV and SUV | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Sources say MG Motor is set to add two new electric vehicles based on E260 EV platform that will churn out a five-door SUV and compact MPV, which are likely to be positioned below Rs 15 lakh. The all-new EV based on the same vehicle architecture is likely to follow within three to six months in the personal buyer’s space.

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Tesla Model S Safety Plea, 2016 BMW X5 40e Plug-In Hybrid, BYD e6 For Uber: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we have an owner''s concern over a potential safety issue with the Tesla Model S electric car, details on the 2016 BMW X5 xDrive 40e plug-in hybrid SUV, and plans for UberX drivers to use the Chinese BYD e6 electric car in Chicago. Today in Car News' All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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BYD India plans 90% market coverage, eyes dominance in Rs 30-lakh EV category | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Premium Atto 3 e-SUV is currently undergoing homologation. 4 passenger EV maker in India in CY2023 , BYD India also aims to maintain its dominance in the Rs 30 lakh EV segment, with models like the Atto 3 SUV and e6 MPV, which are priced in the Rs 30-40 lakh region. And that is what we are targeting,” Gopalakrishnan added.

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Maruti Suzuki to add electric MPV in 2026, share it with Toyota Kirloskar | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Capitalising on its leadership in the multi-purpose vehicle space, Maruti Suzuki, the country’s largest carmaker plans to add an electric MPV following its first electric SUV eVX scheduled for the first half of 2025. Sources say an electric MPV codenamed YMC is based on the same born EV architecture as the YY8 mid-size SUV.

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BYD U7 EV revealed | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

BYD ’s new upmarket Yangwang brand has revealed its third production car: a 1,000hp plus luxury saloon aimed at performance variants of the BMW i5 and Mercedes-Benz EQE. BYD said the new Yangwang flagship will cost upwards of ¥1 million (around Rs 1.2 crore) in China.

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