Green Car Reports

JUNE 22, 2021

Volvo announces a big battery factory for Europe. We bring you a drive of the XC90 Recharge plug-in hybrid and think about its connection to a future all-electric XC90. And Porsche is in the battery business. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Porsche is further expanding its involvement in the rapidly growing market for e-bikes by acquiring a stake in Fazua , an innovative manufacturer of e-bike drive systems, and establishing a strategic partnership with Ponooc Investment B.V. Porsche is acquiring 20% of the shares in Fazua GmbH. Ponooc is part of Pon Holdings B.V.—a

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JANUARY 29, 2024

However, Porsche Chief Financial Officer Lutz Meschke was quoted by Automotive News on Thursday casting some doubts.& Despite Europe having adopted battery electric vehicles far more quickly than North America, the market is still confronting a lot of the same problems. We should probably take Porsche’s comments seriously.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Porsche will unveil the Panamera 4 E-Hybrid with controlled all-wheel drive and an electric range of 50 kilometers (31 miles) at the upcoming Paris Motor Show. The plug-in hybrid will be the fourth model in the Panamera line. l/100 km (94 mpg) in the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) for plug-in hybrid models.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Porsche is expanding its hybrid range by adding a powerful plug-in hybrid to the Panamera Sport Turismo model line. The 2018 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo is available to order now and is expected to reach US dealers in Spring of 2018. Combining the 4.0-liter Combining the 4.0-liter l/100 km (78.4

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EV Central

MAY 22, 2024

There’s no word if Ford is hatching plans to roll out mild-hybrid, hybrid or plug-in hybrid powertrains, but it’s thought it will favour the latter, with the US car-maker thought to be working on a plug-in version that could combine with its mightiest 5.0-litre The post World’s hottest hybrid?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2020

As expected, new car registrations in Europe faced a steady decline in April. This represents the lowest monthly level since the 1970s, and the worst result among the big three markets: China, USA-Canada, and Europe. Europe’s sharp decrease was only outperformed by India (-100%). Volume fell from 1.34

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Baua Electric

APRIL 9, 2024

In a recent interview with Australian publication Drive , Toyota Australia sales and marketing boss said diesel is “not going to die off anytime soon,” adding that it remains viable as part of hybrid powertrains, “particularly for heavy vehicles.” 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser Europe was itself a stronghold for diesels.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2018

Porsche has built “3 figures worth” of prototypes of the upcoming 600 hp electric Taycan sports car (formerly known as Mission E earlier post ), which is due to be released next year. Porsche is currently projecting roughly 20,000 units per year—approximately two-thirds of the current sales figures for the 911.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Porsche plans to invest more than €6 billion (US$7.5 billion) in electromobility by 2022, focusing on both plug-in hybrids and purely electric vehicles. The decision was made by the Porsche AG Supervisory Board at its most recent meeting. Plug-in hybrid. The electric Mission E concept at IAA 2015. Click to enlarge.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

Porsche has announced total sales of 320,221 cars over the past 12 months. Even in times of global economic uncertainty, our brand remains desirable and exclusive,” says Detlev von Platen, Member of the Executive Board for Sales and Marketing at Porsche AG. In Europe (excluding Germany), Porsche delivered 70,229 cars last year.

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EV Central

JANUARY 28, 2024

Ahead of its full unveiling in the coming months, the heavily revised 2024 Porsche Taycan has been teased playing in the snow. Shown wearing the lightest camouflage yet, it’s clear that when the new facelifted Porsche Taycan rocks up in Australia before the end of 2024 it will look largely similar to the current battery-electric sedan.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2021

There also continued to be strong demand for vehicles with a plug-in hybrid drive (PHEVs). In terms of BEV deliveries by region, Europe was still clearly in the lead, with 209,800 vehicles (share of 72%). Porsche Taycan (incl. The Group was the market leader here, accounting for a BEV market share of around 26%. 4 72,700 units.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

Sales of plug-in hybrids worldwide also rose significantly to 309,500 units (+61%). Porsche Taycan (incl. A total of 3,518,700 Group vehicles were delivered in Europe (–2.7%). In Western Europe, 2,860,400 customers took possession of a Group brand vehicle (–2.7%). of Group deliveries in Western Europe (2020: 6.2%).

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 19, 2012

The past decade or so has been a tough one for Porsche purists to take. From a range that comprised just the enduring 911 and the Boxster, we've since seen dubiously-styled off-roaders and sedans, diesel engines (in Europe) and hybrid versions.

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EV Sales

MARCH 25, 2021

This solid sales growth was mostly due to PHEVs, that have seen their sales jump by 117% YoY, to 65,581 units, while BEVs (50,246 units) have grown a more moderate 27% last month, confirming plugin hybrids as the major growth source for plugins in these first stages of 2021.

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EV Sales

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

With BMW's plugin hybrid profiting from a fortuity of circumstances, like the fact that the Tesla Model 3 was in an off month , and the Mercedes C-Class arch-rival being close to a generational change ( the new PHEV version has 100 kms (62 mi) electric range! and CCS!), the Audi e-Tron will have a harder time keeping the full size crown.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

In Germany (the largest car market in Europe), the 2020 registration year started with 246,300 newly registered passenger cars—7.3% 30,805 hybrids achieved growth of +103.1%, including 8,639 plug-in hybrids (+307.7%). 30,805 hybrids achieved growth of +103.1%, including 8,639 plug-in hybrids (+307.7%).

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FEBRUARY 26, 2022

California surpassed 1 million electric vehicles (1,054,095 units)—battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel-cell electric—sold cumulatively through the 4 th quarter of 2021, according to the California Energy Commission (CEC), making it the first US state to achieve this milestone. Porsche: 2,350 Taycan (1.3% ).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Of this, Audi is earmarking about €18 billion for electrification and hybridization alone, thereby emphasizing its clear commitment to electromobility. For that, the Audi Charging Service turns to IONITY, the largest open high-power charging (HPC) network in Europe. From 2033 on, the future of the Audi brand will be fully electric.

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MARCH 8, 2024

For context, Germany’s best-selling hybrid was the Audi A4, which sold 3,117 units last month. The country’s best-selling plug-in hybrid was the Porsche Cayenne, which sold 1,276 units. This means that the Model Y was able to command 19.7% of the country’s entire BEV segment in February 2024.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 14, 2024

Meanwhile, the automaker may add hybrids as it looks to boost sales in the US. Volkswagen doesn’t offer a PHEV (or any hybrid) in the US, but that could change. The brand launched the Tiguan PHEV in Europe with up to 62 miles of all-electric range. “We Volkswagen isn’t the only automaker looking to lean more into hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

Volkswagen has launched its second plug-in hybrid based on a high-volume production model: the Passat GTE, available either as a sedan or Variant (wagon)—the first plug-in hybrid from Volkswagen to be sold as either. Volkswagen brand major plug-in hybrids. Earlier post , earlier post.) and e-Golf.) Passat GTE. 12.4 - 11.4.

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EV Sales

APRIL 26, 2021

This time growth came from both fields, with BEVs doubling their sales year-on-year, but PHEVs continue surging at a faster pace, having seen their sales jump by 264% YoY last month, confirming plugin hybrids as the major growth source for plugins in the first months of 2021. 4 to save VW's honor in Europe. 5 Volkswagen ID.4

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2013

As part of its approach to e-mobility, the Volkswagen Group intends to launch at least 6 new plug-in hybrid models starting in 2014 and beyond, said Oliver Schmidt, General Manager Engineering and Environmental Office, Volkswagen Group of America, at the recent SAE 2013 Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Technologies Symposium. billion (US$65.3

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EV Sales

JANUARY 25, 2021

While the overall automotive market is still in red (-4% YoY), in December, Europe's passenger plugin market had an historic month, having registered a record 281,000 registrations (+264% YoY!), 2 Tesla Model 3 - The 2019 Best Selling EV in Europe delivered a record 24,664 units, which in normal times would grant it the Best Seller honour.

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MARCH 27, 2014

TS040 HYBRID. Toyota Racing has revealed the TS040 HYBRID car and revised driver line-up for the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship. With 480 PS (473 hp, 353 kW) of four-wheel-drive hybrid boost in addition to the 520 PS (513 hp, 383 kW) 3.7-liter Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Martin Winterkorn said that “ The Porsche Mission E and the Audi e-tron quattro concept are nothing less than a quantum leap for our industry ”—both vehicles have an all-electric range of 500 kilometers (311 miles). Porsche Mission E. Porsche is a front-runner in introducing innovative 800-volt technology for the first time.

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Baua Electric

MAY 23, 2024

Ferrari warns rivals with Chinese EVs surging “For me, this is a call to action for Europe,” Benedetto Vigna, Ferrari’s CEO, said in an interview with BloombergTV. The warning comes as tensions between China and Europe escalate ahead of the EU deadline to announce the results of Beijing’s EV subsidies.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

GKN Driveline has developed a new, complete electric drive system for plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs). GKN has been advancing the development of eAxle technology since 2002 and has produced more than 300,000 units at its manufacturing facilities in Europe and Japan.

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EV Sales

MAY 26, 2021

. #3 Ford Kuga PHEV – After a few battery issues last year, the Ford compact crossover, known as Escape in the USA, is back in top form, having been last month best selling plugin hybrid, with 4,300 units, thus ending a 3 month winning streak from the Volvo XC40 PHEV. But more on that later.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 12, 2023

Alfa Romeo has showed the car as a subcompact crossover aimed basically at Europe, which means it most likely gained’t finally end up within the U.S. Porsche is getting ready a mid-cycle replace for its Taycan lineup, and regarded as a few of the updates is a unutilized range-topper that might undertake the Taycan Turbo GT title.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2017

As automakers increasingly seek to offer plug-in hybrid technology on their small car platforms—in which packaging space is at a premium—GKN expects to see a surge in demand for eDrive systems that are simpler to package and assemble. It has produced nearly 400,000 eDrive units at its manufacturing facilities in Europe and Japan.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2024

That’s how we think about this transition — whether it’s hybrids, plug-in hybrids, full hybrids, ultimately to EVs down the road — it’s going to be different depending on segmentation,” Lincoln’s president explained. Porsche unveiled its electric Macan earlier this year, which has already scored over 10,000 orders.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 24, 2011

Historically, German automakers were slow to move into hybrid-electric vehicles, relying exclusively on diesel engines to boost fuel efficiency. That's in the past, though, and the Volkswagen Group is aggressively spreading its hybrid powertrain across models from many of its brands.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2012

Volkswagen staged two world premieres at the Detroit Auto Show: the new Jetta gasoline-electric Hybrid and the E-Bugster battery-electric concept derived from the Beetle. At home, the battery of the E-Bugster can also be charged from the 120-Volt outlets that are usual in America (or from 230-Volt outlets in Europe). Jetta Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2020

The new collaboration will center on the development of two new integrated eDrive families for application across different torque classes for the next generation of hybrid and electric vehicles. They are capable of providing either full-electric power, or hybrid-electric power to support an existing internal combustion engine.

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