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Volkswagan ID.7 to premiere in three markets simultaneously on April 17

Teslarati

7 is an extremely important model for Volkswagen in China, Canada, and the USA,” explains Imelda Labbé, Member of VW’s Board of Management for Sales, Marketing, and Aftersales. “It 7’s world premiere in multiple markets. The company will share broadcast links to China, the USA, and five major European cities.

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smart USA and Nissan to Collaborate on New Gasoline-Powered B-Segment Vehicle for the US Market

Green Car Congress

smart USA Distributor LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Penske Automotive Group, Inc., for collaboration on a new vehicle for sale in the United States. The new vehicle is expected to be available for retail sale in the fourth quarter of 2011. —smart USA President Jill Lajdziak said, ". Click to enlarge.

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Volkswagen ID. models crack half-million mark; delivery target met one year earlier than planned

Green Car Congress

—Imelda Labbé, Board Member for Sales, Marketing and After Sales at Volkswagen. By 2030, all-electric vehicles are already to account for at least 70% of Volkswagen’s unit sales in Europe. In the USA and China, the company is targeting an electric vehicle share of more than 50% for the same period.

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

Green Car Congress

This represents the largest year-on-year monthly decrease since 1980, when JATO Dynamics started to collect data—even surpassing the global financial crisis in November 2008, which saw a 25% decline in sales. Registrations fell in all 27 markets, but with varying severity. million units. Some models performed better than others.

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Tesla Cybertruck rival Ford F-150 Lightning firms for Australia

EV Central

The Lightning’s Aussie prospects have been boosted by the establishment of a new assembly line in Melbourne that has started converting left-hand drive petrol F-150s imported from the USA to right-hand drive for sale through Ford dealers from November. Is there a market? Are we are intrigued by it because of what it offers?

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Volkswagen BEV deliveries increase by 45% globally

Teslarati

Volkswagen Group has been working hard to increase its share of the global battery electric vehicle (BEV) market, and it seems to be paying off. Despite the current general reluctance in the European market to buy battery-powered vehicles, we gained market share and remained market leader in this segment. 4 and VW ID.5,

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Junkyard Find: 1959 Renault Dauphine

The Truth About Cars

I discovered a Mexican-market '06 Peugeot 407 in a Denver boneyard, earlier this year, and thought years would pass before the next time I'd hear the ghosts of André Citroën , Louis Renault , and Armand Peugeot singing La Marseillaise over a car graveyard. Chrysler sold Simca 1100s (badged as 1118s and 1204s) in the USA through 1971.