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GM plans to bring plugin hybrids to North American market

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During the General Motors (GM) 2023 earnings call held this week, CEO Mary Barra said the company will be bringing plugin hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) to North America—despite still being committed to going all-electric by 2035. The post GM plans to bring plugin hybrids to North American market appeared first on TESLARATI.

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20% Of New Cars In Europe Have A Plug!

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Some 182,000 plugin vehicles were registered in February in Europe — which is +14% year over year (YoY). Last month’s plugin vehicle share of the overall European auto market was 20% […] Unfortunately, the overall market grew almost as fast, +12%, to 902,775 units, leaving the market share close the where it was 12 months ago.

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Australia: Electric Vehicles Exceed 10% of Auto Sales for First Time!

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came with a plug. Approximately 8% of these (8,821 units sold) were battery electric and 2% (1,264 units sold) were plugin hybrid EVs. Out of the 110,000 vehicles sold in Australia in September 2023, 10.6% The Tesla Model Y was once again the highest selling BEV and SUV, and third overall, coming in just behind […]

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Volvo plug-in hybrid bus with B?sbaar rapid charging to begin field testing in Gothenburg; 75-80% reduction in fuel consumption and CO2

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7900 Volvo Plugin Hybrid Charging at Redbergsplatsen in Gothenburg. Volvo Buses’ new plug-in hybrid buses will begin field tests in Gothenburg, Sweden this month. The plug-in hybrids are based on the Volvo 7900 Hybrid, Volvo Buses’ second series-produced hybrid bus model. Hybrids Plug-ins'

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16% Of New Car Sales In Germany Fully Electric, 28% Have A Plug

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It seems the German automotive market has bottomed out, having grown 3% in August, while plugins are also recovering. This time Plugin hybrids (PHEVs) also helped, […]. Sales of full electric vehicles (BEVs) were up in August by 13% year over year (YoY).

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New Zealand Passenger EV Penetration Just Under 10% in March 2024

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Just below 10% of passenger vehicles sold in NZ in March came with a plug. Thus, the quarter’s average was at about 6% plugin vehicles. The New Zealand passenger EV market has seen a rise from the doldrums of February, when it reached a low of 4.1% market share.

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229,020 BYD Atto 3s Sold In 10 Months Since Launch

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” Battery electric vehicles and plugin hybrid vehicles are called new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China, and BYD is the leader in terms of volumes of NEV sales. BYD sold 946,239 “DM super hybrids” (plug in hybrids) last year. The company sold 1,868,543 “new energy vehicles.”

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