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Automakers testing new GKN electric torque vectoring technology; “eTwinster”

Green Car Congress

The “eTwinster” technology is part of a range of new hybrid electric technologies GKN is showcasing to customers at its Wintertest proving ground in Arjeplog, Northern Sweden. The eTwinster is a plug-in hybrid module that makes it simpler for vehicle platforms to offer electric all-wheel drive and torque vectoring.

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GKN order book for electric driveline technologies totalled $2.8 billion by end of 2017

Green Car Congress

Through the R&D program, GKN is rapidly bringing full systems capability to the market and is able to offer a range of solutions to meet customer demands, including components, sub-systems and full-systems. This system will be demonstrated to customers during the 2018 Wintertest in Sweden. million) over the past six years.

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Polestar 7 to replace Polestar 2 in EV line-up to avoid Volkswagen Golf-like fate

Baua Electric

The Polestar 2 is the brand’s first fully electric vehicle after the Polestar 1, a hybrid with up to 78 miles of electric range. The Polestar 2 is already a market leader in several regions like Norway, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, and others. Polestar’s electric performance car fuses Swedish luxury into the compact EV segment.

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GKN trials EV with two-speed transmission and front-axle torque-vectoring

Green Car Congress

Based on a standard Jeep Renegade, the GTD19 demonstrator vehicle is undergoing testing at GKN’s annual winter testing program in Arjeplog, Sweden, and showcases how automakers can use drivetrain innovations to achieve industry-leading standards of efficiency, -safety and driving dynamics in BEV models.

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Europe January 2021

EV Sales

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!), 5 Volkswagen ID.3 4 over the ID.3.

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Europe March 2021

EV Sales

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.

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EV sales in Norway explode ahead of policy changes

Push EVs

Plugin hybrids (PHEVs) took just 4.8% are now seeing increased costs in the range of €2,500 to €4,000. Similar magnitudes of pull-forward amplification were seen for the BMW iX, and i4, the Mercedes EQA, and EQE, the Hongqi E-HS8, and the Porsche Taycan. December’s combined plugin share of 87.6%

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