Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2021

Even though it was only introduced in the second half of the year, it ranked in the top of the sales charts in many countries almost right away. —Klaus Zellmer, the board member responsible for Sales of Volkswagen Passenger Cars. In Sweden, the ID.3 Following closely on the heels of the ID.3, in 2019 to 34.8%

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JANUARY 3, 2023

Sweden’s auto market saw plugin electric vehicle share continue to grow strongly in December, reaching a record 74.6%, up from 60.7% share of 2022’s sales, up dramatically from 19.1% December’s volume of BEV sales grew by 81% YoY, to a record 18,154 units. Sweden’s Best Selling BEVs. year on year.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2019

A total of 27 countries—including Sweden, Canada and the United Kingdom—saw the fuel economy of their fleets stagnate or worsen from 2015 to 2017. LDV sales in these economies have tripled since 2005 with the biggest rise in China, where sales were seven times higher in 2017 than in 2005. in the past two years.

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EV Obssesion

JUNE 16, 2021

Polestar, the premium electric car brand from Sweden, announces today its first all-electric SUV will be manufactured in the United States. The forthcoming Polestar 3, an aerodynamic electric performance SUV, will be manufactured alongside new Volvo vehicles at the Volvo Cars production center in Ridgeville, South Carolina.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

The Tesla Model Y appears to be on track to become Europe’s best-selling vehicle in 2023, with the electric SUV finishing on top for the first 10 months of the year. If it comes to pass, the news would mark the first time an electric vehicle (EV) topped European sales charts for an entire calendar year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2018

But it was the positive economic situation across the continent that boosted results, JATO said, as midsize markets such as the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden all posted increases, and smaller markets like Hungary, Greece, Romania, Croatia and Lithuania similarly posted significant increases. However, AFVs only made up 3.4% There were 2.92

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 2, 2024

The Atto-3 SUV / Source: BYD Europe It was a huge year for profits at Chinese auto behemoth BYD. Adding up sales for all so-called new energy vehicles, including battery-only vehicles and hybrids, BYD sold 3 million vehicles in 2023. Tallying up its year-end sales, it’s a massive 62% growth from 2022. million vehicles.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Hyundai is prepping an electric entry-level mini-SUV called Casper to take on rivals Dacia Spring and Citroën’s ë-C3 in Europe. The Casper, an ICE vehicle on sale in South Korea, will get a fresh new look in the form of an all-electric city car–slash–mini-SUV, releasing in European markets by the end of this year.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2020

As expected, the combination of fewer diesel registrations and more SUVs continued to have an impact on emissions. The other markets recording large improvements in emissions levels were Sweden and the Netherlands. SUVs were the biggest driver of growth in terms of volume and profits for European markets last year.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2017

Volvo Cars revealed the much-anticipated new XC60 premium SUV at the Geneva Motor Show. The new car replaces Volvo’s highly-successful original XC60, which in the nine years since its launch became the bestselling premium mid-sized SUV in Europe with nearly a million units sold globally.

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APRIL 8, 2023

Overall auto volume was 19,366 units, up some 19% YoY, and the highest March sales since at least 2016 (though compensating from a hangover earlier in Q1). The Tesla Model Y broke all records, with the highest monthly sales of any vehicle in Norway’s history, with 7,445 units registered, and over 38% of the entire auto market.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The Australian hydrogen fuel cell electric start-up H2X Global says its delayed Ford Ranger-based Warrego ute is now targeting an on-sale date by mid-2023 in Australia and Europe. But an SUV called the Snowy that was the centrepiece of the H2X launch in 2020 has fallen off the product plan. “The H2X ute prototype.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2022

In many markets, the electric SUV jumped to the top of the sales charts in its very first year and was the best-selling all-electric vehicle in countries such as Denmark, Finland, Ireland or Sweden. Following its market launch in early 2021, the ID.4 163,000 units have been delivered since its launch, making the ID.4

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Volkswagen brand handed over 394K EVs in 2023 The Volkswagen brand announced fully electric vehicle sales grew by 21.1% Its largest markets included China, Germany, the US, the UK, Sweden, France, Norway, and Belgium. 4 electric SUVs were handed over (+84.2% 5 can help jumpstart sales. VW delivered around 30,000 ID.4

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Photo credit: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com Volvo Cars experienced a robust financial year in 2023, marked by a substantial increase in annual revenue and a notable rise in the sale of fully electric cars. The two companies will maintain their collaboration in R&D, manufacturing, and after-sales services. billion from SEK 105.2

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As new car sales bans loom in some areas, early BEV adoption data from the California auto market seems promising — and some think the rest of the country could be right behind the state. state reached a crucial tipping point, with BEVs making up 5 percent of new car sales in 2018, and adoption rates have jumped drastically since then.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2020

They made up 77% of total car registrations in Norway, 38% in Sweden and 28% in Finland. Meanwhile, despite a slight decrease in total registrations SUVs did manage to increase market share due to the drop in overall vehicle sales in January. SUVs continue to gain traction. points of share at 39.8% of total registrations.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 21, 2023

Polestar is reportedly taking over Saab's defunct plant in Sweden to expand upon its European research and development operations. The site was last used by National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) after Saab folded in 2011. While the Polestar 3 and 4 haven’t yet gone on sale, they’ll also be sharing space.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Strong results in Spain, Poland and the Netherlands were offset by falls in the UK, Italy and Sweden. Despite growing at a slower rate than in previous years, the shift from traditional cars to SUVs continued in 2018. million SUVs were registered in Europe throughout the year, up 19% on 2017, as their market share increased from 29.2%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2020

In terms of market share, electrified vehicles represented 75% of all passenger cars registrations in Norway; 33% in Sweden; 31% in Finland; 22% in Netherlands; and 17% in Hungary. As EVs have increasingly become a viable alternative to gasoline and diesel cars, SUVs are now struggling in the competitive environment. from last year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2019

The main factors contributing to the increase of new passenger cars’ emissions in 2018 include the growing share of gasoline cars in new registrations, in particular in the sport utility vehicle (SUV) segment. million new cars sold in the EU and in Iceland in 2018—almost one out of three—were SUVs. of sales in 2018.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

BEVs saw pull-forward sales, with volume around 2.5x Petrol vehicles also saw a relative sales surge ahead of increased emissions taxes. The reason for the high volume of these two powertrains was pull-forward sales, ahead of looming tax changes in January 2023. Both are compact/mid SUVs with decent value.

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EV Central

MAY 17, 2024

China is firing up with a barrage of brands set to infiltrate Australia – Leapmotor, Xpeng, Zeekr, Lynk & Co among them – and relative newcomers such as BYD, Chery and GWM are forecasting big sales growth as more EVs head our way. The Polestar 2 was the first model offered by the newcomer brand in Australia.

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Push EVs

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The January auto market was highly anomalous due to the new year’s introduction of tighter auto emissions and tax increases, which had pulled sales forward into December. For the midsized SUVs that Norway favours, the additional outlay is roughly 8% to 10%, or more. orders) start to work their way through into the sales results.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Its latest G400 eDrive unit, which is scalable for a variety of torque classes, is undergoing extensive testing at its annual winter testing event in Arjeplog, Sweden, using Tesla Model 3 and Fiat Ducato platforms as testbeds. It is applied to the rear axle, providing an electrically assisted all-wheel drive P4 hybrid set-up.

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APRIL 20, 2023

On the first day of the Shanghai auto show on April 18, Zeekr unveiled its European strategy and said that the flagship Zeekr 001 shooting brake and Zeekr X urban SUV will debut in Sweden and the Netherlands in the fourth quarter. The company aims to see sales double to about 140,000 units this year compared to last year.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 4, 2024

I think Sweden can be proud of the leading role Volvo Cars is taking in making the automotive industry more sustainable,” EIB vice president Thomas Östros explained. Volvo expects “strong double-digit” sales growth this year. vehicle sales, as it works to go 100% electric by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2014

Volvo Cars revealed the XC90, its new 7-seat SUV, at an event in Sweden. Volvo Cars also announced the release of a limited First Edition of its new flagship; the 1,927 individually numbered cars celebrate the year Volvo was founded and will only be available for sale online at www.volvocars.com, beginning 3 Sep.

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MARCH 22, 2023

Evergrande NEV's only model currently on sale, the Hengchi 5, has delivered more than 900 units, according to an exchange announcement. On December 2, Reuters reported that Evergrande NEV suspended mass production of the Hengchi 5 due to a lack of sufficient new orders for the SUV.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2022

BYD is launching three new battery-electric passenger vehicles in Europe at the Paris Motor Show, including the BYD ATTO 3, a C-segment SUV designed with the European customer in mind; the BYD TANG, a 7-seater with variable all-wheel drive; and the sporty sedan BYD HAN. Global leader in new energy vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Uber is expanding its self-driving pilot to San Francisco, California, using specially-converted self-driving Volvo XC90 premium SUVs. The new company will have its headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden, and an initial workforce taken from both companies of around 200, increasing to over 600 in the medium term. Earlier post.)

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Baua Electric

JUNE 28, 2023

Volkswagen is lowering output of electrical vehicles at its Emden plant in northern Germany because of flagging gross sales. ” Incremental EV call for is falling upcoming subsidies had been blocked or diminished in nations akin to Germany, Sweden and France, Evercore mentioned. within the EU this pace.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

Electric car sales in 2023 were 3.5 While sales of electric cars are increasing globally, they remain significantly concentrated in just a few major markets. However, sales remain limited elsewhere, even in countries with developed car markets such as Japan and India. In the European Union , sales amounted to 2.4

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

VW reports BEV sales of 70,628 units last year, a 12% increase, compared to Tesla’s 63,685, a 9% drop. Electrek reported last week that BYD is dropping prices of its EVs in Germany by as much as 15%, with its Atto 3 compact SUV seeing the biggest cuts. While VW beat Tesla in Germany, it trailed by a long shot in EV sales in France.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2017

The new joint venture will be 50/50 owned by Volvo Cars and Geely Holding and be headquartered in China with a subsidiary in Gothenburg, Sweden. billion (US$670 million) for the same period last year, after taking market share across Europe and experiencing a robust sales increase in China. Sales were up by 6.6% billion (US$11.9

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2014

China is poised to replace the US as Volvo Car Group’s (Volvo Cars) largest market in 2014 with sales of at least 80,000 cars, up from 61,146 in 2013, the company said. Sales in the US in 2014 are expected to increase in line with the broader market. compared to the first quarter of 2013, to 17,286 cars.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

In France, VW has overhauled its line so that now nearly all versions of the ID3 compact hatchback and ID4 and ID5 SUVs on offer are eligible for the government’s EV bonus of €5K to €7K. VW trailed Tesla by a long shot in EV sales in France. Belgium and Sweden will also see revised vehicles and lower prices. million in 2022.

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