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Porsche secures third straight FIA WEC Manufacturers’ World Championship title with the 919 Hybrid

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Porsche has earned a third consecutive Manufacturers’ World Championship title with the 919 Hybrid. Three manufacturers’ world championship titles and three Le Mans victories for the Porsche 919 Hybrid are confirmation of our initial bold decision to attempt something totally new. Season 2017 Porsche LMP team. Click to enlarge.

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JATO Dynamics: 2016 will be record year for plug-ins with global sales in excess of 700K units; China to begin dominating the market

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Expected EV sales volume in 2016, 2019, 2022, 2025. LMC Automotive also estimates that the biggest winners will be PHEVs, with sales jumping 195% from 2016 to 2019 before reaching 3.3 Pure electric (BEV) volumes are predicted to rise from 350,000 units in 2016 to 2.2 The main sources of demand will be unchanged, with China (2.9

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Ford EcoSport 1.0-litre EcoBoost variants recalled in the US

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By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 13 Jan 2024, 14:42 PM The recall affects 137,790 units of the 2018-2022 Ford EcoSport and 2016-2018 Focus models with the 1.0-litre litre EcoBoost turbo petrol engine. The recall affects the 2018-2022 Ford EcoSport and 2016-2018 Focus models powered by the 1.0-litre The issue is specific to the 1.0-litre

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M-zero performance electric car

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Even though there is a constant increase in EV manufacturers in India, most of them have a similar primary target. These manufacturers aim to take over the middle-class customers and fleets. So, most of them manufacture electric vehicles based on affordability and utility. M-zero performance electric car.

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ACEA: data show EU market for electric cars highly fragmented; need for inclusive measures

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The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has published new data demonstrating the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and both GDP and customer incentives. ECV market share of 5 biggest EU car markets in 2016. Lowest ECV market share in EU in 2016. ECV Units sold.

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Stellantis slams Italy for not backing EVs, putting Fiat at risk

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billion euros since 2016 under the scheme for around 2.1 The consequence is that we are losing manufacturing products in Italy that we could manufacture. But petrol cars take the lead, gaining more than 29% market share, according to Electromaps. For comparison, the German government has spent a total of €9.5

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Volvo makes its last diesel car and puts it in a museum

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Between 2012 and 2016, diesel accounted for half of the company’s global sales. Petrol-burning engines are soon to see the same fate. Swedish automaker Volvo has rolled out its last diesel-powered vehicle, after a 45-year relationship with the powertrain and cranking out millions of diesel cars.

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