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Suzuki Australia joins Toyota in committing to hybrid powertrains for most models, first BEV to launch in 2025

EV Central

In just 18 months Suzuki Australia is planning to reposition itself from electric zero to hero. Starting with the launch of the mild hybrid Swift Hybrid compact passenger car on June 15, the Japanese blue collar brand will swap most of its range to petrol-electric hybrid by late 2025. 2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid. “I

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Hatchbacks not giving up territorial rights so easily | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

In those days, India revolved around the pulse of small cars, an automotive ethos that endured for decades, reigning supreme until 2017-18, after which tides started turning in the favour of SUVs (sports utility vehicles). Now, SUVs make up more than half of India’s PV sales. Hatchbacks saw peak sales in 2017-18, at 1.5

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JATO: new car average CO2 emissions highest in Europe since 2014; slow EV uptake insufficient to counter fewer diesels and more SUVs

Green Car Congress

g/km higher than in 2018, the delta was lower than the difference between the 2017 and 2018 results—where the growth was 2.4 g/km, almost half that produced by diesel and petrol vehicles. Despite this positive change, their emission levels were still higher than the averages they recorded in 2016 and 2017. g/km last year.

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SUVs to contribute 65% of Hyundai Motor India’s volumes in CY24 | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

The updated Creta has received 25,000 bookings with 55 percent of the bookings for petrol, and 45 percent for diesel. The Creta contributed over 26 percent to Hyundai Motor India’s sales in CY23, and formed 44 percent of the company’s combined SUV volumes last year. percent to our domestic sales in CY23,” he added.

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Why Maruti exited the diesel market | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Why did Maruti Suzuki spend five years and around Rs 1,000 crore designing and developing its very own diesel engine, only to withdraw it from the market within a year of its launch? Also, Maruti Suzuki’s drop in market share to well below 50 percent coincided with its exit from diesel in 2020.Since Debuting in the Ciaz, the 1.5-litre

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