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Volvo Cars aiming for 50% of sales to be fully electric by 2025

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Volvo Cars aims for fully electric cars to make up 50% of its sales by 2025, the company announced in Beijing. The announcement builds on Volvo Cars’ 2017 announcement that all new models released from 2019 will be available as either a mild-hybrid, plug-in hybrid or battery-electric vehicle. New Volvo XC40 T5 plug-in hybrid.

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Volvo Cars inaugurates new battery assembly line at Ghent manufacturing plant

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Volvo Cars formally inaugurated a new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. The XC40 Recharge P8 is the first of a family of fully electric Volvos. Volvo XC40 Recharge powertrain.

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Volvo Cars could go fully electric in India by around 2025, says company official

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Swedish luxury carmaker Volvo Cars could go fully electric in India by around 2025, much ahead of its global target of becoming a full electric car company by 2030, a senior company official said on Tuesday. “We will launch C40 BEV, a pure electric vehicle in quarter four of this year. .”

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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV hits 200,000 global sales

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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced that the world’s first plug-in hybrid SUV, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, has achieved sales of 200,000 units worldwide since its launch in 2013. It has become the world best-selling plug-in hybrid vehicle as at the end of December 2018. l/100km (NEDC Correlated)/2.0

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2024 Hyundai KONA Electric Profile

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When it first launched in 2018, the Hyundai KONA Electric was one of the first fully-electric compact SUVs on the market. For 2024, Hyundai has given the KONA Electric a complete redesign, positioning it to continue as one of the brand’s flagship electric vehicles.

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2024 Hyundai KONA Electric Review

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When it first launched in 2018, the Hyundai KONA Electric was one of the first fully-electric compact SUVs on the market. For 2024, Hyundai has given the KONA Electric a complete redesign, positioning it to continue as one of the brand’s flagship electric vehicles.

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2024 Hyundai KONA Review

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When it first launched in 2018, the Hyundai KONA Electric was one of the first fully-electric compact SUVs on the market. For 2024, Hyundai has given the KONA Electric a complete redesign, positioning it to continue as one of the brand’s flagship electric vehicles.

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