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Audi Brussels to produce exclusively e-tron quattro SUV, battery packs; A1 production moving to Spain

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As of 2018, Audi Brussels will produce exclusively the commercial version of Audi’s e-tron quattro battery-electric SUV ( earlier post ). Audi will transfer production of the Audi A1 from Brussels to Martorell in Spain; in 2014, Audi Brussels produced 115,378 Audi A1 models. The plant will also produce its own battery packs.

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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

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As expected, the combination of fewer diesel registrations and more SUVs continued to have an impact on emissions. 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 in 2018 to 111.1 In 2018, for every BEV registered there were 2.3

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SEAT Cupra CEO confirms Formentor EV and a new electric SUV are coming to the US

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shared its full 2023 financial results earlier today while also outlining its plans for the future. Part of its strategy includes bringing its Cupra EVs over to the US market, beginning with the all-electric version of the Formentor crossover as well as a larger SUV. SEAT Cupra, S.A.U., Per SEAT S.A.

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Diesel new vehicle market share in Europe in February dropped to 39.5%; SUVs still driving growth

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million units registered in Europe in 2018 so far, according to figures from JATO Dynamics. SUVs were a key driver of growth in February, with the volume of vehicles registered up by 24.7% compared to the same month last year, meaning SUVs accounted for 33% of the total market in February. percentage points in February.

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SEAT to introduce 500 km MEB-based EV, Leon PHEV in 2020

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The first two vehicles will be the SEAT Tarraco and the CUPRA Ateca, which are going on sale at the end of 2018. With the Arona TGI we are launching this year we will have the only SUV in the world powered with natural gas. SEAT is going to launch one new car every six months until 2020. —Luca de Meo. billion (US$4.1

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Mercedes-Benz will be producing 8 all-electric EQ models in 2022

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With the production launch of the electric compact SUV EQA at the Rastatt plant (Germany) and the current decision to locate EQB production in the Hungarian plant in Kecskemét, the company is taking further important steps toward making its product portfolio CO? kWh/100 km) started in Vitoria, northern Spain.

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Volkswagen to invest ~$1.2B in Zwickau plant to convert to pure e-mobility facility; MEB-based EVs

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Current production of the Volkswagen Golf and Passat in Zwickau is to be relocated to Wolfsburg and Emden in the future. At Emden, the total investment with a view to concentrating production of the Passat family at the plant from the end of 2018 will be about €1.1 Volkswagen is investing €2.9 billion (US$1.8

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