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The Ford Focus is over, and so are thousands of jobs

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Next year, Ford is wrapping up production of the Focus at the Saarlouis plant, the only model built there, to transition to selling only BEV cars in Europe, reports Automotive News Europe. BYD was reported to be among the companies interested, but the Chinese automaker has since announced it is opening its first European plant in Hungary.

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Audi adjustments what, the way it builds to pressure out CO2

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When it first started construction the unedited Audi e-tron, in 2018, the automobile’s battery cells have been trucked into the plant. Now, the plant receives its cells from a plant nearly 900 miles away in Göd, Hungary, akin Budapest, transport them by means of electrical teach.

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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. This growth can be attributed to key markets such as Germany, Spain and France, as well as five other markets (Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Estonia and Luxembourg), which posted double digit growth. to 382,600 units, a record level for February.

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