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Volkswagen Passenger Cars lifts global deliveries of BEV vehicles by 197% and of electric vehicles overall by 158% in 2020

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3 was the most frequently delivered BEV in Finland, Slovenia and Norway in December. In the German fleet market, the share of BEV and PHEV vehicles ordered increased to around 22% in total, up from around 2% in 2018 and some 5% in 2019. —Klaus Zellmer, the board member responsible for Sales of Volkswagen Passenger Cars.

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4Q 2019: EU diesel demand continues to drop while gasoline gains; plug-ins up 80.5% y-o-y

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in 2018), while diesel accounted for 30.5% chargeable vehicles (one percentage point more than in 2018). digit gains were also seen in Belgium (+17.7%), Slovenia (+18.2%), Hungary (+18.4%), Sweden (+30.5%) and Romania (+31.1%). compared to 2018). of registrations (35.9% Last year, 3.0% to 1 million units.

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Euro car market has best H1 of century; diesels down 17%; AFVs up 31% for 5.4% of total; SUVs booming

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The diesel decline continued during the first six months of 2018, as registrations were down by 17%. Diesel’s biggest declines took place in Norway (-32%), the UK (-30%), Slovenia (-28%), Finland (-20%) and Belgium (-20%). million SUV registrations in H1 2018, a result that marks the best-ever performance for the segment in Europe.

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Cooperation between Daimler and Renault-Nissan Alliance deepening in 2016

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Launched in 2014, the smart two-seater is built at Daimler’s Hambach plant, France, whereas both four-seater vehicles are produced at Renault’s plant in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. These all-new smart and the Renault Twingo were the first vehicles built on a common platform by Daimler and the Alliance.

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Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler partnership solid and expanding; 12 projects on three continents

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The smart fortwo is being built at smart’s Hambach plant in France, while the Twingo and the smart forfour are being produced at Renault’s plant in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. The production of Mercedes-Benz vehicles will follow in 2018. Production will begin in 2017 with Infiniti models.

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Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler expand cooperation with new $1.4B plant in Mexico; next-gen compacts for Mercedes-Benz and Infiniti

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The production of Mercedes-Benz brand vehicles will follow in 2018. The new plant will be built in the immediate vicinity of an already existing Nissan plant and will have an annual capacity of 300,000 vehicles when fully ramped up. Start of production is planned for 2017 with Infiniti models. Market Background Vehicle Manufacturers'

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

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kWh/100 km) in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. The second battery factory at the site began operations in 2018 and has been producing the EQC’s battery systems since 2019. The smart EQ fortwo (combined power consumption: 16.5 kWh/100 km) and smart EQ fortwo Cabrio (combined power consumption: 16.8 This is a joint venture of Mercedes?Benz

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