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Audi and Porsche have a safer mobile charging cable for EV, PHEV models

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Audi and Porsche are conducting a recall of 240-volt Level 2 AC charging cables for EVs and plug-in hybrids. from model years 2019 to 2024, including the E-Tron and E-Tron Sportback, Q4 E-Tron and Q4 E-Tron Sportback, and E-Tron GT EVs, as well as the Q5 plug-in hybrid. Porsche is recalling 41,345.

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2019 Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid PHEV debuts; third new Porsche hybrid powertrain since 2017

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The newly introduced 2019 Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid makes significant advancements over both the standard Cayenne and the preceding Cayenne S E-Hybrid ( earlier post ) it replaces, including more power, quicker acceleration, a faster top speed, and increased electric-only range. Earlier post.) seconds (-0.7 seconds (-0.9 Drive modes.

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JATO Dynamics: 17% of new passenger car registrations in Europe in April were electrified

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million units in April 2019 to 292,600 vehicles in April 2020, according to JATO Dynamics. Combined registrations in Italy, the UK, Spain and France tumbled from 646,000 units in April 2019 to 34,000 one year later. Registrations of SUV in April totalled 109,500 units, 78% less than April 2019. Volume fell from 1.34

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Final Drive: 2021 Polestar 1 PHEV

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The Polestar 1, launched in 2019, was the first car released from what once was the performance division of Volvo. Polestar plans on being a major manufacturer of all-electric luxury vehicles, competing with the likes of Lucid, Porsche and Tesla. The plug-in hybrid (PHEV) 2021 Polestar 1 is powered by a 2.0-liter,

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Audi targeting sales of 800,000 BEVs and PHEVs in 2025

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In 2019, the Audi e-tron Sportback will be the second fully electric car to be launched, followed by the Audi e-tron GT from Audi Sport in 2020. Here we still have a great deal of untapped potential. —Bram Schot, Board Member for Sales and Marketing at Audi AG. These cooperation projects reduce development costs substantially.

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Europe December 2020

EV Sales

of 2019 (2.2% In December, BEVs ran fast (168.912 units, +223% YoY), but PHEVs are were even faster (+347%, 112,260 units), so in the final 2020 numbers, while plugin hybrids ended below (46% vs 54% share) fully electrics, they recovered a massive 10% share regarding the previous year. Last month Best Seller was the VW ID.3,

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France December 2020

EV Sales

These disruptive numbers are also reflecting on the plugin share, as last month it reached a record 19% (11% BEV), pulling the final 2020 share to 11% (6,7% BEV), a far cry from the 3% of 2019. has struck a chord among French PHEV buyers. If the overall automotive market had a horrible 2020 (-26% YoY), with the 1.7

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