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VW Chief Executive Says Company Will Introduce EVs Based on the Up! New Small Family in 2013; Cautions Against Electro-Hype

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Within a decade, he added, Volkswagen wants to offer significant numbers of pure electric cars at affordable prices and with the range expected by customers. in pure electric vehicles in 2020. The everyday, affordable and safe electric car for everyone is feasible. New Small Family ( earlier post ) in 2013. Martin Winterkorn.

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The World’s Most Popular EVs Aren’t Cars, Trucks, or Motorcycles

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In 2020, according to one estimate, 500,000 e-bikes were sold in the U.S. According to market research company NPD Group , the pandemic helped increase e-bike sales by 145 percent from 2019 to 2020, more than double the growth of traditional bikes. Industry analysts expect that uptick in adoption to continue.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). They will buy a car and rent or lease the battery and the cost of leasing the battery will be the same as, or less than, the cost theyre paying today for petrol. This is unusual. 11/11/06 General Motors Corp.

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