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Nissan to test African demand for its e-Power hybrid vehicle – ET Auto

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This year Nissan will export the South African built Navara pickup trucks to new markets of Algeria, Libya, Sudan, Tunisia and Egypt, Nissan Africa product Marketing Director Stefan Haasbroek said. Africa is the world’s last remaining automotive frontier due to the low level of vehicle ownership.

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SEAT to launch 6 electric and plug-in hybrid models, develop smaller version of MEB for lower-cost EVs

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For the first time in the history of the company, SEAT will collaborate with the Volkswagen brand to develop a new vehicle platform—a smaller version of the Modular Electric Drive Toolkit (MEB) on which multiple vehicles of the size of around four meters in length by different brands, SEAT among them, will be made.

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

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SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, will introduce its first fully electric vehicle in 2020. The first two vehicles will be the SEAT Tarraco and the CUPRA Ateca, which are going on sale at the end of 2018. Built on the Volkswagen Group’s MEB platform, the new EV will feature a range of 500 km (311 miles). billion (US$4.1

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Volkswagen plans integrated mobility concept in Rwanda; vehicle production in Kenya

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Rwanda does not have an established vehicle industry. In the medium term, Volkswagen also plans to investigate the use of electric vehicles such as the e-up!1 In addition, the Volkswagen Group recently announced plans to start vehicle production in Algeria. 1 or the e-Golf.

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