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Stellantis & Leapmotor joint venture gets approval from Chinese regulator

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Tesla’s China deals concerns chair of US Congressional Committee In a statement to Reuters , Leapmotor shared that its first EV model for the overseas market will be launched for sale in Germany, France, Italy, and Spain. Previously, Leapmotor estimated that the first shipments of its EV would hit Europe by the second half of 2024.

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Paris To Charge Higher Parking Fees for Large Vehicles and SUVs

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Other cities in France have taken similar measures, though the European Union’s overall EV plans are more aggressive. The group approved an end date of 2035 for gas vehicle sales, and climate policies before then are driving automakers to build EVs at an increasing rate.&

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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Markets were significantly hit in Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Ireland, Slovenia, Greece and Portugal, where the combined volume fell from 634,600 units in March 2019 to 161,800 units last month. This result follows declines in January and February, taking the quarterly volume down to 3.04 million units.

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Audi’s European sales up 6% in November; A3 e-tron PHEV sales “extremely encouraging”

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—Dietmar Voggenreiter, Member of the Board of Management for Sales and Marketing at Audi. Most recently, the brand’s growth in Europe was driven particularly by the latest models: Sales of the Audi Q7, with the latest generation launched in summer, quadrupled to around 3,300 units in November. to 4,689 cars) and France (+3.9%

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Volkswagen Group outselling GM in China

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Momentum was particularly strong in Spain, Italy and France. Volkswagen Group deliveries in the North America region rose to 75,700 units in September, a slight increase of 1.3%. —Jürgen Stackmann, Volkswagen Brand Board Member for Sales. The situation in the South America region remained challenged.

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2017 sales of BMW Group electrified vehicles top 50,000 units

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Sales of our electrified vehicles continue to develop extremely well, with all nine of our electrified cars playing their role in this success. —Dr Ian Robertson, Management Board Member for Sales and Brand BMW. Global BMW brand sales in July were at last year’s extremely high level. in the first seven months of the year.

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Daimler buys stake in Tesla

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Tesla is the only production automaker selling a highway capable electric vehicle in North America and Europe, and as such Daimler’s investment will see the company furthering its development of battery-run cars. So far, 100 smart electric cars have already been undergoing large-scale trials in London since 2007.

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