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

Green Car Congress

Audi aims to sell approximately 800,000 fully electric cars and plug-in hybrids in the year 2025. At today’s Annual General Meeting of Audi AG, the Board of Management is presenting the updated “Audi.Vorsprung.2025.” —Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of Audi AG. Audi e-tron prototype shown in Geneva.

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EVs, influencers and riot police: Our man Iain Curry on the ground at the Beijing Motor Show

EV Central

Chinese ones. No longer is Beijing a shameful sideshow of copying designs from Ranger Rover and BMW (although there were still hints when you delved deeper), but rather fresh style with unique Chinese fingerprints. Some brands may never bring a car to market, others will remain strictly Chinese-sold only.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs?

Charged EVs

Chinese assembly and sourcing is likely one of the reasons the EX30 can carry a starting price of just $36,245 (including a mandatory delivery fee of $1,295). Order books were originally scheduled to open in November, but Volvo has delayed that to the early part of this year—with first customer deliveries in the U.S.

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Electric Car Watch #1: Electric Car Disruption will destroy ICE Car Market | ? ?

Plug In India

In India, even though it is not an electric car, the OLA electric scooter got bookings worth Rs 1,100 CR. There are a large number of established Chinese electric car makers: BYD, SIAC, XPENG, NIO, WULING, CHERY, and more. Chinese auto will play a significant role in the auto industry in the future. Think about that.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs? – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Chinese assembly and sourcing is likely one of the reasons the EX30 can carry a starting price of just $36,245 (including a mandatory delivery fee of $1,295). Order books were originally scheduled to open in November, but Volvo has delayed that to the early part of this year—with first customer deliveries in the U.S.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

And he assured me that Oben is not taking the Chinese assembler route to market. With the cruise control on, managed to have a lovely conversation with Karthik on Jared Diamond’s excellent book Guns, Germs and Steel. (In In the Audi he would have to change tyres every 30,000 km. It’s a Zen feeling. lakh already.

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Read reviews, get free pricing, and much more. Motor Trend Magazine has extensive coverage of all cars online including road tests, free videos, buying guides, etc. (25)

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