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Audi EV fightback! Busiest period ever for German brand as it targets electric cars from BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo

EV Central

More than 20 models – most of them electric and most of them all-new – are due over the coming years as Audi looks to refresh its model line-up and catch up luxury rivals who are further down the electric vehicle path. That means a steep ramp-up in EV take-up to bring Audi closer to its luxury rivals. Last year just 2.8

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Electric vehicle sales surge in UK, petrol engines slump and drop 10%

Teslarati

Electric vehicle registrations in the United Kingdom have exploded, increasing over 88% in March 2021 compared to the same month in 2020. Diesel-powered engine sales dropped 31.4% European-based brands like Volkswagen , BMW , Audi, and Mercedes-Benz led the overall sales figures.

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Mercedes Benz GLS vs BMW X7 vs Audi Q8: Price and specification comparison

Baua Electric

crore (ex-showroom), revising its rivalry with competitors like Audi Q8 and BMW X7. --> Mercedes-Benz has launched the GLS facelift in India at a price range of ₹1.32 crore (ex-showroom), revising its rivalry with competitors like Audi Q8 and BMW X7. . --> Mercedes-Benz has launched the GLS facelift in India at a price range of ₹1.32

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Italy looks to sink $1 billion into boosting electric cars

Baua Electric

But the government aims to change that, to the tune of a $1 billion investment to encourage people to ditch their gas- or diesel-burning cars for electric ones. Meanwhile, sales are surging in Italy, with new car registrations jumping 19% last year to 1.57 An EV made is Italy is even better. BEVs still only have a 3.9%

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Why Mazda electric cars won’t be tackling Tesla any time soon

EV Central

Mazda says it will be offering internal combustion engined models in Australia for years to come because it anticipates the transition to electric cars to be gradual. Mazda Australia managing director Vinesh Bhindhi argued the CX-60’s line-up of inline six-cylinder turbo-petrol and turbo-diesel mild hybrids and a 2.5-litre

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Electric Car Watch #12: The sad state of Electric Car conversions in India

Plug In India

By Abhishek & Kamlesh ​ In this episode of Electric Car Watch, we will talk about the challenges facing electric car conversions and what the industry and agencies can do better to make it easier. And the interest in electric car conversions was immense. Sounds utopian, right?

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Electric car sales remain low in the UK

Push EVs

Meanwhile, diesel-only vehicles continued their decline, reaching 4.0% Petrols were flat YoY in January, but are also on a slide over the long term. They were closely followed by group sibling brand, Audi, with BMW taking the third position. Audi has seen a decent upward move to 5th, since three months ago when it was in 8th.

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