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Volkswagen Group doubles deliveries of battery-electric vehicles in Q3 to 122,100

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Despite a shortage of semiconductors, the Volkswagen Group delivered 122,100 BEVs (battery-electric vehicles) to customers in the third quarter (July to September), an increase of 109% compared with the prior-year quarter. There also continued to be strong demand for vehicles with a plug-in hybrid drive (PHEVs).

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Audi to compete in Dakar Rally in 2022 with series-hybrid electric prototype; factory team leaving Formula E

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Audi will be competing in the famous Dakar Rally for the first time in 2022 with an innovative prototype. The alternative drive concept combines an electric drivetrain with a high-voltage battery and a highly efficient energy converter for the first time. The vehicle will be driven by a powerful electric drivetrain.

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California passes 1M mark for cumulative sales of electric vehicles: BEVs, PHEVs and FCEVs

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California surpassed 1 million electric vehicles (1,054,095 units)—battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel-cell electric—sold cumulatively through the 4 th quarter of 2021, according to the California Energy Commission (CEC), making it the first US state to achieve this milestone.

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2024 Audi Q5 55 TFSIe plug-in hybrid EV review

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The Q5 55 TFSIe is the most powerful Audi Q5 ever created and also the most fuel efficient. As with other plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), the Q5 promises the best of both worlds, delivering all-electric motoring for short distances and the freedom of having a fuel tank for those longer adventures.

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

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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. per cent.

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Audi targeting more PHEVs beginning with Q3 and a cheaper plug-in version of its mid-size Q5 SUV

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Audi has confirmed that it wants to rapidly increase the number of plug-in hybrid vehicles it offers in the Australian market beginning with the Audi Q3 45 TFSI e ahead of the inbound New Vehicle Efficiency Standards (NEVS) regulations that are due in 2025. Audi EV fightback!

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Audi RS performance models are going plug-in hybrid, perhaps with 50 miles electric range

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Audi does not see plug-in hybrids as a transitional technology to be quickly made redundant by fully electric vehicles.

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