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Volvo’s Polestar 1 PHEV makes European debut; pre-orders open 13 March

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With our current plans to produce 500 cars per year, it’s possible that we have exceeded our production potential in these early stages. Development at the new Polestar Production Center in Chengdu, China, is progressing with suitable pace, the company said.

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Tesla Model 3 sells 4x more than its closest rival in Europe’s plug-in market

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Austria – 1,192 Model 3 cars sold . The Volvo XC40 PHEV, Renault Zoe, and Volkswagen ID.4 In March, there were 5,567 Volvo XC40 PHEV vehicle registrations in Europe. And this is only three and a half years into production and was just two factories. Austria – 1,192 Model 3 cars sold .

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Volkswagen unveils Golf GTE Sport PHEV concept: 0-100 km/h in 4.3s and 118 mpg

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Golf GTE Sport PHEV concept. Volkswagen used the annual Wörthersee festival in Austria as the venue to unveil the Golf GTE Sport concept plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. In normal operation the Golf GTE Sport drives just as quietly as the production Golf GTE that is already on the market. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Europe January 2021

EV Sales

PHEVs shine in disrupted market The European passenger plug-in market registered 112,000 registrations in January (+50% YoY), with PHEVs (+85%) growing faster than BEVs (+18%), with PHEVs starting the year ahead of BEVs (42% BEVs / 58% PHEVs). reached the 4th place last month. and CCS!), 5 Volkswagen ID.3 4 over the ID.3.

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Europe March 2021

EV Sales

This time growth came from both fields, with BEVs doubling their sales year-on-year, but PHEVs continue surging at a faster pace, having seen their sales jump by 264% YoY last month, confirming plugin hybrids as the major growth source for plugins in the first months of 2021. BEV) , pulling the 2021 PEV share to 15% (6.6% for BEVs alone).

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Europe February 2021

EV Sales

This solid sales growth was mostly due to PHEVs, that have seen their sales jump by 117% YoY, to 65,581 units, while BEVs (50,246 units) have grown a more moderate 27% last month, confirming plugin hybrids as the major growth source for plugins in these first stages of 2021. BEV) , keeping the 2021 PEV share at 14% (5.7% for BEVs alone).

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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. 29f21c0cbca83138705c33c58e16f247. >.

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