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Volkswagen faces mounting pressure from Tesla and BYD

Teslarati

Volkswagen faces mounting pressure to keep up with Tesla and Chinese automakers in the transition to battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), and its success in doing so could have major implications. The auto industry is faced with the question of whether and how we will be a global leader in the future,” Baerbock said at the event.

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Pininfarina grows its U.S. footprint in early bid for EV hypercar market control

Teslarati

With Pininfarina’s relationship with Ferrari essentially coming to an end in 2017 with the release of the Ferrari-designed La Ferrari, it was no surprise that the famous Italian brand decided to build a car of its own. Moreover, mainstream brands like Porsche, Mercedes, and Audi have yet to electrify their highest-performance offerings.

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April 2023 – Good month for Volkswagen in the UK

Push EVs

Full battery electrics grew strongly in both share, and in volume. Overall auto volume was 132,990 units, up 11.6% full battery electrics (BEVs), and 6.5% April’s runner up brand was MG, in large thanks to the popular new MG4, arguably Europe’s best value BEV, building on the success of the MG5, and the ZS. year on year.

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New: EVAdoption Quarterly US Electric Vehicle (EV) Sales Scoreboard

EV Adoption

With OEMs only reporting sales on so few EV models, we have to build models and estimate the sales numbers for nearly 85% of the EVs currently available in the US. The Porsche Taycan saw a small unit increase, but it still amounted to 67% growth in Q2 over Q1. New to the scoreboard in Q3 was the Audi e-tron GT.

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Bosch Powers the Automotive Sector Toward an Electrified Future

Cars That Think

Stuttgart may not boast of Degas or Monet, but its prominent names are perhaps even more famous than Paris’ painters: Mercedes–Benz and Porsche. Looking ahead, Stuttgart will likely continue to be the heart of the German auto industry, but how long will the IC engine remain the heart of the automobile?

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Driving the VW e-Golf; strategy, assembly in Wolfsburg, Braunschweig battery plant

Green Car Congress

The e-Golf (“Das e-Auto” earlier post ), the Volkswagen brand’s second series production battery-electric vehicle after the e-up!, Put another way, Volkswagen’s goal, based on its strategic approach, is for the e-Golf to deliver the performance and handling of a Golf which happens to have a battery-electric powertrain.

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Best EVs of 2022: Our verdict on the new electric cars of the year

EV Central

And while it’s improved, the build quality doesn’t match the big boys (you don’t have to look far to spot glitches). The top selling brand has been caught flat-footed in the EV race and in 2023 we will see the arrival of the company’s first battery electric vehicle, the bZ4X. Biggest EV surprise of 2022.