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Tesla Model Y sales overtakes Toyota RAV4 in its quest to become the best-selling vehicle

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Tesla Model Y is another step closer to becoming the world’s best-selling vehicle in any category after overtaking Toyota RAV4 sales in Australia. Tesla sold approximately 3,178 Model Y units in Australia. Only the Toyota Hi-Lux pickup truck and the Ford Ranger pickup sold more units than the Tesla Model Y.

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Tata Motors urges govt to keep hybrid tax, Toyota lobbies for cut

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Read more Tata Motors has opposed Toyota’s appeal for tax reduction on hybrid cars, claiming that they are more polluting than electric vehicles and should not be given a tax advantage. Hybrid cars have been touted as the bridge to fill in the gap between internal combustion engine technology and electric propulsion tech.

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Tesla sees over 1400% rise in UK vehicle registrations in April

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Recent data from the UK that’s released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) indicates that electric vehicle maker Tesla saw a massive surge in new car registrations last month. Amidst this momentum, Tesla’s market shares in the UK has also grown. As per the SMMT’s data , Tesla witnessed a 1,436.4%

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Volkswagen faces mounting pressure from Tesla and BYD

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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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GlobalData: Global automakers earmark nearly US$600B for EVs over next decade

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Its ambition to surpass Tesla is no secret, says GlobalData, and the company wants four out of every 10 cars it sells to be a BEV by 2030. Despite being a pioneer in hybrid vehicles, Toyota was slow to implement BEV strategies; President Akio Toyoda announced the bZ EV brand only last year. billion investment through 2030.

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Tesla Swedish sales grow 9% in December

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Tesla Market share Grows to 6.1% in Sweden Data from Swedish auto industry association Mobility Sweden showed 1,789 new Tesla cars were registered in December, up from 1,645 in the same month of 2022. In number, electric cars increased by 18 percent, while plug-in hybrids decreased by just over 8 percent.

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Renault CEO calls for Auto European plan to protect against ‘onslaught of EVs from China’

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Renault CEO Luca de Meo released a 19-page open letter to Europe describing an auto European plan to protect against the ‘onslaught of electric vehicles (EV)’ coming from China.” He pointed out that electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids account for 14% of global car sales, led by Asian automakers. Buoyed by its huge domestic market (8.5

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