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Schaeffler introducing 4in1 electric axles for EVs

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In the future, Schaeffler will supply beam axles to automobile manufacturers, particularly in North America. The company will also continue to offer to its customers individual components and subsystems for electric and hybrid drives such as electric motors, transmissions, bearings, and the thermal management system.

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4Q 2019: EU diesel demand continues to drop while gasoline gains; plug-ins up 80.5% y-o-y

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of new-car registrations, according to data from ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. digit gains were also seen in Belgium (+17.7%), Slovenia (+18.2%), Hungary (+18.4%), Sweden (+30.5%) and Romania (+31.1%). in hybrids (PHEV) posting strong gains (+76.5% in hybrids and hybrid electric vehicles.

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China’s BYD tops 1.6 million BEV sales in 2023

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Adding up sales for all so-called new energy vehicles, including battery-only vehicles and hybrids, BYD sold 3 million vehicles in 2023. million EVs and hybrids last year, a bump from 6.9 million in 2022, according to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. In 2023, the company sold 1.6 million vehicles.

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Mercedes-Benz will be producing 8 all-electric EQ models in 2022

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As with the EQC from Bremen and Beijing and the EQV from Vitoria, which are already on the market, the fully electric models at the Rastatt plant run on the same production line as compact vehicles with conventional and hybrid drives. The next generation of smart electric vehicles will be produced by the joint venture smart Automobile Co.,

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Here’s how China’s BYD is working on its image problem

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The strategy is to help get German EV shoppers closer to the brand, raise brand awareness, and build sales of its affordable EVs in Europe’s largest automobile market. Adding up sales for all so-called new energy vehicles, including battery-only vehicles and plug-in hybrids, BYD sold 3 million vehicles in 2023.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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In Kecskemét (Hungary), a second plant under construction will be CO 2 -neutral. According to its slogan— digital, flexible, green—it will set standards within the worldwide automobile production. In Jawor (Poland), a new CO 2 -neutral engine plant is being built. The plant will start operating in 2019.

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BMW EVs and redesigned ICE fashions supremacy portfolio adjustments

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Each fashions won a untouched V-8 engine with 48-V delicate hybrid era. The V-8 engines within the M60i fashions have 48-volt delicate hybrid era. However an all-electric iX4, in response to the Neu Klasse platform, will advance into manufacturing in Hungary in overdue 2026, with U.S. The plug-in hybrid is powered by way of a 4.4-liter

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