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Volkswagen sold around 394,000 battery-electric vehicles in 2023

Teslarati

7, this year, along with the next-generation of the Golf, and updated drive systems and operating concepts for its previously available ID.4 the United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Norway and Belgium. By comparison, BEV market leader Tesla sold over 1.8 Notably, Volkswagen says it plans to launch the ID.7 4 units for a 62.9

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Polestar 7 to replace Polestar 2 in EV line-up to avoid Volkswagen Golf-like fate

Baua Electric

The Polestar 2 is already a market leader in several regions like Norway, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, and others. As much as we might build a very similar car, because it has a different number, we won’t have this natural trap where we’re boxed into that concept of what the car had been,” Ingenlath explained.

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Ford and Schaeffler demonstrate Fiesta-based e-WheelDrive car; follow-up research project in the works

Green Car Congress

At Ford’s Lommel Proving Ground in Belgium, Ford Motor Company and Schaeffler demonstrated the Fiesta-based eWheelDrive car. Fiesta eWheelDrive. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) The liquid-cooled wheel hub drive, which is in its beta stage of development, also delivers up to 700 N·m (516 lb-ft) of torque.

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