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BMW Group Thailand begins local assembly of high-voltage batteries for BMW plug-in hybrid vehicles

Green Car Congress

BMW Group Thailand has inaugurated local high-voltage battery production plant in partnership with the DRÄXLMAIER Group, one of the world’s leading automotive suppliers and a partner of BMW Group since 1966. BMW Group Thailand launched the local assembly lines in July 2019 at the DRÄXLMAIER Group plant.

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BYD EV sales grew nearly 50% in January as exports reached a new high

Baua Electric

Interestingly, BYD’s all-electric vehicles are beginning to outpace its plug-in hybrids (PHEVs). BYD’s PHEV sales were up 21% to 95,715 last month. The EV leader is already taking market share in key markets like Thailand, Brazil, and Columbia. Production was also up significantly, with 114,365 EVs built last month, up 64% YOY.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) It is much more than that.

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How do Chinese language EV makers roll out unutilized merchandise so temporarily?

Baua Electric

In the meantime, in Europe, BMW was once pushing the concept that consumers want to have a call and that they’d trade in their usual vehicles with ICE or BEV choices. They create PHEVs and in addition ICEs. Alternative examples may well be Brilliance-BMW, Dongfeng-Honda, and FAW-Toyota. Lynk&Co Any other Geely model.

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