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Volvo Cars to triple electric car production capacity in Ghent after strong year of electrified car sales

Green Car Congress

Volvo Cars is tripling electric car manufacturing capacity at its plant in Ghent, Belgium as it prepares to meet fast growing demand for its Recharge line-up of chargeable cars. The share of Recharge cars as a percentage of total sales more than doubled in 2020, compared to 2019. in the region for the whole year.

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Polestar electric roadster concept to enter production as Polestar 6 in 2026

Green Car Congress

Polestar, the Swedish electric performance car company, confirmed plans to put the Polestar electric roadster concept into production. The production car is expected to launch in 2026 as the Polestar 6 electric performance roadster.

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All Audi production sites will manufacture all-electric vehicles by 2029

Green Car Congress

As of 2026, Audi will only launch all-electric models onto the global market, gradually phasing out production of its combustion models by 2033. Based on this clear decision made as part of its Vorsprung 2030 corporate strategy, Audi is now taking steps to prepare its global facilities for the production of all-electric cars.

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ZF’s CeTrax lite electric drive for LCVs begins series production

Green Car Congress

ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) division announced that its new CeTrax lite electric central drive has entered series production. Using synergies from ZF’s development and production of passenger car drives, the new driveline is adapted to use in light commercial vehicles (LCVs).

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NIO Rolls 300,000th Electric Car Off Production Line

Electric Cars Report

On December 12, 2022, the 300,000th electric car of NIO rolled off a production line at its Second Advanced Manufacturing Base. Since the production of its first smart EV in May 2018, NIO has been breaking records of production speed and dedicated to building up its production capacity.

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Tesla announces change of plans to build cheaper electric cars

Electrek

Tesla announced that it is changing its product plan to introduce cheaper electric cars to be built on its current production lines.

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Fossil Fuel Fanatics Ramp Up Attacks On Electric Cars While Ignoring The Dangers Of Their Own Products

CleanTechnica EVs

The post Fossil Fuel Fanatics Ramp Up Attacks On Electric Cars While Ignoring The Dangers Of Their Own Products appeared first on CleanTechnica. Fossil fuel interests are perfectly willing to lie and distort information in order to protect their profits.