Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2014

China is poised to replace the US as Volvo Car Group’s (Volvo Cars) largest market in 2014 with sales of at least 80,000 cars, up from 61,146 in 2013, the company said. Sales in the US in 2014 are expected to increase in line with the broader market. The premium segment of the car market in China is forecast to grow by 20% this year.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 2, 2024

The Atto-3 SUV / Source: BYD Europe It was a huge year for profits at Chinese auto behemoth BYD. BYD, the country’s dominant automaker in the world’s largest auto market, released its sales numbers yesterday. Of course, the Chinese EV market is booming – but looking at the numbers, it’s pretty staggering.

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Teslarati

MAY 1, 2023

Chinese automaker NIO reported a 31.2% NIO delivered approximately 6,658 vehicles in April 2023, consisting of 1,713 premium smart electric SUVs and 4,945 premium smart electric sedans. Meanwhile, the NIO ES7 is the Chinese automaker’s 5-seat mid-size luxury SUV. NIO’s battery leases come with unlimited free swaps.

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EV Report

MAY 2, 2020

After its absence of 15 years from the market in 2005, it is returned back to Europe with a new launch. At the first half of 2020, MG ZS EV is expected to target Sweden, Netherlands, France, Germany and Belgium markets. There are other SUV segment cars too like the Audi Etron and Jaguar I Pace among the premium segment.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2017

Volvo Cars plans to set up a new joint venture technology company with Geely Holding, the Chinese car group, to share existing and future technology, to deepen industrial synergies and to provide the economies of scale that will allow them to develop next generation electrified vehicle technology more rapidly. Revenues rose to SEK 99.1

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Push EVs

JUNE 15, 2023

May saw France’s plugins take over 24% market share, up from 20.9% Another newcomer to the French Market at significant volume was the new BYD Atto 3, with 60 units in May (it had landed just 6 demo units over the previous two month). year on year, with new Stellantis BEVs arriving. Full electrics grew from 12.0% comprised 15.6%

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Renesas Electronics will open a “New Energy Vehicle Solution Center” in China, directly under the China Business Unit to accelerate engagement with the Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) market. China has positioned EVs, PHVs, and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) as “NEVs” and considers this sector to be a strategic national industry.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 9, 2021

The secret is that Polestar is an electric performance brand from Volvo and its Chinese owner, Geely Holding. It was established in 2017 and is based in Gothenburg, Sweden, where Volvo has been for a long time (although the Polestar 2 is built in China). Range is 233 miles, which is good, if not the best in the market.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Rivian (United States): Product: Rivian specializes in electric adventure vehicles, producing the R1T electric truck and the R1S electric SUV. NIO (China): Product: NIO focuses on electric SUVs. XPeng Motors (China): Product: XPeng Motors produces smart electric vehicles, including the G3 SUV and the P7 sedan.

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Baua Electric

JULY 20, 2023

Certainly one of our readers despatched me an e-mail asking how it’s imaginable that some 2-year-old Chinese language firms have already got 3 unutilized EVs at the street (Zeekr) or {that a} unutilized maker can create 7 unutilized fashions and seven facelifts in 5 years (Nio). All are in keeping with Geely’s SEA platform.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Raising money to bring a PHEV to market. Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program. Batteries not ready. Expects production around 2014.

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