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

Teslarati

“The delivery figures show that we are on the right track as a brand and that our cars are well received by our customers,” said Imelda Labbé, Volkswagen Board Member for sales, marketing and after sales. By comparison, BEV market leader Tesla sold over 1.8 million vehicles globally in 2023 , while BYD reported around 1.6

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The comparison keeps being raised, though studies are conclusive: The "well-to-wheel" emissions of electric vehicles are lower than those from gasoline internal combustion vehicles. CalCars produced the worlds first plug-in Prius (the PRIUS+) in 2004. In 2003-04, the US Marine Corps demonstrated a diesel-electric PHEV-20 HUMVEE.

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