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Chevrolet Phones It In With The E-Ray, A Non-Plugin Hybrid Corvette

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In 1953, the enthusiastic reaction to the Chevrolet Corvette concept kicked off seven decades of passion, performance and American ingenuity,” said Mark Reuss, General Motors president. “E-Ray, In some ways, Chevrolet’s new Corvette E-Ray is pretty cool. “In

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

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7, this year, along with the next-generation of the Golf, and updated drive systems and operating concepts for its previously available ID.4 million BEVs sold , with many of its over 3 million vehicle sales coming from plugin hybrids and gas cars (via Reuters ). Notably, Volkswagen says it plans to launch the ID.7

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May 2023 – Tesla still dominates the Norwegian EV market

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Growth continued for the Norwegian plugin EV market in May 2023, as combined plugin share hit almost 90%, up from 85% a year ago. combined plugin total was made up of 80.7% For plugins to get consistently above 95% share will require more diverse – and especially, more affordable – vehicle classes to be catered for.

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Germany March 2021

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Tesla Model 3 wins in March, but Volkswagen leads the way The German plugin market scored over 65,000 units last month, with both technologies rising fast, particularly plugin hybrids (+191% for BEVs and +278% YoY for PHEVs) , with last month plugin share ending at 23% (10% BEV), pulling slightly up the yearly tally, to 22% (9.9%

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Audi Toys With New Electric Car, Pedals Future in Nuremburg

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After initially appearing skeptical about the electric car, Audi has been busy over the past few years with a selection of plugin hybrid and fully electric-powered concepts, showing them off at prestigious events such as the Le Mans 24 hour race.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The vans themselves are based on the concept Town and Country EV that was unveiled last Fall by Chrysler. However, because of the duty cycle used by the Postal Service, which generally amounts to only about 18-20 miles per day on a fixed route, these vehicles are being built without the range extender seen on the concept.

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