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SEAT to launch 6 electric and plug-in hybrid models, develop smaller version of MEB for lower-cost EVs

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The electric version of the Mii and el-Born will be the brand’s first two fully electric models, while the new generation Leon and the Tarraco will feature a plug-in hybrid version. Profit after tax went up to €294 million—4.6% The CUPRA Leon and the CUPRA Formentor will also have a plug-in hybrid variant.

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Subaru, Toyota join forces on 3 new electric SUVs citing a ‘huge risk’ of building EVs alone

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There is a huge risk for us to go it alone in this field,” Subaru CEO Atsushi Osaki said during a conference on Monday. Subaru only sold 14,000 units of its sole all-electric car, the Solterra, last year, including 8,872 in the US. Of the 852,000 vehicles delivered globally in 2023, fully electric vehicles accounted for only 1.6%

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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The southwest province of Yunnan derives about 70 percent of its electricity from hydropower, slightly more than the percentage in Washington state, while Shandong, a coastal province in the east, derives about 90 percent of its electricity from coal, similar to West Virginia. An EV operated in Yunnan emits about 60 percent less.