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BEV overtake diesels sales for the first time in Europe

Electric Cars Report

In June 2023, the EU car market grew by 17.8% Except for Hungary (-1.4%), all the EU markets grew, […] The post BEV overtake diesels sales for the first time in Europe appeared first on Electric Cars Report. to 1 million registered units, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) data.

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Samsung Hungarian battery plant to open in 2018, perhaps for BMW electric cars?

Green Car Reports

Anticipated increases in electric-car production in 2018 and later now have battery suppliers scrambling to add manufacturing capacity. One of the major players is Korean firm Samsung SDI, which is reportedly planning to open a new battery plant in Hungary.

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Mercedes introducing EQB compact electric SUV in Shanghai

Green Car Congress

Following the EQA 250 (combined electrical consumption: 15.7 kWh/100 km) it is the second fully electric compact car from Mercedes-EQ. After Europe, the international version of the EQB, produced in Kecskemét, Hungary, will be launched at the end of the year, followed by the US market launch in 2022.

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BMW’s hometown Munich plant to go all-EV as ICE vehicles pass their “tipping point” – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

BMW says its historic plant in Munich will produce only electric cars from 2027, following a €650-million investment in expansion and upgrades, including the construction of a new vehicle assembly line and a new body shop. BMW’s Munich plant opened in 1922, and produced motorcycles until car production began there in 1952.

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The Ford Focus is over, and so are thousands of jobs

Baua Electric

Photo by Wallace Chuck on Pexels.com Ford is laying off some 3,500 workers in Germany as the automaker ends the production of the Focus – the once crazily popular car that never managed to get off the ground with its electric version – in 2025. But Ford pulled the plug on European sales in 2017, and 2018 in the US due to weak sales.

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased in 2018

Green Car Congress

According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), the average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU) in 2018 increased for the second consecutive year, reaching 120.4 On average, the CO 2 emissions of diesel cars (121.5 grams of CO 2 per kilometer. g CO 2 /km.

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Preview: 2025 Audi Q6 E-Tron casts a potent EV shadow

Baua Electric

Traffic cones fly by in the side windows like mailboxes on a country road until I let off the pedal and let “B” mode’s regenerative braking lasso this electric SUV down for a gradual right turn back into its parking spot. Audi farms dual motors for the Q6 E-Tron in Hungary, rated at 140 kw in front and 250 kw in the rear.

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