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Volvo Cars global sales up 31% in May; fully electric cars up 196%

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Volvo Cars reported global sales of 60,398 cars in May, up 31% compared with the same month last year. The company’s fully electric cars were the main contributor to the growth, rising 196% during the period to 10,826 units (). The share of fully electric cars stood at 18%.

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Volvo Cars all-electric sales climb to 19% of all sales in February

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Volvo Cars reported global sales of 51,286 cars in February, up 22% compared to the same month last year and a record for the month of February. The sales growth was led by the company’s Recharge line up of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars.

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Hyundai On A Roll As Electric Car Sales Surge & Robotaxi Gets Driver’s License

CleanTechnica EVs

Hyundai is setting sales records in the US powered by its assortment of hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery electric vehicles. The post Hyundai On A Roll As Electric Car Sales Surge & Robotaxi Gets Driver’s License appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Australian Plug-in Vehicle Sales Exceed 10% in February 2024

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The most important item has to be that Australian plug-in electric. continued] The post Australian Plug-in Vehicle Sales Exceed 10% in February 2024 appeared first on CleanTechnica. It has been a very newsy month down under.

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BYD says plug-in electrics will exceed 50 pct of new car sales in China in next 3 months

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The head of Chinese electric car giant BYD says sales of plug-in vehicles will reach 50 per cent of the new car market in China in the next 90 days. The post BYD says plug-in electrics will exceed 50 pct of new car sales in China in next 3 months appeared first on The Driven.

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Volvo Cars to triple electric car production capacity in Ghent after strong year of electrified car sales

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Volvo Cars is tripling electric car manufacturing capacity at its plant in Ghent, Belgium as it prepares to meet fast growing demand for its Recharge line-up of chargeable cars. The share of Recharge cars as a percentage of total sales more than doubled in 2020, compared to 2019.

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Global Plug-in Sales Grew By 31% Year-On-Year In 2023

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Global electric vehicle sales, Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV), grew by 31% year-on-year (y-o-y) in 2023 to 13.6 million units sold in December, according to the latest data from leading researcher in the electric vehicles sector Rho Motion. Of these 9.5m Of these 9.5m

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