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Volkswagen offering subscriptions to ID.3 and ID.4 in Germany

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4 EVs in Germany with the launch of the Volkswagen AutoAbo subscription model. —Klaus Zellmer, Board Member for Sales and Marketing at Volkswagen. In addition, Volkswagen will be launching its online leasing and sales offerings in Germany toward the end of 2021. Initially, to sell models from the ID.

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Volkswagen customers in Germany ordering more diesel vehicles; share of 43% in 2018, vs. 39% in 2017

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Customers of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand in Germany are once again placing more orders for diesel vehicles. In Germany, the diesel debate is emotionally charged—and frequently strays from the facts. —Volkswagen Brand Board Member for Sales, Jürgen Stackmann.

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ADAC testing finds new diesel cars cleaner than required; Euro 6c and 6d-Temp vehicles well below the permissible NOx limits

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In Germany, testing by ADAC (Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil-Club eV) has found that all the Euro 6c and 6d-Temp vehicles that have been measured on the road to date meet much stricter requirements nitrogen oxides (NO x ) than required by the EU. Our measurement results show that diesel technology can have a future.

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Solaris joins European Clean Hydrogen Alliance

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Since then, hydrogen buses and trolleybuses produced by Solaris have been sold to operators in the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Latvia. —Petros Spinaris, member of the Management Board of Solaris for Sales, Marketing and Customer Service. Solaris unveiled its first buses to use hydrogen in 2014.

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Volkswagen bundling all intelligent driver assistance technologies under new umbrella brand IQ.DRIVE; heading to autonomy

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Before Christmas, Volkswagen will be launching a 360° marketing campaign for the new brand in Germany, consisting of TV commercial and posters as well as printed and online advertisements. In future, their mobility time in a Volkswagen is to be quality time. The film shows a boy thinking about the future of driving.

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BYD launches 3 new electric vehicles at the Paris Motor Show

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The green dream has long been a priority for BYD and is the vision for the future. BYD has ranked as number one for sales of new energy vehicles in China for 9 consecutive years. For over two decades, BYD has been at the forefront of sustainable innovation. Global leader in new energy vehicles.

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BMW targeting doubling energy density of battery cells by 2030, with current i3 as basis

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The BMW Group is developing future generations of battery cells at the new Competence Center, focusing on customer-relevant aspects, such as improving energy density, available peak output, service life, safety, charging characteristics and performance at varying temperatures, and reducing battery costs.

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