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Paris To Charge Higher Parking Fees for Large Vehicles and SUVs

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.& That said, some countries have pushed for more cautious actions, with Germany asking for a provision allowing gas vehicle sales as long as they can run on synthetic fuels. & [Image: Ioan Panaite via Shutterstock] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Volkswagen Group appoints new heads of Global R&D, Group Design, Group Product and Modular Toolkit Strategy

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Michael Mauer will lead Group Design in addition to his present function at Porsche. He has been Head of the Design Department at Porsche AG since 2004 and was also given responsibility for styling the 2007 Porsche Cayenne, the Panamera and the 918 Spyder.

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Porsche sells 320,221 cars in 2023, Cayenne is best-selling product | Autocar Professional

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Porsche has announced total sales of 320,221 cars over the past 12 months. Even in times of global economic uncertainty, our brand remains desirable and exclusive,” says Detlev von Platen, Member of the Executive Board for Sales and Marketing at Porsche AG. That’s three percent more than in 2022’s 309,884 units.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

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Porsche Taycan 6,822. It’s a robust list of a variety of models–the majority of which are focused on the hot crossover segment–with total sales of more than 150,000 from six major automaker groups. The German Juggernaut — the Volkswagen ID4, Audi E-tron(s) & Porsche Taycan. Tesla Model 3 80,681.

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Volkswagen Group delivered 572,100 BEVs worldwide in 2022, up 26% y-o-y, 6.9% of total

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Hildegard Wortmann, Member of the Extended Executive Committee for Sales, said: “Our brands have shown a decent performance regarding deliveries in a very challenging environment last year. Porsche Taycan (incl. In Germany, the Group’s home market, deliveries were up by 3.8% The Group’s order bank remains on a high level of 1.8

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Volkswagen Group delivers more than 10M vehicles in one year for first time

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—Group Board member for Sales Christian Klingler. 2.03 (1.90; +7.2%) million customers took possession of a new vehicle in Western Europe (excluding Germany). 1.24 (1.19; +4.5%) million units were delivered in the home market of Germany. 1.24 (1.19; +4.5%) million units were delivered in the home market of Germany.

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Volkswagen Group sells 9.24 million vehicles in 2023, BEV share increases to 8.3% | Autocar Professional

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Hildegard Wortmann, Member of the Group’s Extended Executive Committee for Sales, added:”We achieved a solid delivery performance last year given the geopolitical and macroeconomic situation. In Germany , the Volkswagen Group’s home market, deliveries rose by 15.1 In Western Europe , growth was even more pronounced at 20.6