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Saab engineers develop secret NEVS Emily GT electric car project as IP rights go up for sale

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After going defunct in 2011, Saab’s automotive assets were sold to National Electric Vehicle Sweden. more… The post Saab engineers develop secret NEVS Emily GT electric car project as IP rights go up for sale appeared first on Electrek.

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Volvo Trucks and Bucher collaborate to electrify sewer cleaner trucks

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Volvo Trucks goal is that electric models will account for half of its truck sales in 2030. The largest markets for Volvo’s electric trucks in Europe currently are Norway, Sweden and Germany. The tractor models of the Volvo FH, Volvo FM and Volvo FMX Electric are released for sale now.

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Volkswagen has 30k+ reservations for the ID.3 1ST edition; most from Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and UK

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Most of the pre-bookers live in Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. —Jürgen Stackmann, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand responsible for Sales, Marketing and After Sales. 3 EV, which will make its world premiere at the event. More than 100,000 ID.

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Volkswagen nearly doubles deliveries of all-electric vehicles in 2021 to 263K; all electrified vehicle sales at 369K

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The lagging supply of semiconductors caused limitations in production throughout the course of the year, which ultimately had a major impact on the unit sales figures, the company said. if the brand’s global BEV sales in 2021. 4 topped the BEV charts in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Ireland. of total deliveries (2020: 4%).

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Volkswagen Passenger Cars lifts global deliveries of BEV vehicles by 197% and of electric vehicles overall by 158% in 2020

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Even though it was only introduced in the second half of the year, it ranked in the top of the sales charts in many countries almost right away. —Klaus Zellmer, the board member responsible for Sales of Volkswagen Passenger Cars. In Sweden, the ID.3

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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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Study finds car dealerships pose significant barrier to EV adoption

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A new study by a team from Aarhus University in Denmark has found that car dealerships pose a significant barrier to electric vehicle adoption at the point of sale due to a perceived lack of business case viability in relation to gasoline and diesel vehicles. Their study is published in the journal Nature.

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