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France December 2020

EV Sales

At the bottom of this Top 20, a reference to the record 511 deliveries of the SEAT Leon PHEV, with the spicy Spaniard beating its more corporate minded cousin, the VW Golf PHEV, that ended in #21, with 501 units, that nevertheless is a new record for the German model. Mmmm.discuss. has struck a chord among French PHEV buyers.

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Stellantis announces first employee share purchase plan

Teslarati

No minimum subscription in France, and from one share subscribed in Italy 20% discount on the reference share price A contribution of 100% of the employee’s personal contribution, up to €1,000 gross Stellantis has already executed the incentive program among 85,000 employees in France and Italy. in France and Italy.

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Consortium seeks to show total cost of EVs can be less than combustion engine reference car

Green Car Congress

Siemens staff members will use an electric instead of a gasoline-based vehicle for their trips between the factories in Karlsruhe and Haguenau, France (about 65 km, 40 miles). We are looking for applications in which electric vehicles are cheaper than a reference car with a combustion engine.

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France January 2021

EV Sales

The crossover Peugeot 3008 PHEV became the first plugin hybrid to win the Monthly Best Seller trophy in France, by beating both the Zoe and its 208 EV sibling, all thanks to a record 1,410 registrations, making it an historic 1-2 win for Peugeot at home, and relegating the Renault EV to the 3rd spot for the first time in 8 years!

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Italy says that it’s illegal for Alfa Romeo to call its new EV the Milano

Baua Electric

This is forbidden by Italian law,” Urso said, referring to 2003 law that prohibits any products being sold with Italian-sounding names that aren’t made in Italy. France has similar laws protecting its products, such as prohibiting sparking wine be called “champagne” if it doesn’t come from the Champagne region of France.

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Groupe PSA and Qualcomm advance C-V2X testing for communication between vehicles; demo in March

Green Car Congress

At the In&Out Digital Mobility event in March in Rennes, Groupe PSA and Qualcomm will host the first demonstration in France. It will feature PSA cars enabled with C-V2X technology using the Qualcomm 9150 C-V2X chipset ( earlier post ) and reference platform.

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Video Friday: Swiss-Mile

Cars That Think

Cybathlon Challenges : 2 February 2024, ZURICH Eurobot Open 2024 : 8–11 May 2024, LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, FRANCE ICRA 2024 : 13–17 May 2024, YOKOHAMA, JAPAN RoboCup 2024 : 17–22 July 2024, EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS Enjoy today’s videos! We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Swiss-Mile ] Thanks Marko!

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