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Polestar unveils Polestar 2 electric fastback; targeting Tesla Model 3

Green Car Congress

In the future, Polestar 3 will join the portfolio as a fully electric performance SUV. Polestar 2 is our first fully electric car and first volume model. Initial launch markets include China, the United States, Canada, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK.

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JATO: new diesel car volume in Europe in October dropped 9.9%; 41.4% market share lowest in 10 years

Green Car Congress

Growth was driven by increased demand for gasoline, electric and hybrid vehic—and the ongoing strong performance of SUVs. But, despite a series of launches, there’s still limited AFV choice in categories such as the SUV segment. This is the highest volume recorded since 2007, when 13.62 percentage points.

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U.S. pace of EV adoption rivals rate of California: analysis

Teslarati

Last month, California Governor Gavin Newsom celebrated the fact that, in Q2, one out of every four vehicles sold in California was electric , though the state didn’t expect to reach this goal until 2025. as a whole follows California’s adoption rate, 25 percent of new car sales nationwide could be fully electric by 2026.

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Skoda to set up second life battery hubs to power its retailers

Electric Vehicles India

The company has also received 160 pre-orders for the power hubs from its dealers in Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands and Slovakia. The power hubs can hold up to 20 batteries from various Skoda plug-in hybrid models (Superb iV and Octavia iV) or five batteries from its fully electric Enyaq iV.

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Volvo Cars Opens Order Books for New, Pure Electric C40 Recharge

EV Obssesion

Volvo Cars has officially opened order books for the C40 Recharge, the company’s latest fully electric model. A landmark car for the company’s recently announced new commercial strategy, the C40 Recharge is available online via volvocars.com in markets across Europe* as of this week.

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Europe December 2020

EV Sales

In December, BEVs ran fast (168.912 units, +223% YoY), but PHEVs are were even faster (+347%, 112,260 units), so in the final 2020 numbers, while plugin hybrids ended below (46% vs 54% share) fully electrics, they recovered a massive 10% share regarding the previous year. Last month Best Seller was the VW ID.3,

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Polestar releases downloadable performance software upgrade for Polestar 2

Green Car Congress

The Polestar performance software upgrade is initially available in Europe in the following Polestar markets: UK, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Denmark, Germany and Austria. The Polestar 2 electric performance fastback is the company’s first fully electric, high-volume car.

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