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Waiting for a Lexus RX 450h+? NX PHEV back-orders are still stopping the launch of the RX PHEV in Australia

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The Japanese luxury brand Lexus reckons it is finally getting on-top of its stuttering petrol-electric plug-in hybrid roll-out in Australia. Lexus Australia halted the sale of the NX plug-in – its first PHEV – back in March 2023 as the waiting list blew out to two years. That is in our plan.” 2022 Lexus NX 450h+ F Sport.

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Volkswagen Amarok PHEV coming as soon as 2025

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If you can’t wait for the 2027 Volkswagen Amarok battery electric ute then maybe the petrol-electric version potentially due as soon as 2025 will do. The second-generation Amarok arrives in Australia from April with orthodox Ford turbo-diesel and turbo-petrol powertrains. As of now what I see personally I see the way for the PHEV.”.

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Ford starts production of Deutsche Post StreetScooter WORK XL electric delivery van

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Ford has begun production of the Deutsche Post StreetScooter WORK XL electric van at its European HQ in Cologne, Germany. Around 180 Ford employees are working in two shifts to build up to 16 WORK XL models per day, providing an annual production capacity of 3,500 units. The company is investing €9.5

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Volvo Cars reveals new XC60 premium SUV, led by PHEV model, at Geneva

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The new car replaces Volvo’s highly-successful original XC60, which in the nine years since its launch became the bestselling premium mid-sized SUV in Europe with nearly a million units sold globally. The XC60 today represents around 30% of Volvo’s total global sales.

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Can Mitsubishi’s plug-in Pajero take down the LandCruiser Prado and Ford Everest? Reborn icon would ditch the diesel and embrace electrification

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The Mitsubishi Pajero — which sat above the Triton-based Pajero Sport, which is still available — was axed globally in 2021, but the brand in Australia has made no secret of its desire to resurrect the Pajero nameplate in the future. “Let me say multiple powertrains are under study,” Mr Westcott said.

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‘We have not exited any powertrain as a strategy’: Santosh Iyer | Autocar Professional

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Amidst the global transition towards EVs, and with its vision to achieve carbon neutrality by 2029, German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz has realigned its strategic focus on ICE powertrains along with electrification, as the latter is witnessing slower-than-expected adoption curve across several markets the world over.

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UK Car production slumps in July

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The SMMT reports that new car production in the UK slid by 37% in July to a new low of just 53,438 vehicles. The July production for the UK market declined -38.7% Petrol and Diesel combined take 52%. Up to $20 billion could be wiped off global carmakers’ operating profits in 2021 because of the chip shortage, Goldman Sachs said.