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Volvo Cars sales return to growth in China, but down 43.8% in April y-o-y overall; plug-in share doubles to 14%

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Recharge is the overarching brandname for all chargeable Volvo models with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain. The European sales performance was significantly impacted in April due to restriced movement in several key markets including Germany, the UK, France, Italy and Belgium. During the month, SUVs accounted for 66.3%

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Name check: 2025 Alfa Romeo’s first electric car renamed Junior after objections from Italian officials

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The change of name came after officials judged the Milano name unlawful because the small all-electric SUV was set to be produced in Poland. According to Italian law since 2003, all Italian-related names can only be used if they are produced in Italy. Milano compact SUV is first electric car from Alfa Romeo.

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Driven: Alfa Romeo Tonale Plug-in Hybrid Q4

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Alfa Romeo’s new Tonale Plug-in Hybrid Q4 is the first ever vehicle from the venerable Italian car maker with a charging port. And the small SUV PHEV is also the starting point for the company’s five-year ‘Zero to Zero’ plan. Until the Tonale Plug-in Hybrid Q4, Alfa Romeo produced zero electrified models.

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New report finds global CO2 vehicle emission reduction measures falter; dropping diesels, increasing SUVs

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and 9 L ge /100 km, while the best (France and Italy) fell to between 5.2 Vehicle fuel economy improvements have slowed globally, according to the latest report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI): Fuel Economy In Major Car Markets: Technology And Policy Drivers 2005-2017. Source: GFEI. in the past two years. L ge /100 km.

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First drive in the Maserati Grecale Folgore SUV: Italian luxury is going all-electric and we love it

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Italian luxury automaker Maserati is now entering its fourth year of its 100% electric strategy and sits on the precipice of launching its second BEV model – the Grecale Folgore SUV. As the Grecale Folgore approaches the start of sales soon, Maserati invited media out to its native Italy to test out the SUV first-hand.

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JATO Dynamics: 17% of new passenger car registrations in Europe in April were electrified

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Combined registrations in Italy, the UK, Spain and France tumbled from 646,000 units in April 2019 to 34,000 one year later. Pure electric cars registered a decrease of 29% to 16,700 vehicles, while plug-in hybrids saw almost 14,000 new clients, up by 7%. Registrations of SUV in April totalled 109,500 units, 78% less than April 2019.

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Report: Alfa Romeo Working On Electric SUV for American Market

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The automaker’s North American CEO, Larry Dominique, told The Drive that Alfa’s working on an electric SUV for the American market and promised that it would be different from the sea of increasingly homogenous vehicles hitting the market. “We We think of ourselves as different from the others. We just don’t want to blend in.

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