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Tesla sees over 900% sales growth in Germany in January

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Tesla Model 3, Model Y officially qualify for maximum subsidy in Germany Other brands that saw dramatic increases in sales volume include Maserati, MG, and Suzuki. Most other brands that saw sales growth during the month were luxury brands like Mercedes, Ferrari, Jaguar, and Land Rover.

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JATO: electrified vehicles 13% of new car reg in Europe in January 2020; electrified vehicles only growth-driver

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By brand, these cars represented an important part of the volume registered by Smart (96%), Lexus and Toyota (95% and 66% respectively), DS (42%), Suzuki (41%) and Land Rover (37%). Among the big markets, electrified vehicles counted for almost 19% in France, 14% in the UK, 12% in Spain, 10% in Germany and 8% in Italy.

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Apple introduces CarPlay for iPhone integration into cars

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Users can easily control CarPlay from the car’s native interface or just push-and-hold the voice control button on the steering wheel to activate Siri without distraction.

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Demand for battery electric vehicles in Europe doubles in July; growth driven by Tesla and Renault

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As usual, the rankings were dominated by Toyota and Lexus, but there were notable results from Mercedes, which came third, and Land Rover, whose new Evoque model became the 5 th best-selling HEV during the month. Hybrid vehicles also performed well in July, as demand increased by 27% to 56,800 units.

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Teijin acquires composites company Inapal to expand European automotive business

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The company has two manufacturing locations in Portugal serving a variety of European OEM customers including Jaguar, Land Rover, BMW, Mercedes, Volkswagen and Bentley. —Jun Suzuki, president and CEO, Teijin Limited. Teijin expects its automotive composite business sales to reach approximately €1.7

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Revealed: Maruti Brezza beats Tata Nexon to No. 1 SUV title, India’s Top 25 UVs revealed | Autocar Professional

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Maruti and Mahindra battle it out with 5 models each in Top 25 In terms of OEM share of the Top 25, Maruti Suzuki (Brezza, Ertiga, Grand Vitara, Fronx, XL6) and Mahindra & Mahindra (Scorpio, Bolero, XUV700, Thar, XUV 300) have five models each. The three MPVs accounted for 282,038 units.

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Revealed: Maruti Brezza beats Tata Nexon to No. 1 SUV title, India’s Top 25 UVs revealed | Autocar Professional

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Maruti and Mahindra battle it out with 5 models each in Top 25 In terms of OEM share of the Top 25, Maruti Suzuki (Brezza, Ertiga, Grand Vitara, Fronx, XL6) and Mahindra & Mahindra (Scorpio, Bolero, XUV700, Thar, XUV 300) have five models each. The three MPVs accounted for 282,038 units.

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