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BYD Shark PHEV ute on track for late 2024 Aussie with price tag to shock Ranger and Hilux

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The BYD Shark is odds-on to hit Aussie dealerships late in 2024 and looks set to come with a razor sharp price tag aimed at shaking up the booming ute segment. litre petrol-fed turbo engine mated to an electric motor and four-wheel drive system. For now, the drivetrain line-up includes two plug-in hybrid options, both of which use a 1.5-litre

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Audi axes PHEV sales in top market

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Audi has announced it will no longer sell Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) in one of the world’s top markets, China. Now, to refocus, Audi has announced that it will no longer be selling PHEVs in the giant Asian market. According to the executive, Audi’s PHEV sales have more than halved in China since 2020.

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April 2023 – BEVs dominated car sales in Sweden

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plugin hybrids (PHEVs). Thus, BEVs have grown share at a healthy clip, whilst PHEVs saw a slight trimming. PHEVs lost just over 6% volume, thus shedding market share overall. The post April 2023 – BEVs dominated car sales in Sweden first appeared on ?PushEVs. April’s combined plugin result of 55.7% comprised 33.7%

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Peugeot 308 plug-in hybrid EV joining local line-up in 2023

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Likely to land in the first half of the year, the PHEV five-door hatchback will follow orthodox 308 petrol-turbo ICE hatch and wagon models that start arriving here in late 2022. The confirmation of the 308 PHEV for Australia follows on from the reveal of the radical 408 crossover and assurances it is also headed our way in 2023.

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Software Upgrade to Prius PHEV NiMH Conversion Kit Enables All-Electric Driving At Up to 70mph

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kWh NiMH plug-in hybrid (PHEV) conversion kit that enables all-electric mode driving at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (until the battery pack is depleted) in a converted Prius. But that can force the electric motor to run above its recommended speed range, said Ewert Energy Systems co-founder and vice president Andrew Ewert.

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DOE Closes $529M Loan to Fisker Automotive

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million loan with Fisker Automotive for the development and production of two lines of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). Fisker, a startup based in southern California, expects to manufacture the Karma and Project NINA lines at a recently shuttered General Motors factory in Wilmington, Delaware. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.)

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US National Research Council Report Finds Plug-in Hybrid Costs Likely to Remain High; Fleet Fuel Consumption and Carbon Emissions Benefits Will Be Modest for Decades

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NRC projections of number of PHEVs in the US light-duty fleet. Costs of light-duty plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are high—largely due to their lithium-ion batteries—and unlikely to drastically decrease in the near future, according to a new report from the National Research Council (NRC). Click to enlarge.

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