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Porsche Casts Doubt Upon Combustion Ban Timeline

The Truth About Cars

.& With this in mind, Porsche’s CFO was recently quoted as saying European combustion bans will probably need to be delayed and there’s good reason to believe him.& However, Porsche Chief Financial Officer Lutz Meschke was quoted by Automotive News on Thursday casting some doubts.& That number was presumed to be around 5.9

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Taycan review, Equinox EV deal, R1T top safety, 70-mile PHEVs: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

In a first drive of the 2025 Porsche Taycan , we found that with improvements to performance, efficiency, and charging, this grand-touring electric sports car lives up to its original mission—and much more. Is CEO Elon Musk costing Tesla sales? 2024 Rivian R1T Could the safest pickup be fully electric? And instead it’s planning more hybrids.

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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, Something to repeat in 2021?

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BYD Denza coupe secret agent footage uncovered, could be exempted nearest 12 months

Baua Electric

The second shall be bought as a luxurious coupe and shall be geared toward society who’ve cash and are on the lookout for the goods with personality. It is going to be indistinguishable to Porsche Panamera. The PHEV will also be purchased from 319,800 yuan (43,900 USD). The auto could have over two meter lengthy wheelbase.

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Germany February 2021

EV Sales

Volkswagen leads the way The German plugin market scored 40,000 units, with both technologies rising fast (+124% for BEVs and +162% YoY for PHEVs) , with last month plugin share ending at 21% (9.4% 3 (barely) leading the table, with 3,691 units, just 30 more than the small e-Up, while the VW Golf PHEV now closes the podium.

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Global Top 20 - December 2020

EV Sales

While BEVs were a hot item last month, jumping 81%, to a record 407.000 units, PHEVs were even hooter, shooting 205% in December, allowing them to end the year with 31% of plugin sales, up 5% from the 26% of 2019, giving credit to those that say that PHEVs will still be around for a while. But more on that later.

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Bentley Commits to Five New EVs by 2030, Adding a New Model in 2025

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The 2018 Bentayga and Flying Spur’s plug-in hybrid (PHEV) variations are the initial steps toward full electrification, with the first battery-electric vehicle (BEV) arriving in 2025 and all models having some type of electrification the following year. According to the new strategy, 4000 jobs would be secured in Cheshire.

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