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BMW M presents Concept XM PHEV

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The series-production model—the BMW XM—will begin production at the end of 2022 at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina; the US is the most important sales market for the new high-performance vehicle. The BMW XM will be available only as a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and exclusively as an M model.

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BMW launches Gen2 X5 PHEV in US: X5 xDrive45e

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The X5 xDrive45e is built at Plant Spartanburg, South Carolina, BMW Group’s largest global production plant. The combined power of the new PHEV drivetrain is 389 hp, a bump of 81 hp over the previous generation. 120 people currently work on the battery assembly line. 0 to 60 mph acceleration time is 5.3 seconds, 1.2

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News: 2023 BMW XM PHEV Revealed

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being the most important sales market for the new high-performance vehicle” the XM begins production at BMW’s Spartanburg, South Carolina, plant at the end of 2022. Road Test: 2021 BMW 330e PHEV. Road Test: 2020 BMW X3 xDrive30e PHEV. To meet the demand of what BMW says is ”the U.S. Photos by BMW. [

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Volvo Cars launches new S60 sports sedan; first Volvo car made in US; two PHEV models coming

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Volvo Cars revealed the new S60 mid-size premium sports sedan at the company’s new—and first—US manufacturing plant in Charleston, South Carolina. Volvo S60 Polestar PHEV. The new Charleston plant was officially inaugurated concurrent with the reveal of the S60.

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FPL Group and Duke Energy Pledge 10-year, $600M+ Commitment to Transition Fleets to PHEVs and EVs

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Duke Energy and FPL Group will begin this transition in the coming years with the goal that 100% of all new fleet vehicles will be plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) by 2020. Duke Energy is the third largest electric power holding company in the United States, based on kilowatt-hour sales.

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BMW brand’s first production PHEV: the BMW X5 xDrive40e

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The BMW X5 xDrive40e is being produced at the BMW Spartanburg plant in South Carolina—the location where all other model variants of the sports activity vehicle are also built together with the BMW X6, BMW X3 and BMW X4 models. Production.

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Proposed Changes to Federal EV Tax Credit – Part 4: Chinese-Assembled Vehicles Will Not Be Eligible for Tax Credit

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Currently only the Polestar 2 and Volvo S90 T8 PHEV are being produced in China for sale in the US. Volvo S90 T8 PHEV – Source: Volvo. Volvo also does not break out US sales of its S90 T8 PHEV, but we are estimating 2021 sales at roughly 125 units. Kandi K27 – Source: Kandi.