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Volvo Cars all-electric sales climb to 19% of all sales in February

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Volvo Cars reported global sales of 51,286 cars in February, up 22% compared to the same month last year and a record for the month of February. The sales growth was led by the company’s Recharge line up of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars. China sales reached 13,066 cars, up 50% compared with February last year.

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Ford EV sales up 103% y-o-y in November; 4.3% of total sales

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Ford electric vehicles sales in the US were up 103% for November 2022 compared to year ago, making Ford the US’ second best-selling brand and manufacturer of electric vehicles behind Tesla. EV sales for the month were 6,255 units, or 4.3% of total vehicle sales for the month. of all F-Series sales for the month).

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Senators introduce bill to expand E15 sales, ban Russian petroleum products

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This legislation would make the sale of E15 year-round permanent; create a tax credit for higher biofuel blends; streamline E15 labeling; provide funding for E15 infrastructure; extend the biodiesel tax credit for three more years; and ban imports of Russian petroleum products. It would also put into law full restrictions on U.S.

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Sales of electrified MINIs up 64.3% in 2021, 18% of total sales

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MINI increased worldwide vehicle sales by 3.3% Sales of MINI models with electrified drive systems climbed by 64.3% to 53,243 vehicles—around 18% of total worldwide sales in 2021. The MINI Electric even managed to almost double its sales (plus 98.2%). to 302,144 units 2021. MINI Electric & MINI Cooper SE Countryman.

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Volvo Cars to triple electric car production capacity in Ghent after strong year of electrified car sales

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By 2022, electric car capacity at the Ghent plant will have more than tripled from today’s levels and will amount to around 60% of the plant’s total production capacity. The capacity increase comes as Volvo Cars also reports its full-year sales results for 2020, which showed a strong growth in demand for the company’s Recharge models.

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Tesla Q3 Sales & Production Numbers

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Update: Tesla has released its Q3 sales (deliveries) and production numbers. They are as follows: This is the statement Tesla included with the production and sales update: “In the third quarter, we produced over 430,000 vehicles and delivered over 435,000 vehicles.

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Nissan is Readying a Slew of New Products to Boost Sales and Profitability

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Nissan sales have languished in recent times, but the automaker has a turnaround plan that leans on improved products that will debut over the next several months. A dealer told Automotive News , “It’s a great move because we need a masculine kind of product. Image: Jonathon Weiss via Shutterstock] Become a& TTAC insider.

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