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BYD Launches The ATTO 3, Han, & Tang SUV In Spain!

CleanTechnica EVs

BYD sold over 1.8 million electric vehicles (EVs) last year. As announced recently, BYD has a target of selling 3.6 million EVs this year. This would be an incredible achievement should the company manage to do it. Although the majority of these sales will be in its home market, a decent chunk of these sales […]

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Audi Brussels to produce exclusively e-tron quattro SUV, battery packs; A1 production moving to Spain

Green Car Congress

As of 2018, Audi Brussels will produce exclusively the commercial version of Audi’s e-tron quattro battery-electric SUV ( earlier post ). Audi will transfer production of the Audi A1 from Brussels to Martorell in Spain; in 2014, Audi Brussels produced 115,378 Audi A1 models. The plant will also produce its own battery packs.

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Mercedes-Benz delivers its four-millionth SUV; SUV sales up 40% in August

Green Car Congress

The main contribution towards this increase came from the strong rise in unit sales of SUVs of approximately 40% during the month, which also saw the company deliver its four-millionth SUV since market launch. Since 2011, unit sales of SUVs have more than doubled. Their popularity is rising year on year.

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Volkswagen Group's Four Entry-Level EVs Will Be Made In Spain

InsideEVs

2X SUV, and Skoda SUV within one and a half years. Production starts in 2025 with the Cupra UrbanRebel, followed by the VW ID.2,

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SEAT, Ficosa and Sanyo join forces to develop batteries for electric vehicles in Spain and Portugal

Green Car Congress

Volkswagen Group member SEAT, Ficosa and Sanyo have signed an agreement to promote the development of batteries for electric vehicles in Spain and Portugal. SEAT has also developed the concept car IBx, a plug-in hybrid SUV that appeared at the Geneva Motor Show in March.

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JATO: European car registrations up 5.2% in November; SUVs post record market share

Green Car Congress

France, Spain and Germany, along with mid-sized markets including the Netherlands and Austria, experienced the biggest increases in volume for the month, off-setting a decline in the UK market where registrations were down 11.2%. Growth was driven by the ever-increasing demand for SUVs and registrations in the segment grew by 21.6%

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Euro Big 5 auto markets up 8.6% in April, SUVs continue to dominate; shift in segment shares

Green Car Congress

Led by strong growth in Spain and Italy, new car registrations in Europe’s Big 5 markets grew by 8.6% million, April produced further gains across the top five European markets with SUVs driving higher volume and counting for 24.4% The appeal of SUVs continues to gain further momentum at the expense of more traditional models.

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