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€20,000 Volkswagen Electric Car — The Next VW Beetle?

February 9, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, GERMANY, press releases, Volkswagen, volkswagen beetle (bug), volkswagen group

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 04:57:31 +0000

The Volkswagen Beetle is an iconic car that is one of the prime symbols of the cultural revolution of the 1970s (a revolution that is somehow facing significant backlash today, incidentally). It was a popular car of young adults in the ’70s. But, while its cute design and “Beetle” name … [continued]

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Corporate Fleets and the EU Automotive Industrial Action Plan

February 8, 2025 admin BMW, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, EU, Europe, mercedes, renault, stellantis, Volkswagen, volvo

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:55:18 +0000

How the European Commission can boost demand for made-in-Europe EVs The European car industry is in the midst of a historical transition shifting to electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing. New challenges arise, such as Chinese competition or ensuring a predictable demand. To build a resilient automotive industry, the EU needs to … [continued]

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The Automakers Selling the Most EVs in the World Are …

February 8, 2025 admin byd, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, geely, hybrid electric cars, market research, phev, research, saic, tesla, Volkswagen, volkswagen group, world ev sales

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:53:10 +0000

Following up on our stories about the best selling plugin vehicles in the world and the automotive brands that sell the most plugin electric vehicles in the world, we’re now closing out the 2024 World EV Sales Report series with a look at the automotive groups or alliances that sell … [continued]

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BYD #1 In World In Plugin Vehicle Sales In 2024

February 7, 2025 admin aion, aito, BMW, byd, byd sales, chery, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, deepal, dongfeng, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, geely, hybrid electric cars, Kia, leap motor, li auto, market research, mercedes, phev, research, tesla, tesla sales, toyota, Volkswagen, volvo, world ev sales, wuling, xiaomi, xpeng, zeekr

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 01:41:31 +0000

In the last stage of the 2024 race, BYD had another record month, this time with 483,000 registrations. That doubled Tesla’s result, which nevertheless wasn’t all that bad for the US brand — at 201,000 deliveries, it was its best result in 18 months. Below the two galactics, Wuling was … [continued]

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World EV Sales Report — 17.2 Million Plugins Were Sold in 2024!

February 7, 2025 admin byd, byd sales, byd song, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, market research, research, tesla, tesla model 3, tesla model y, tesla sales, Volkswagen, volkswagen group, world ev sales

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 01:03:28 +0000

The Tesla Model Y was #1 again, in a year that saw plugins reach 22% share of the global market. The last months of 2024 brought a record-fest for world plugin vehicle sales, and December was one of them, with over 1.9 million registrations! With plugin registrations jumping a significant … [continued]

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BYD Becomes 7th Best Selling Automaker in the World!

February 3, 2025 admin byd, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, hybrid electric cars, market research, phev, research, toyota, Volkswagen, volkswagen group

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2025 01:40:39 +0000

Update: The source article for the data originally used here seemed to be lacking or ignoring certain auto groups. In particular, GM (5.96 million sales in 2024) and Stellantis (5.32 million sales in 2024) are missing. Also, most sources creating auto group comparisons would include the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance (6.24 million … [continued]

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1st EV Casualty of Trump Election: Volkswagen ID.7?

January 31, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, policy & politics, Volkswagen, volkswagen id.7

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:05:33 +0000

There are reports that the Volkswagen ID.7 is the first EV casualty of the new administration and his plan to cut EV incentives. Volkswagen has decided to drop its plan to bring the ID.7 to North America. It’s a huge shame, as the ID.7 is the company’s flagship EV model … [continued]

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Volkswagen Considering A Joint Venture With A Chinese Manufacturer — In Germany!

January 28, 2025 admin China, clean transport, Electric vehicles, GERMANY, green economy, plug-in hybrid, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:05:23 +0000

German media claims Volkswagen may be negotiating with a Chinese company about a joint venture in Germany.

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How Is Rivian Going To Lead On Driver Assist Technology?

January 27, 2025 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, rivian, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 04:59:57 +0000

There’s not often news in the EV world that baffles me, or even really surprises me, but I’ve been a little thrown off by some announcements from Rivian this week, including how they’ve come about. Rivian is a cool EV startup that I really like. It could actually be the … [continued]

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Scout EV: This Could Really Go Somewhere

January 25, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, scout, Volkswagen, volkswagen group

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 04:57:04 +0000

I was just watching an Australian Open semifinal between Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev. Unfortunately, it was cut short due to injury and the tennis world missed out on watching what surely could have been an epic match of tennis. However, even in that short time, I saw a commercial … [continued]

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