Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 15:48:31 +0000
Plug-in hybrids are all the rage in the world of automobile manufacturing today. Porsche is one company planning to go the PHEV route.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 15:15:26 +0000
In a lot of remote or rural areas across many regions on the African continent, the lack of access to mechanised resources such has tractors has been hindering agricultural productivity. Where there is access to traditional tractors, logistical issues of getting diesel to those places tend to add a premium … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 22:10:36 +0000
Volkswagen North America is in desperate trouble, with sales of the ID.4 falling fast. What to do? Fire the manager, of course.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 02:48:29 +0000
Volkswagen has hit a pretty big bump in the US. The company has been a legacy auto leader for the electric vehicle transition in the past several years. Following “Dieselgate,” Volkswagen Group decided to invest several billion dollars into EVs and aimed to be one of the first legacy auto … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:41:37 +0000
Two weeks ago, Volkswagen said it might have to close two factories in Germany. Now it is time to figure out how to make that happen.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 12:54:35 +0000
Volkswagen is facing a crisis as car sales in Europe shrink, leading to less revenue than expected at a time when new investments are needed.
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Read moreCredit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2024 18:29:31 +0000
EVs Now 22% of World Auto Sales Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 15% in June 2024 compared to June 2023. There were 1.5 million registrations. BEVs were up by just 4% YoY, but plugin hybrids jumped 41% YoY, selling over 500,000 units, a new record. In the end, plugins … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 01:16:20 +0000
So much cleantech news, so little time. Here are more cleantech stories from the past week you might want to read. The Volkswagen ID.4 is a popular vehicle among American and European families. However, Volkswagen has introduced the avant-garde E-SUV coupé, the ID. UNYX, to China, targeting a younger demographic … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 14:26:55 +0000
Tesla #1 and #2 Lead in PHEV-Heavy Market After previously checking out Spain, we turn west, to its Iberian neighbor, Portugal, for a new EV sales report. As a Southern European market with low purchase power, one would think that this would be another market lingering in the back of … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 22:44:03 +0000
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have successfully demonstrated the first 270-kW wireless power transfer to a light-duty electric vehicle. The demonstration used a Porsche Taycan and was conducted in collaboration with Volkswagen Group of America using the ORNL-developed polyphase wireless charging system. The achievement surpasses ORNL’s … [continued]
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