Hyundai Motor America plans to expand its range of electric and hybrid models from the current five to 13 by 2022. According to the Korean manufacturer’s American offshoot, the range will consist of six sedans and seven SUVs.
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The British Columbia Ferry Services, also known as BC Ferries, has ordered four more hybrid ferries from the Damen Shipyards Group in the Netherlands. The hybrid ferries are expected to go into service in 2022.
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The DTM marketer ITR has presented a concept for a purely electric racing series, which could be launched in the future as part of the supporting programme of the touring car series. The plans go beyond the concepts of other electric racing series such as Formula E or ETCR – also with regards to the […]
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Nissan’s luxury brand Infiniti has published some more details about its electrification strategy under the motto “One platform, two powertrains”. In addition to electric cars, these include “petrol-powered EV models”.
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Ford renegotiated its union contract last week in the USA, and the key points have just been leaked. These concern planned investments in individual plants as well as decisions on which models to electrify.
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Exactly 3,742 electric cars were newly registered in Norway in October. The market share of electric cars among car registrations was 35.7 per cent. The most successful model of all drive types was the Audi e-tron quattro.
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Magna has received its most significant production order for transmission technologies in the company’s history from the BMW Group. The multi-year contract covers all front-wheel-drive dual-clutch transmissions, including hybrid transmissions.
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With the XC40 P8 AWD Recharge, Volvo recently introduced its first electric car. Now the Swedes are explaining their new nomenclature – including the other electrified versions.
WeiterlesenWith the launch of the Golf 8, Volkswagen is sending its bestseller onto the road in five hybrid variants, without a single purely electric drive among them. Christoph M. Schwarzer has taken a detailed look at them all asks if the Golf 8 will be the last of its kind.
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Exactly 6,086 electric cars were newly registered in Norway in September. With a market share of 54.5 per cent, around one in two new registrations was a passenger car with pure electric drive. The most successful model of all drive types was the Tesla Model 3.
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Volvo Cars and its parent company Geely intend to merge the development and production of internal combustion engines and hybrid drives into an independent company to save costs and to focus on the development of an all-electric range of cars.
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At Busworld in Brussels, Akasol will be presenting three new lithium-ion battery systems for all-electric and hybrid city buses, intercity buses and coaches. A new battery system for fuel cell vehicles will also be on show.
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Are car manufacturers deliberately delaying the sale of electric cars until the new CO2 limits come into force next year? The environmental organisation Transport & Environment says yes and provides a new indication for this thesis.
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The telematics specialist ViriCiti has revealed a monitoring system for operators of mixed bus fleets. “Mixed Fleet” integrates all types of buses (electric, hybrid, hydrogen and diesel) and their energy infrastructure into one platform. The first deployment will start in October.
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After the new Corolla, the C-HR is the second Toyota model to offer customers a choice of two hybrid options. The crossover SUV will also be available with a 132 kW 2.0 litre hybrid system. The hybrid drive with 1.8-litre petrol engine and 90 kW system output will keep being offered in the range.
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According to Europa-COO Emilio Herrera, Kia is considering making a purely electric version of its Ceed model, as well as bringing another – as yet unnamed – new fully-electric model brought to market by 2021, and bumping up electrification through plug-in hybrids.
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As controversial as Germany’s latest climate protection package may be, for e-mobility a golden age is dawning. After all, its promotion is at the heart of efforts to reduce emissions from the transport sector. An overview.
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Honda has introduced a hybrid version to the 2020 CR-V lineup in the USA. This is the first electrified SUV from Honda in the US, and joins the Accord Hybrid and Insight as the third electrified Honda manufactured in the U.S.
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Exactly 4,713 electric cars were newly registered in Norway in August. This is an increase of 13.4 per cent in comparison to the same month last year. Besides, there were 2,761 new cars with hybrid drive. These included 1,206 plug-in hybrids.
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Ford presented what it could do in electrified vehicles to date at the IAA. A pure electric car is still missing, as only hybrids and plug-in hybrids are on show in Frankfurt. The sales targets are also notably high.
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Bosch and CATL have agreed on a long-term cooperation for battery cells. Perhaps surprisingly, this is not about battery cells for purely electric cars, but for 48-volt hybrids.
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It is no secret that Renault intends to offer a total of eight fully electric models by 2022. Now, a model plan reveals which other battery-electric vehicles Renault is planning.
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ABB has entered a new market segment with its Azipod electric marine propulsion system: The technology group will install the electric propulsion for the first time on board two container cargo ships.
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Mahle has developed a new, fully integrated and modular plug-in hybrid drive for vehicles from the B-segment to large SUVs from the J-segment. The core is a “bimodal hybrid arrangement” that allows both parallel and serial operation.
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A Norwegian Coast Guard icebreaker equipped with ABB’s Azipod electric propulsion system has reached the North Pole as part of an international environmental research expedition.
WeiterlesenAffordable prices through economies of scale – this is what Opel wants to achieve in cooperation with PSA and Dongfeng through new platforms for electric cars and plug-in hybrids. Unlike the VW Group’s MEB, the trio wants to remain flexible. Christoph M. Schwarzer takes a close look at the strategy.
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Exactly 3,484 electric cars were newly registered in Norway in July. Compared to the same month last year, it is an increase of 51.9 per cent. In addition, there were 2,285 new cars with a hybrid drive, including 943 PHEVs.
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The Romanian capital Bucharest has ordered 130 hybrid buses from Mercedes-Benz. Deliveries of the Citaro Hybrid are scheduled to take place between May 2020 and January 2021. Bucharest also plans to procure 100 battery-electric buses, 100 trolleybuses and 100 trams.
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The Toyota subsidiary Primearth EV Energy, which is also partly owned by Panasonic, is planning to build a fourth factory in China.
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Hyundai Motor UK has announced the pricing and specification changes for the new Ioniq range as well as the new Kona hybrids, which will be on sale from the 30th September.
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