Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:38:42 +0000
ŠKODA has reached a milestone by manufacturing its 100,000th high-voltage traction battery. The Czech automaker, headquartered in Mladá Boleslav, invested around €25.3 million back in 2019 to set up the production facility for its batteries. The production area covers around 2000 m² and isn’t just used to make the batteries for its own plug-in-hybrid vehicles, […]
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Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 19:58:12 +0000
While the overall automotive market was still in the red in December (-4% YoY), Europe’s passenger plugin vehicle market had an historic month, having registered a record 281,000 vehicles (+264% YoY!)
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Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2021 16:44:53 +0000
The Netherlands had an amazing 30,860 plugin registrations in December, a 34% increase over the previous all-time record, set in the same month of last year, which itself was beating a 4 year old record
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Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 03:48:06 +0000
Despite the overall automotive market being in the doghouse, -14% year over year (YoY), Europe’s passenger plugin market is on fire, having score a record 166,000 registrations in November (+198% YoY). That placed last month’s plugin share at 16% share — 8% full electrics (BEV)
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Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 05:38:15 +0000
November saw the Dutch plugin vehicle (PEV) market stay at full charge, with 9,910 registrations representing the market’s best score ever if we exclude December months, which are prone to incentive-derived year-end rushes
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Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2020 23:23:35 +0000
#1 Volkswagen ID.3 — Veni, vidi, vici. After years of anticipation, the 2021 best selling EV in Europe has finally landed, and in only its second month on the market, the new German hatchback has hit its first five-digit score, with 10,584 registrations
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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 08:24:40 +0000
The ŠKODA ENYAQ IV, which has much of the same DNA (i.e., brains and heart) as the Volkswagen ID.4, is now in series production in the Czech Republic
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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 22:23:57 +0000
It’s not the largest solar roof in the world, or in the auto world. In fact, it’s not even close to the largest. Nonetheless, the story of a ŠKODA AUTO Service Center getting a new solar power roof system is another story about the auto industry’s continual shift to clean technology. And there’s more to consider
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Credit to Author: Jesper Berggreen| Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 16:10:52 +0000
Danish Motorist Association (FDM) — through its magazine Motor — thought it would be useful for potential EV buyers to compare real-life range of EVs on the market
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Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 03:50:02 +0000
October saw the Dutch electric vehicle (EV) market return to the fast lane, jumping 228% year over year (YoY) to 9,116 units, the market’s best score ever if we exclude December months (which are prone to incentive-derived year-end rushes)
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