Show #630 Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Sunday 3rd November 2019. It’s Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story to save you time.
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AUDI E-TRON SALES IN U.S. SLIGHTLY INCREASED IN OCTOBER
The all-electric Audi e-tron noted 462 sales, which is 2.4% of all Audi sales. It's a positive that e-tron sales improved from September, but they didn't increase by much. Hopefully, the e-tron will move up in the following months" according to the InsideEVs Sales Scorecard: "Since April, Audi delivered 4,002 e-tron, which places it close to the top 10 of the most popular plug-in models YTD."
NISSAN LEAF SALES DROP DOWN IN OCTOBER 2019 IN U.S.
" Sales of the Nissan LEAF continue to dwindle in the U.S. and likely will stay that way as the competition continues to heat up." writes Steven Loveday: "In October 2019, Nissan sold only 887 LEAFs in the U.S. That's down from the 1,234 LEAFs sold in October 2018 and marks the first return to sub-1,000 units sold per month since July when just 938 were sold. In terms of 2019 YTD figures, the LEAF now stands at 9,998, which is down from the 11,920 YTD figure at the same point in time in 2018."
NORWAY MARKS 3,742 NEW BEVS SOLD IN OCTOBER
"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." according to electrive: "Compared with September, 2,344 fewer electric cars were put on the road. This is largely attributable to the Tesla Model 3, of which only 121 units were registered in October. In September there were 2,342 new registrations. 72.9 per cent of all newly registered passenger cars in Norway were equipped with an electric or hybrid drive in October." The Tesla Model 3 still remains the country's top-selling car year-to-date
Audi delivered 873 of teh BEV e-tron SUVs in October, still selling well is the Volkswagen Golf in second place at 748 cars.
CATALONIA GOVERNMENT MAKES CHANGES TO THE VEHICLE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION TAX
"The Government has introduced modifications to the tax on motor vehicle CO2 emissions. The tax on car, van and motorcycle emissions was approved by Parliament in August 2017 to combat their greenhouse effect on the atmosphere and their impact on global warming." reports gencat.cat: "Cars and vans will be charged from 2020 and motorcycles will be added in 2021. The estimated potential revenue is 150 million euros per year when cars, light commercial vehicles and motorcycles are subject to the charge. The tax will affect 4.1 million vehicles: 3.6 million cars and vans and 500,000 motorcycles."
VOLKSWAGEN STRENGTHENS BRAND PRESENTATION IN CHINA
Volkswagen brand plans to deliver about 300,000 electrified models to customers in 2020 – the figure is to reach a million by 2025.
By 2023, 10 battery electric vehicles based on the modular electric drive toolkit MEB are to be launched on the Chinese market.
An SUV from the ID. family is to be the first MEB model in China – production start in one year
ID.31 to be produced by SAIC VOLKSWAGEN
THE BEAST 2.0 E-BIKE IS THE MONSTER TRUCK OF ELECTRIC BICYCLES
"Those pedals, which some like to call vestigial pedals, are fully functional yet aren’t likely to get a lot of use. They’re mounted way far back and have the tiniest of crank arms. But they work, and that classifies it as an electric bicycle for all legal intents and purposes." says Micah at electrek: "The Beast 2.0 actually comes with three different battery options: a 1.8 kWh SLA battery, 2.4 kWh Li-ion battery, or a cutting-edge 1.5 kWh Lithium-titanate (LTO) battery. The last one is a high-tech (and high-price) battery that is capable of lasting up to 20,000 charge cycles." 25mph top speed.
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