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The Volvo XC60 is the most popular vehicle at home. New car sales in Sweden edge up 1.3% year-on-year in March to 24,204 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 6.1% to 63,444. Rechargeable cars gain 5.8% to14,702 sales and 60.7% share vs. 58.1% a year ago. This is split between 8,386 BEVs (+0.6%) at 34.6% share vs. 34.9% in March 2024 and 6,316 PHEVs (+13.8%) at 26.1% share vs. 23.2% last year.
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A Tesla Cybertruck was wrecked in a massive multi-vehicle accident in Texas. The EV’s bed was torn off, and seven other vehicles were damaged in the crash. Police say the Mercedes driver suffered a medical episode before losing control. Another Tesla Cybertruck has been wrecked, and this time it’s not because it’s been attacked by vandals angry at the automaker’s CEO Elon Musk, or due to some alleged failure of the driver-assist systems.
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In one fell swoop, the Outlander mid-sized SUV will soon be one of Mitsubishi’s few remaining models on sale in Australia. The company is set to axe the current ASX , Eclipse Cross and Pajero Sport from its lineup due to them not complying with a new Australian Design Rule (ADR) related to autonomous emergency braking (AEB) that comes into force from March 1, 2025.
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Electric and plug-in hybrid specialist BYD has delivered its 40,000th car in Australia after it launched in mid-2022 a feat arch-rival Tesla achieved three years after its volume-selling Model 3 arrived. BYD has recorded more than 40,000 deliveries in Australia, two-and-a-half years after it launched under its current independent distributor with the Atto 3 electric SUV.
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China is proposing to build a huge solar power station in space. The efficient solar panel setup would measure 0.6 miles across. Energy is converted to microwave radiation and beamed to Earth. Modern solar panels are vastly more efficient than those 20 or 30 years ago, but they’re still prevented from operating at peak performance 24/7 by bad weather and nighttime darkness.
2026 GR Supra MkV Final Edition The reborn fifth-generation Toyota Supra made its debut in 2019 after a 17-year hiatus from the market as a performance GT co-developed with BMW. Today, Toyota announces the end of the line for the fifth generation Supra in the form of the 2026 GR Supra MkV Final Edition, which will make its debut at the Grand Prix of Long Beach.
The ZR-V is a vertically stretched Civic for the fiercely contested, hybrid-powered family SUV class The Honda ZR-V may not be thebest-known Honda model, but its made a telling difference to its corporate fortunes.It became one of Honda UK's top three best-selling models in its first full calendar year on sale,2024, returning the company to the right side of 30,000 annual units for the first time this decade.Thats mostly because it fills a gap in a popular market segmentfor compact SUVs.
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The importance of utilizing a scorecard in marketing meetings cannot be overstated, especially for automotive dealerships looking to optimize their performance and drive sales. Using a structured approach, such as EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) or Ninety.io Scorecard, helps teams stay focused on the key metrics that matter and encourages accountability.
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