Volkswagen launches the Jetta Hybrid

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Volkswagen launches the Jetta Hybrid
 

- Like most major carmakers, Volkswagen explores, through its "Blue Motion Technologies" program, the different modes of propulsion available :  combustion engine, electric engine, hybrid engine.


- After the Touareg, the Volkswagen Jetta is the second to turn towards the hybrid solution.The brand has installed two engines under the hood: a four-cylinder petrol 1.4 TSI 150 hp and an electric block of 27 horse power. Between the two, a clutch allows under certain conditions to drive in 100% electric mode.


- Above the rear axle and encroaching slightly on the boot volume, a lithium-ion battery can run in electric mode, but on a very small distance: 2 km and a maximum speed not exceeding 70 km / h .


- This set allows Volkswagen to display an average consumption of 4.1 l/100 km for emissions of 95 g CO2/km (manufacturer data). Despite an increase in weight, the Jetta Hybrid is below the threshold of 1,500 pounds.


- Externally, few differences. Price: from 31,000 euros, while a Toyota Prius is priced EUR 28,000. A rechargeable hybrid version (plug-in) is expected in the short term. This version will be even more expensive.


- This model will be manufactured with all other Jettas in the Mexican plant of Puebla. The primary market for the hybrid Jetta will be the U.S., the world's second largest hybrid market behind Japan, but much more open to competition.

 
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Saab may well reboot its production

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Saab may well reboot its production
 
- The National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS)company, which bought Saab in 2012 following its bankruptcy in 2011, said that the car brand could gradually resume production from autumn 2013.

- The 9.3 sedan could once again be assembled on the Trollhättan site (probably in an electric version).

- Initially, the Saab 9.3 should be marketed in Europe and China (since the NEVS company is linked to a Chinese company called Beijing National Battery Technology), but other markets will be added gradually.

- Models based on the Phoenix platform (developed before the bankruptcy of Saab in 2011) could then be produced at the site of Trollhättan.

- This platform will enable the production of models with sizes greater than those of the 9.3, as a future 9.5 (The 9.5 stopped in 2011 on a GM platform seems to of been abandoned) or an SUV.

- Let us recall that the Chinese brand "Beijing" is already using the platform of the old Saab 9.3 for its own account, as SAIC uses the old Rover for its own account.

- In terms of bodywork, the Beijing C60 models are very close to the last 9.3 models produced by Saab.

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Infiniti unveils its next European produced vehicle

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Infiniti unveils its next European produced vehicle
 
- The Infiniti Q30, whose production in Sunderland (UK) will start early 2015, will enable the Nissan luxury subsidiary to to break into the premium compact sedan segment (segment C), against the Mercedes A-Class, BMW 1 and Audi A3. This segment is growing with 400,000 cars produced in the first seven months of 2013 against 300,000 in the first seven months of 2012 (+33%). The Q30 expands the range and scope of the Infiniti which has sold less than 3,000 vehicles in Europe in 2012.

- Its world premiere Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2013, foreshadows the concept of the first Infiniti model manufactured in Europe. The other Japanese premium brand presence in Europeis Lexus (Toyota's luxury subsidiary) but this carmaker does not manufacture vehicles in Europe.

- The Q30 does not share its platform not with Nissan models but with the Mercedes A-Class.

- The estimated production capacity for the Q30 are of 60 000 units per year. To this end, Nissan has received approval from local authorities to expand its plant in Sunderland. The site is already the largest in the UK, and one of the largest in Europe, with a production capacity of 500,000 vehicles per year (the Qashqai, Juke, Note, Leaf are currently manufactured at this site).
By the end of 2014, this capacity will reach 560,000 vehicles per year.

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Tesla is opening its first assembly plant in Europe

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Tesla is opening its first assembly plant in Europe
 

- The electric carmaker Tesla opened a new assembly plant (CKD) in Tilburg, in the Netherlands. This site will carry out the final assembly of the S model, marketed exclusively for the European market.


- The components came from the United States, where the model was originally manufactured. In addition, the plant will become the main Tilburg Tesla site for services and spare parts in Europe.


- The Tesla carmaker, based in California, which has been designing and producing fast electric cars for ten years, says having already sold more than 15,000 cars of this type in thirty countries. The S  Model  is the first premium sedan in the world built from the start with an electric motor.


- The S model has a range of 500 kilometers, which is a record for this type of engine.


- In the first seven months of 2013, Tesla has produced 13,962 Model S in the United States,which is a good performance given the price of the vehicle (nearly  100 000 €) to compete (Mercedes, Audi, BMW, Jaguar ).


- The production of the Tesla began in June 2012.

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The Citroën plant in Aulnay will stop all car manufacturing by October 2013

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The Citroën plant in Aulnay will stop all car manufacturing by October 2013
 

- The management of PSA Peugeot Citroën has officially announced that the Aulnay-sous-Bois plant will permanently close in 2014, it will cease to produce some cars (Citroen C3) by the end of October 2013 due to lack of manpower since many redundant employees have already left the factory.


- The production of spare parts will ensure the maintaining of the activity for the next few months.


- Let us recall thatthe manufacturer had in recent years gradually transferred the production of the Citroën C3 from Aulnay to Poissy, where are produced the Citroën DS3 and Peugeot 208.


- From November, the Citroën C3 will no longer be produced at Poissy, a plant whose origins date back from 1939, while the Aulnay plant dates back from 1973.


- The closure of the Aulnay plant will allow PSA to offload significant overcapacity while the European market is struggling to rise (it will probably take 5-6 years for the European market recover completely). The PSA plants in Europe are currently operating at 55% capacity. With the closure of the factory in Aulnay, the rate goes back to 60%.

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