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上で公開 2019年12月06日

• China
• Production
• Geely
• Belgium

Inovev plans 20,000 units a year for the new Volvo XC40 electric

- A few weeks after introducing the plug-in hybrid version of its XC40 compact SUV (C-segment), the Swedish firm Volvo (owned by Chinese Geely) has unveiled the 100% electric version, called XC40 Recharge (curious name because the Plug-In version recharges too).

- The XC40 Recharge thus becomes the first mass-produced vehicle of the brand to be marketed with an electric motor (the old electric C30 has only known a confidential broadcast). It is also the first model to be available in both the thermal version, the hybrid version and the electric version.

- The Swedish manufacturer has indicated that in 2025 its global sales should be provided 50% by 100% electric vehicles and 50% by plug-in hybrid vehicles.

- The electric version of the XC40 is recognizable by its closed grille. This model was developed on the modular platform of the Polestar 2, 100% electric sedan belonging to the Geely group.

- It announces a power of 408ch spread over 4 driving wheels, allowing a range of 400km according to the WLTP cycle. That's twice the autonomy of the new Mazda MX30 SUV, which is its direct competitor.

- The XC40 Refill should be manufactured at the Belgian site in Ghent, at a rate of 20,000 units per year according to Inovev.

- But it should also be made in China, for the needs of the local market.

    

 

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続きを読む... Inovev plans 20,000 units a year for the new Volvo XC40 electric

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上で公開 2019年12月06日

• Production
• Registrations
• Renault-Nissan-Avtovaz

Nissan will remove its Datsun brand

- The Nissan group (Nissan, Datsun, Infiniti) has decided to abolish its entry-level brand Datsun, which was relaunched in 2014, after a long period of extinction, to create a range of low-cost models for the markets such as India, Brazil, Russia or ASEAN countries.

- The Datsun brand could have played the role that Dacia has held since 2004 within the Renault group, with the success that we know. Unfortunately, Datsun's sales have not emerged as much as expected.

- While Dacia's sales reached nearly 700,000 units worldwide in 2016, nearly 800,000 units in 2018 and nearly 900,000 units in 2019, Datsun sales have never been able to reach 100,000 units per year. year. They did not exceed 87,323 units in 2016, then fell to 82,352 in 2017, 72,659 in 2018 and less than 60,000 in 2019.

- With such a sales volume, much lower than the targets set by Nissan management, and a decline observed since 2017, the Datsun brand could not be viable in the long run and its survival seemed extremely problematic, especially since the Chinese market could not be an outlet for this type of low-priced vehicles, since Chinese manufacturers offer cheaper and larger models with higher benefits.

- The new management of Nissan (which was set up after the departure of Hiroto Saikawa) has therefore decided and decided to remove the Datsun brand that will take effect in 2020.

    

 

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続きを読む... Nissan will remove its Datsun brand

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上で公開 2019年12月06日

• Production
• Registrations
• Japan
• Mazda

Inovev Expects 10,000 Units Per Year From New Mazda MX30 SUV

- Mazda presented its first 100% electric model as standard at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show. This is a compact SUV (C-segment) called MX30, to harmonize this name with that of the recent CX30 compact engine SUV.

- It is therefore very likely that the future range of Mazda SUVs will be called CX30, CX40, CX50 for the SUV with the engine and MX30, MX40, MX50 for the SUV with electric motor. The CX3 and CX5 are indeed at the end of their career, just like the MX5 roadster, and these old appellations will be abandoned within two to three years.

- The commercialization of the MX30 in 2020 may be surprising since Mazda has always claimed that the engine still has room for improvement and that the electric motor is not really needed at the moment.

- Geely's decision to launch a 100% electric Volvo XC40 has no doubt convinced Mazda to evolve on this point.

- The new Mazda MX30 is as long as the CX30 (4.39m) but its style refers to the SUV coupe, with a very sloping rear part, like the Renault Arkana, Mercedes GLC coupe, Audi Q3 Sportback, BMW X4 or Porsche Cayenne coupe. Its width is 1.79m (against 1.80m for the CX30) and its height of 1.57m (against 1.54m for the CX30). Mazda says the MX30's range will be around 200 kilometers on the WLTP cycle, which seems a little weak compared to the competition.

- Note that the Mazda MX30 takes the technique of opening the doors of the old coupe RX8 rotary engine.

- Inovev expects a sales volume of 10,000 Mazda MX30s per year worldwide.

    

 

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続きを読む... Inovev Expects 10,000 Units Per Year From New Mazda MX30 SUV

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上で公開 2019年12月06日

• Production
• Registrations
• Volkswagen
• Germany

Inovev plans 500,000 units per year for the new VW Golf

- A few weeks after unveiling its new C-segment electric car, the ID 3, Volkswagen introduced the eighth-generation Golf, which remains the best-selling car in Europe and one of the best-selling Volkswagen cars in the world. Even if it did not have the honors of a presentation at the Frankfurt Motor Show 2019, unlike the ID 3, the new Golf will show commercial results much more important than it, since Inovev expects a production of 500 000 units a year, just in Europe. ID 3 will take several years to reach 100,000 units a year, which seems to be its maximum potential in the 2020s. But it is true that the ID 3 will recover some of the customers of the Golf which could have reached 550,000 or even 600,000 units a year in Europe, because both models are in direct competition.

- The new Golf retains almost the dimensions of the old (length: 4.28m, width: 1.79m, height: 1.46m) and its production will be concentrated on the site of Wolfsburg (Germany) and no longer on two different sites (Wolfsburg and Zwickau) as before. ID 3 has taken its place on the Zwickau site.

- The new Golf is still based on the MQB platform. It is equipped with the following engines: on the one hand gasoline 3 cylinders 1.0 TSI (90hp and 110hp), 4 cylinders 1.5 TSI (130hp and 150hp) and 1.4 TSI hybrid rechargeable (204hp and 245hp), on the other hand the diesel 4 2.0 TDI cylinders (115hp and 150hp), the 1.6 TDI 4 cylinder was not selected for this new Golf. Finally, the 100% electric version is not renewed since it is replaced by ID 3.

    

 

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続きを読む... Inovev plans 500,000 units per year for the new VW Golf