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詳細: 上で公開 2021年11月05日

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Global production of light vehicles down 7% from 2019

- Global light vehicle production (passenger cars and light utility vehicles) over the first eight months of 2021 shows an increase of 16.7% compared to the first eight of 2020 but a decrease of 7% compared to the first eight months of 2019. The volume reached 51 million vehicles, compared to 44 million in 2020 and 55 million in 2019.

- The delay to 2019 has therefore not yet been closed and it is unlikely that it will be before the end of the year. It is to remind that the year 2019 had already been itself down compared to 2018, and the year 2018 had also been down compared to 2017.

- Regarding the production of passenger cars (PCs), it increased by 16.3% over the first eight months of 2021 compared to the first eight months of 2020, but decreased by 15.8% compared to the first eight months of 2019.

- Regarding the production of light utility vehicles (LUVs) , it increased by 18.5% over the first eight months of 2021 compared to the first eight months of 2020, but decreased by 3.2% compared to the first eight months of 2019.

- What is quite striking when we observe the curve of the monthly production in 2021, it is the drop in the production from the month of May compared to the monthly production in 2019, which was amplified until August. It is likely that the lack of semiconductors supply is partly responsible for this dropout but it is also perhaps a drop in demand in developed countries which would be linked to the uncertainty of the economic environment but also to the policy of reducing emissions from cars, which would push potential customers to delay the renewal of their cars and to keep their them longer.

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詳細: 上で公開 2021年10月27日

Inovev forecasts 75,000 units per year of the new Dacia Jogger

- The Renault group unveiled at the 2021 Munich Motor Show the successor of the Dacia Lodgy (C-segment MPV). It takes the name of Dacia Jogger and is designed on the recent Dacia Sandero which is a great success in Europe. The Dacia Jogger is therefore based on the CMF-B platform shared with the Renault Clio and Dacia Sandero, while the Lodgy was based on an old platform, the Clio II platform, marketed between 1998 and 2005.

- The Dacia Jogger adopts a more radical style than the Lodgy, coming a little closer to the SUV category, the MPV category now being ignored by customers. It can carry five or seven passengers depending on the version, like the Dacia Lodgy. But it is more spacious because longer by 6 centimeters (4.55 m against 4.49 m). It is also lower (1.63 m against 1.68 m).

- The Dacia Jogger also succeeds to the Logan MCV station wagon as the carmaker has decided not to launch a station wagon on the basis of the new Logan, a model which will not be imported into Western Europe. This decision could promote the career of the Dacia Jogger which will have to attract both customers of the old Lodgy and those of the old Logan station wagon.

- The Dacia Jogger will be equipped with the 3-cylinder turbo petrol of 999 cm3 fitted to the Dacia Sandero and Duster, but it will develop here 110 hp against 100 hp on the Duster and 90 hp on the Sandero. The model will also be available in an LPG version (ECO G100), but no diesel, or hybrid or full electric version scheduled. The Dacia Jogger will be produced in Pitesti in Romania, early 2022, alongside the Dacia Duster. Inovev forecasts 75,000 sales per year of the Dacia Jogger.

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詳細: 上で公開 2021年10月27日

Inovev forecasts 25,000 to 50,000 units per year of the new Mercedes EQE

- Mercedes unveiled at the 2021 Munich Motor Show its new upper mid-range electric sedan (E-segment) named EQE, and which looks like a reduced EQS (4.94 m long against 5.22 m), taking the same aerodynamic hatchback shape with a tailgate. We now expect the new EQC sedan (D-segment) to complete the line-up of Mercedes full electric sedans.

- The Mercedes EQE, based on the new EVA2 platform, is today the seventh battery electric model of the Stuttgart brand, as there are currently in the catalog the EQA, EQC, EQS, EQV, e-Vito, e-Sprinter, before the coming launch of the EQB (electric GLB), EQG (Class G electric) and e-Citan (Citan electric).

- The Mercedes EQE has a generously sized battery as it offers a capacity of 90 kWh allowing a range of 660 km, which is one of the best results yet for a BEV. Its engine produces 292 hp, but new and more powerful versions will be added next year, including a version with four-wheel drive and two electric motors.

- The Mercedes EQE production will begin in early 2022 at the Sindelfingen (Germany) plant alongside the EQS, E-Class and S-Classe. Like all electric cars, Inovev foresees a gradual ramp-up for the Mercedes EQE: 25,000 units per year at the start of its career then 50,000 per year in mid-career.

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詳細: 上で公開 2021年10月27日

Inovev forecasts 50,000 to 75,000 units per year of the new electric Renault Megane

- The Renault group unveiled at the 2021 Munich Motor Show the new Renault Mégane E-Tech Electric which is the third battery electric vehicle (BEV) of the Renault brand (excluding light utility vehicles), placed in the carmaker's product line above the electric Twingo (A-segment) and Zoe (B-segment). The Mégane E-Tech Electric is expected to complete the carmaker’s offering in the C-segment, alongside the thermal Méganeand Kadjar. The new model is an hybrid when it comes to styling, mixing the codes of the sedan with those of the SUV. It launches the new CMF-EV platform which will be used by most of the Renault and Alpine electric cars planned for the next three years. The model (4.21 m long, 1.78 m wide and 1.50 m high) competes directly with the Volkswagen ID3 which is the electric alternative to the Golf in the C-segment market.

- The engine of the Mégane E-Tech Electric is available in two powers: 96 kW (130 hp) and 160 kW (218 hp) against 107 kW (145 hp), 110 kW (110 hp) and 150 kW (204 hp) for the Volkswagen ID3. The battery has a capacity of 40 kWh (300 km of range) or 60 kWh (450 km of range) against 45 kWh (350 km of range), 58 kWh (425 km of range) or 77 kWh (544 km of autonomy) on the Volkswagen ID3 depending on the version.

- The Mégane E-Tech Electric will be assembled, beginning 2022, exclusively at the Douai (France) plant at 50,000 units per year at the start of its career, then 75,000 units per year in the middle of its career. Production will begin in early 2022. Renault has decided to practice an aggressive pricing policy (for this market) as the new model will be available from 36,000 euros, while a Zoe is priced from 32,500 euros to 34,800 euros depending on the version. A Volkswagen ID3 is priced from 34,750 euros to 43,700 euros depending on the version.

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続きを読む... Inovev forecasts 50,000 to 75,000 units per year of the new electric Renault Megane

詳細: 上で公開 2021年10月27日

Inovev forecasts 100,000 to 200,000 units per year of the new VW ID2 and its derivatives

- Volkswagen unveiled at the 2021 Munich Motor Show a concept car that foreshadows future B-segment battery electric vehicles (BEVs) for the Volkswagen (ID2), Skoda (Elroq) and Seat (?) brands, which will replace the Volkswagen Up!, Skoda Citigo and Seat Mii electrics whose commercial career will be stopped in the coming months.

- The concept car unveiled at the Munich Motor Show looks exactly like the Renault concept car which is presented at the same show and which announces the future electric R5 also of B-segment. Volkswagen leaves the MPV style of the ID3 to adopt a more classic line with a well-separated square and flat engine hood.

- The new model which will replace the Up!, Mii and Citigo will no longer be assembled at the Bratislava plant (Slovakia) but at Martorell (Spain) where it should succeed on the assembly lines the various Seat models and the Audi A1 which will be soon stopped. Production model will begin in 2023 under the three brands Volkswagen, Skoda and Seat.

- In fact, the transfer of the Martorell plant to all-electric will take several years. It is a real challenge for the VW to turn the plant entirely dedicated to electric cars in 2030, taking into account the constraints to the development of this technology in Europe. 2035 seems to be a more realistic objective. This is why Inovev thinks that the production will turn around 100,000 units per year for the VW ID2 and its Skoda and Seat versions, at the start of their career (2023-2025) and then 200,000 units per year in mid-career (2026- 2028) and finally 250,000 units per year at the end of the career (2029-2031).