Inovev plans 115,000 units per year of the new Renault Austral
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Inovev plans 115,000 units per year of the new Renault Austral
- The Renault Kadjar (C-segment SUV based on the Nissan Qashqai platform) was launched in 2015 to enter a rapidly growing market, that of C-segment SUVs. At the time, Peugeot offered a 3008 (2009-2016 ) at the end of his career and still inspired by the minivan concept (plunging front, hatchback silhouette) and Citroën had not yet put its C5 Aircross on the market. 2016 was the best year for the Kadjar, with 150,000 sales compared to 80,000 for the old Peugeot 3008.
- But the arrival of the new generation of the Peugeot 3008 in 2016 put a brake on the career of the Kadjar, which has continued to decline since. Its sales fell to 75,000 units in 2020 and then 40,000 in 2021.
- Renault has therefore decided to replace it in 2022 with an SUV that looks quite similar to the Peugeot 3008, which will be replaced in 2023 after reaching a production peak of 250,000 units in 2018 and 2019.
- The new Renault SUV renamed Austral comes in a classic line of 4.51 m long (+6 cm compared to the Kadjar) based on the CMF-CD platform and not on the CMF-EV dedicated to electric vehicles. This means that the new model keeps the 1.2-litre 3-cylinder petrol engines (but not diesel) in HEV-Mild and HEV-Full versions developing 130 hp, 140 hp, 160 hp or 200 hp depending on the version. No 100% electric version for the Austral, which should end its career in 2029.
- The Renault Austral will be manufactured on the Spanish site of Palencia where the Mégane and the Kadjar are manufactured. Inovev expects 115,000 units per year in Spain from 2023.
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Inovev plans 50,000 then 100,000 units per year of the new Volkswagen ID Buzz
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Inovev plans 50,000 then 100,000 units per year of the new Volkswagen ID Buzz
- Volkswagen continues to build its range of 100% electric vehicles on the MEB platform. Today, it is the model that will gradually replace the Kombi (VP) and Transporter (VUL) which are produced at the Hanover site and were the heirs of the first Volkswagen vans that appeared in the early 1950s on the basis of the ladybug.
- The new models available in VP (ID Buzz) and LCV (ID Buzz Cargo) versions will also be manufactured at the Hanover site, even though they share the platform with the ID3 and ID4 manufactured at the Zwickau site. As with all electric vehicles, production will increase gradually, with Inovev expecting 50,000 units per year from 2023 to 2026, then 100,000 units per year from 2026 to 2029, and finally 150,000 units per year from 2030. The Volkswagen ID Buzz comes in the form of a minivan with a plunging front, 4.72 m long and 1.99 m wide, i.e. dimensions comparable to those of the current Kombi certainly a little longer and a little narrower.
- The electric motor is located on the rear axle, like in the good old days of the first Kombi of the 1950s… The battery offers a capacity of 77 kWh which allows the model to travel 420 km without recharging according to the WLTP cycle.
- Next year, a long-wheelbase LCV version will have a more powerful 90 kWh to 95 kWh battery to carry more cargo. The different versions of the ID Buzz will gradually take over from thermal engine models (Kombi and Transporter) which have been losing ground since 2018.
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Jeep announces to want to sell only 100% electric cars in Europe in 2030
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Jeep announces to want to sell only 100% electric cars in Europe in 2030
- The Stellantis group has announced that the Jeep range sold in Europe in 2030 will be 100% electric.
- This range should then consist of the following three models:
1. The first model will be a future B-segment SUV which will take over the e-CMP platform of the Peugeot e-2008 and Opel e-Mokka and will therefore be the smallest Jeep model in history. The manufacturer has communicated the photo of this model which will be launched in 2023 and will only be 100% electric. Its engine located at the front will develop 136 hp and will have in its basic version a 50 kWh battery capable of ensuring a range of 320 km according to the WLTP cycle.
2. The second model will be launched in 2024. It will be an SUV in the pure Jeep tradition, probably segment C, which could take over from the Renegade. This model will be 100% electric for the European market.
3. The third model will be launched in 2025. It will be a more family-friendly SUV, probably D-segment, which could take over from the Compass. It will also be 100% electric for the European market.
- The three models will be manufactured on the European continent, the first in Poland (Tichy) and the other two in Italy (Melfi). For the American market, the Jeeps will be marketed in both thermal and electric versions. The manufacturer's objective is to sell 50% of electric cars in 2030 on the North American continent, against 100% in Europe. Stellantis plans to launch 72 electric cars of all brands in Europe by 2030 and 25 in North America.
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Ford Europe 2022-2024 Product Plan
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Ford Europe 2022-2024 Product Plan
The American manufacturer Ford has unveiled its 2022-2024 product plan for Europe. Seven new 100% electric vehicles will be launched on this continent during this short period, Ford announcing that its European range will be 100% electric in 2030 in Europe. By this date, the manufacturer will offer an electric or plug-in hybrid variant of each of its models between 2025 and 2030. For models launched between 2022 and 2024, here is the schedule announced by the manufacturer:
- In 2023, Ford will launch its first electric vehicle on the Volkswagen group's MEB platform (following agreements between the two manufacturers). This vehicle will be a C-segment SUV manufactured at the Cologne site dedicated today to the production of the Ford Fiesta which is doomed to disappear. In 2024, the coupe version of this SUV will appear, still produced in Cologne.
- In 2024, the 100% electric version of the Puma (B-segment SUV) will also appear, which will be redesigned at the same time. This model will continue to be manufactured at the Craiova site in Romania. These three 100% electric SUVs will be accompanied in 2023 by two other 100% electric utility models derived from the Transit Custom and Transit Courier. These models will be supplemented by the VP (Tourneo) versions and will be produced at the Kocaeli site in Turkey. The Transit Connect will continue its career as a clone of the VW Caddy. No announcement has been made by Ford regarding the future of the Focus which may therefore not be replaced. On the other hand, the stop of Mondeo and Galaxy / S-Max is well confirmed. As for the Kuga, it is directly threatened by the arrival of C-segment SUVs scheduled for 2023 and 2024. Overall, Ford's European range will be reduced substantially. However, Ford expects 600,000 sales of its own electric vehicles in Europe from 2026.
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BEV sales in Europe and China from 2018 to 2021
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BEV sales in Europe and China from 2018 to 2021
- Sales of 100% electric vehicles (BEV) are growing strongly in China and Europe, at practically the same pace, since the curves of the market shares of these vehicles in these two countries are very similar (see graph below on the right). Over the past four months, BEVs account for around 15% of the Chinese car market and 15% of the European car market. In 2021, BEVs represented 13% of the Chinese market and 10% of the European market.
- Since the Chinese market is twice as large as the European market, BEV sales volumes are twice as large in China as in Europe. The last four months show volumes of between 300,000 and 400,000 units per month in China, compared to 150,000 to 200,000 units per month in Europe, which accredits the Chinese government's scenario of 5 million BEV+PHEVs sold in China for the whole of 2022, i.e. 4 million BEV and 1 million PHEV. The increase in BEV sales in China would therefore reach 45% in 2022 according to the Chinese government.
- To explain this scenario, the Chinese government predicts that the end of subsidies, announced for the end of 2022, should generate a large and urgent demand this year, but what will happen next year when this windfall will have disappeared…
- As far as Europe is concerned, the continuation of subsidies should allow BEV's sales to continue to grow in 2022. We could reach or even exceed a sales volume of 1.5 million units in Europe this year, representing an increase by 23% compared to 2021. But this increase in BEV sales could take place in a stagnant European market.
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