VW goal: 1 million electrified vehicles by 2025Auto News

Volkswagen Group expects it will have to sell about 1 million battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles a year worldwide by 2025 to fulfill increasingly strict carbon dioxide emission limits in major markets.

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Can Volvo play small ball?Auto News

Volvo's first entry into the compact crossover segment, the XC40 arriving late next year, is meant to the Swedish brand to capitalize on the market's seeming unquenchable thirst for these vehicles.

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Race cars are laps ahead on connectivityAuto News

Although some might think the fuss about connected cars is a relatively recent phenomenon, it's not. Race cars have been transmitting fuel and performance data to pit crews for decades.

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FCA's sales streak rides on minivansAuto News

If Fiat Chrysler ekes out its 74th consecutive year-over-year sales increase in May, as expected, it will likely do so with a big assist from a segment often dismissed as a has-been - minivans.

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