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FORD plans to launch seven new electric vehicle models in Europe by 2024.

Last month, it created a new business dedicated to electric cars, and said it aims to sell more than 600 000 of the vehicles annually in Europe by 2026, as part of a larger goal of selling two million electric cars worldwide by that year.

“Ford is all-in and moving fast to meet the demand in Europe and around the globe,” CEO Jim Farley said. The company aims to sell only electric passenger and commercial vehicles by 2035 in Europe, and make its entire supply chains carbon neutral, from factories to suppliers.

IT’S not as if there were many gaps to plug in Audi’s comprehensive model line-up, but the Ingolstadt manufacturer has seen the need to launch a new nameplate, Q6. The first pictures and specifications have leaked online before the vehicle’s imminent launch in China. The Q6, which appears to be a product for China only, is Audi’s largest SUV product and is 5099mm, which makes it slightly longer than the Q7. Given that the Q6 is based on the US-market Volkswagen Atlas, with which it shares a wheelbase, the newcomer is likely to slot beneath the Q7 on the pricing ladder.