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The $10,000 BYD Seagull EV is scaring the U.S. auto industry

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automotive groups have expressed concerns over the Seagull EV and other affordable mass-market EVs eventually coming to North America. However Tesla and other automakers have generally been considered to be targeting a $25,000 price tag, and while affordable, it’s still far greater than $10,000.

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BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

Green Car Congress

Steel is responsible for around 7% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions every year and is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Government and corporate net-zero commitments are pushing the steel industry to cancel out its emissions by 2050. The steel industry cannot afford to wait for the 2040s to start its transition.

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Twingo is GO! Cheap $33k Renault Twingo EV is back on with help from a mysterious Chinese player

EV Central

Just days after Volkswagen said it would go it alone and produce its cheap €20,000 ($A32,500) EV without any help, Renault has announced that it has already found a new Chinese partner to help it create its low-cost Renault Twingo. The post Twingo is GO!

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A cheap Toyota EV? Not right now, the company says

Baua Electric

Toyota has no current plans to launch a cheap EV despite demand building. Toyota says no small, cheap EV is in the works Although many automakers, including VW, Stellantis, and Kia, have revealed plans to launch low-cost EVs under $30,000 (£25,000), Toyota says not so fast. The post A cheap Toyota EV?

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Simple process for the production of fuel additives from residual forest biomass

Green Car Congress

Researchers at the Université de Sherbrooke, Canada, with colleagues at the Université de Toulouse, France, have developed a process for the direct production of levulinates from cheap residual lignocellulosic biomass using an affordable homogeneous catalyst. A paper on their work is published in Fuel.

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Ride1Up Prodigy V2 review: An affordable Brose mid-drive e-bike for the common man!

Baua Electric

The company has always sought to provide most of what you can get from higher-priced electric bike models, yet at a much more affordable price. Ride1Up describes the Prodigy V2 as “The successor to the industry-disrupting Prodigy mid-drive e-bike,” and that’s pretty darn accurate. Don’t believe me? That’s chunky, but not unmanageable.

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Senate Bill Seeks to Tariff Chinese Vehicles Out of Existence

The Truth About Cars

Both parties have been worried about China’s industrial prowess spelling trouble for Western automakers. From Reuters : Tai said last month the Biden administration is closely reviewing "China's non-market policies and practices in its automotive industry" and reviewing current tariff levels. With Chinese exports already under a 27.5

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