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BYD Shark pickup truck to debut in Mexico this month

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Chinese automaker BYD plans to debut its new energy pickup truck, Shark, in Mexico this month. The Chinese automaker was initially rumored to unveil it at the Beijing Auto Show in April 2024. The Chinese automaker has been reportedly looking at sites in the area for an electric vehicle manufacturing plant.

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BYD to unveil electrified pickup truck at Beijing Auto Show

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The Chinese automaker revealed a few details about its first pickup truck to pique people’s interest before the unveiling. Pictures from the tests conducted in Mexico hint that the BYD Shark will go to right-hand-drive markets first, like Australia and South Africa.

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BYD confirms Shark electric pickup name as Ford F-150 Lightning rival in latest teaser

Baua Electric

Its DMO super hybrid off-road platform, used for the Fang Cheng Bao Bao 5, is designed for off-road PHEVs. The Shark will look to take market share from Toyota’s Hilux and Isuzu’s D-MAX in key markets like Thailand, Australia, and South Africa. Especially as it promotes itself as an official partner of UEFA EURO 2023.

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China’s JAC plans Aussie push with EV ute benchmarked against Rivian R1T

EV Central

Pecotic, a China auto industry veteran, has had a previous stint with JAC when it briefly sold a diesel truck here a decade ago, as well as WMC (Foton) utes and MG, which is part of Chinese manufacturing giant SAIC. The JS6 is the first JAC to be based on the company’s new MIS (Modular Intelligent Structure) architecture.

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Three perspectives on China’s EV industry (spoiler alert: legacy brands are toast) – Charged EVs

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Each reaches basically the same conclusion: the global non-Chinese automakers will never be able to catch up unless they radically change their corporate mindsets. Bad news from Beijing Kevin Williams, writing in InsideEVs , shares his impressions from a week at the Beijing Auto Show. Williams asks. Hard to imagine?

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Nearly one in five cars sold worldwide in 2023 was electric: IEA | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Chinese car makers can undercut rivals in Europe because their production costs are heavily subsidised. million EVs in 2023 In China, the number of new electric car sales reached 8.1 As in many other countries in the region, foreign carmakers – especially Chinese – are increasingly entering the market. China exported over 1.2