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

Teslarati

China is the world’s largest automotive market, and understandably so, an important one for electric vehicle (EV) makers like Tesla. BYD launched its Seagull, a small hatchback EV with a price tag starting at 69,800 yuan (~$9,773), at the Shanghai Auto Show last year. auto market anytime soon , some U.S.

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Joe Biden gives GM CEO Mary Barra credit for ‘electrifying the entire auto industry,’ but he’s wrong

Electrek

US President Joe Biden was at the inauguration of GM’s Factory Zero yesterday, the company’s first electric vehicle factory, and he gave a speech in which he gave credit to GM CEO Mary Barra for “electrifying the entire auto industry.” ” Fact check: Biden is dead wrong about that.

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GM and Stellantis to receive over $1 billion from Biden administration for EV projects

Teslarati

General Motors (GM) and Stellantis are poised to receive over $1 billion from the Biden administration to support the automakers’ electric vehicle projects. These include $500 million for GM’s Lansing Grand River Assembly plant in Michigan, $334.8 billion to electric vehicle-related initiatives in eight states.

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Top Tesla Gigacasting Supplier Gets Acquired By GM!

CleanTechnica EVs

Tesla has jumped ahead of the auto industry in. continued] The post Top Tesla Gigacasting Supplier Gets Acquired By GM! Here’s a story from left field that we didn’t see coming! appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Tesla US Sales Up 104% While US Auto Industry Down 22%

CleanTechnica EVs

Comparing the 3rd quarter of 2021 to the 3rd quarter of 2020, US Tesla sales were up 67% while overall US auto sales were down 13%. Compared to 2019, the difference was even more stark — Tesla sales were up 104% and US auto sales were down 22%.

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Tuopu: Tesla Leads The Auto Industry By At Least 5 Years

CleanTechnica EVs

Tuopu is an auto parts supplier that services a wide variety of brands, from Geely and SAIC to Ford, GM, Volkswagen, and other major automakers. Ltd (Tuopu) recently stated in its most recent earnings call that Tesla has a five year gap on other car companies, Teslarati reported. Teslarati learned […].

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Elon Musk finally names Tesla’s main rival—and it’s way bigger than the auto industry

Teslarati

It’s easy to fall into the Tesla vs. legacy auto narrative. Since the days of the original Roadster, it appeared that Tesla was this company that was determined to make a change by forcing the automotive industry to go electric. But while this was true to a point, Tesla’s battle is much bigger than that.