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US Senate panel expands probe into BMW use of parts from banned Chinese supplier – ET Auto

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The report found Bourns Inc, a California-based auto supplier, had sourced components from JWD, which was added to the UFLPA Entity List in December. The chair of the Senate Finance Committee said on Monday he was expanding its probe into German automaker BMW ‘s use of electronic components from a banned Chinese supplier.

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China auto price war: BMW dealers offer discounts of up to $14,360 for i3

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A rare price stampede is taking place in the Chinese auto market. Image from BMW China Weibo) As a large number of car companies in China are offering huge subsidies or price cuts, BMW is offering more than 100,000 yuan ($14,360) off its all-electric model, the i3, according to local media.

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BMW imported 8,000 vehicles into US with parts from banned Chinese supplier says Senate report – ET Auto

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The report said BMW “appears to have stopped (imports) only after the committee repeatedly asked detailed questions to Lear and Lear’s OEM customers, including BMW, about their relationship with JWD.” BMW Group said in an email it had “taken steps to halt the importation of affected products.”

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Hungary expects $3B in unutilized Chinese language auto business funding

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billion) in unutilized Chinese language investments within the automobile sector, additional boosting the central Ecu public as a regional heart within the transition to electrical mobility, International Minister Peter Szijjarto mentioned. Closing age, Chinese language battery maker Eve Energy introduced a $1.2

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Big Auto is begging governments to let them go bankrupt as Chinese EVs loom

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The auto industry is electrifying, and all new cars will be electric in the relatively near future. And yet, the auto industry – which is responsible for more pollution than any other sector, at least in rich countries – still lobbies to worsen emissions reduction targets, even when those targets were already pushed back to begin with.

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Toyota plots new EV battery plant to fend off incoming BYD, low-cost Chinese EVs

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Toyota is planning to build a new EV battery plant on Japan’s “Silicon Island” to keep pace with BYD and other incoming Chinese electric car makers. Although Toyota has been one of (if not the) biggest laggards in the global shift to electric cars, the Japanese automaker realizes it needs to compete with Chinese EV makers like BYD.

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The EU has revised its proposed tariffs on Chinese EVs… but only in the slightest

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A new report states that the European Union has slightly tweaked its proposed tariffs on imported EVs from certain Chinese automakers after those companies divulged more details of their businesses. Last we reported, Canada had joined the fracas, mulling tariffs on Chinese EVs to align with its US and EU trade partners.

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