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Adamas Intelligence: passenger EV battery capacity deployed in China up 439% YoY in January 2019 to 3.27 GWh

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GWh of passenger EV battery capacity was deployed in China, an increase of 439% over January 2018 levels, inferring from a model-by-model build-up using Adamas Intelligence’s ‘EV Battery Capacity and Battery Metals Tracker’. By comparison, total car sales decreased almost 18% to 2.02

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Toyota BZ3 powered by BYD launches in China, receives 5,000 orders on first day

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Toyota launched the all-electric BZ3 sedan in China over the weekend. For comparison, the Tesla Model 3 in China is also sold in two variants: the RWD version and the Dual-Motor AWD Performance model. Tesla China lists a range of 556 km for the Model 3 based on the CLTC test cycle. year-over-year to 1.69

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Platts Report: China oil demand grows 4% year over year in June; growth slows

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During the first six months of this year, China’s total apparent oil demand averaged 11.12 Gasoil (diesel) is the most widely consumed oil product in China and demand has been hit in the last three years because of declining economic growth. According to Xinhua’s China Petroleum Stockpile Statistics, gasoline stocks rose 2.5%

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July Vehicle Sales in China Up 64%, Passenger Cars Up 71%

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Sales of domestically-produced vehicles in China rose 64% in July year-on-year, surpassing the one-million unit mark for the fifth month in a row, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). Sales totalled 1.09 million units. Sales of passenger cars jumped 71% to 832,600 units in July.

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BYD slashes price on its best-selling SUV to $16K to compete with gas cars

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The Atto-3 SUV / Source: BYD Europe After recently reducing prices of its refreshed Han and Tang models , Build Your Dreams (BYD) just launched a new version of its top-selling EV Yuan Plus – known as the Atto 3 in overseas markets – to $16,644 in China, making it one of the lowest-priced EVs out there.

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Geely exports more than 100,000 vehicles in 2012; 164% year-on-year growth

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According to figures released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), in the first eleven months of 2012 Chinese self-developed brands exported 470,000 passenger vehicles in total—with automotive manufacturers on average showing a 30% sales increase over 2011 figures.

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Are Toyota, Mazda, and Subaru Doing the Right Thing By Snubbing EVs?

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But they’re extremely expensive to produce in comparison to both regular and ethanol-blended gasoline. The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association has likewise stressed its concern that a blind push toward EVs endangered the jobs of 5.5 million people in Japan who depend on the automotive industry to earn a living.

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