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BMW Group plans joint venture for MINI electric vehicles in China; LoI with Great Wall Motor

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The BMW Group is in advanced discussions to ramp up the global success of its MINI brand through a new joint venture in China. To this end, the BMW Group has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with the Chinese manufacturer Great Wall Motor. The BMW Group has no plans to set up an additional sales organisation in China.

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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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BMW Brilliance Automotive opens battery factory in Shenyang; 3rd battery factory in BMW Group production network

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the BMW Group opened a new “High-Voltage Battery Center” in Shenyang, China. The battery factory will supply the nearby Dadong plant, which is operated by the BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) joint venture and will produce the BMW 5 Series Plug-in Hybrid for the local market. Click to enlarge.

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BMW: China Biggest Electric Car Market By 2019, i3 On Sale Soon

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BMW has become the latest in a growing list of automakers to put its faith in the Chinese electric car market. The Chinese automobile market is huge: 18 million passenger cars alone were sold in 2013. But so far, electric vehicle sales have.' That''s ten times that of similarly-populated India, and around 2.4

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BYD breaks into Toyota-dominated Japan as EV sales climb

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According to the latest sales data, BYD accounted for nearly 3% of Japan’s EV market in the first half of 2024. A year and a half later, the Chinese automaker is already making a big statement as it cuts into Japan’s hard-to-crack auto market. As always, luxury automakers like Mercedes, BMW, and Audi held the biggest share of imports.

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Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

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Sustainable Value Margin—the ratio of Sustainable Value to sales—for each of the evaluated manufacturers. BMW and Toyota are consistent leaders in sustainable value. The BMW Group and Toyota are consistent industry leaders, creating extremely positive Sustainable Value over the entire review period—i.e., Click to enlarge.

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Nissan optic exporting extra from China as gross sales hunch

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Global manufacturers, together with Nissan and alternative Jap manufacturers corresponding to Mitsubishi and Toyota, are suffering in China, the place they have got trailed home competition in assembly booming call for for electrical automobiles. ” If Nissan starts transport automobiles from China, Japan’s Disagree.

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