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Cheap talk: Volkswagen to bed Renault in race to build sub-$30k EV | reports

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Volkswagen and Renault are primed to join forces to work today to develop a new family of electric cars that will be priced less than €20,000 ($A32,000). According to German newspaper Handelsblatt, both VW and Renault are considering the deal that will see both car-makers produce up 250,000 of its bargain basement-priced electric cars.

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The BYD Atto 3 and MG4 are great, but there is one cheap Chinese electric vehicle that’s not quite there yet…. Opinion

EV Central

There was a time when brave car companies, and Saab in particular, thought it would be amusing to build cars with silly amounts of torque and then attempt to put it through the front wheels alone. I recently spent a week in the GWM Ora, a car that would have made even Saab’s semi-suicidal engineers blanche in fear.

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Beijing show: Breakthrough Chinese LFP battery can add 600km of range in just 10 minutes

EV Central

Chinese battery-making giant CATL has launched its new Shenxing Plus battery at the Beijing motor show claiming it’s capable of adding as much as 600km of range after a short 10-minute charge and delivering a driving range of more than 1000km. Has Stellantis cracked the code for super-cheap EVs that will undercut ICE?

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Cheap solar panels from China are all over Europe – and everyone is freaking out

Baua Electric

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Europe is installing more solar panels than ever before, thanks to a flood of cheap Chinese solar panels, driving installations by 40% last year. European local solar panel manufacturers have reached a crisis in that they say they can’t compete with cheap imports and oversupply.

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Europe may slap retroactive tariffs on Chinese EVs

Baua Electric

Possible “remedies” on the table include retroactive tariffs on Chinese EVs. Back in October 2023, Europe launched its formal investigation into the Chinese EV industry, as European companies are struggling to compete with the cheap, high-tech Chinese imports, made by low-cost labor, entering the European Union.

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Report: Ford's EV Skunkworks Team to Create Three Affordable Electric Models

The Truth About Cars

Ford is also expected to build an EV for ridesharing services, and Bloomberg reported that Ford has fewer than 100 people working on the project. However, the threat of China flooding the market with cheap electric models is too frightening to ignore. Mexico-Canada free trade agreement. Image: Ford] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Tesla Model 3 sees extended wait times in China, hinting at high demand

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It appears the change is due to higher demand for the Model 3, especially considering new reports indicated that Giga Shanghai is in “full operation,” according to Chinese media members who recently visited the production facility. However, it was an increase from May’s sales figures, when Tesla sold 55,215.

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