EV Central

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The next stage in BYD’s plan for Australia’s electric vehicle market has been unveiled in Germany overnight, with the European debut of the BYD Seal U giving us our best look yet at the Chinese brand’s new mid-size SUV. The post Look out Tesla Model Y?

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 30, 2021

In the past week, CleanTechnica readers were most attracted to stories about cool & cheap electric motorcycles, an Australian pastime that electric vehicles are sure to kill, and the standard-range Tesla Model 3 and Model Y getting LFP batteries.

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EV Central

AUGUST 21, 2023

BYD’s Tesla Model 3 Performance fighter is edging closer to its local launch, with what appears to be a top-spec model built to rival the fastest Tesla spied at a BYD dealership in Sydney. BYD says the RWD model will deliver 570kms on the WLTP cycle, while the AWD trims that slightly to 520kms.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Widely seen as a French fight back against the influx of cheap Chinese imports in Europe, when it lands the next-gen Renault Twingo is primed to cost less than €20,000 ($A33,000) before subsidies – around $5000 cheaper than the current BYD Dolphin in Australia. The post Cheaper than a BYD Dolphin or MG4!

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EV Central

JANUARY 31, 2023

The mid-sized five-seat SUV will be the first battery electric vehicle from Toyota as it looks to fight back against Tesla and other fresh brands that are dominating record sales of EVs locally. Battery electric cars are expensive, don’t kid yourself,” says Hanley. “If This car will not be a cheap car.”

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EV Central

JULY 31, 2024

Australia has a new cheapest EV, with MG announcing seriously competitive pricing for its MG ZS Excite that undercuts its core Chinese rivals in the BYD Dolphin and GWM Ora. MG ZS EV undercuts BYD Dolphin and GWM Ora with mega drive-away deal – but you’d better be quick appeared first on EV Central.

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EV Central

JUNE 4, 2024

Just days after Volkswagen said it would go it alone and produce its cheap €20,000 ($A32,500) EV without any help, Renault has announced that it has already found a new Chinese partner to help it create its low-cost Renault Twingo. READ MORE: Cheaper than a BYD Dolphin or MG4! The post Twingo is GO!

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

500,000th BYD Dolphin rolls off assembly line (Source: BYD) China’s behemoth BYD overtook Volkswagen as the best-selling car brand in China last year, the first time any carmaker outsold the German brand since at least 2008. BYD reported 2.4 That new data gives BYD a total market share in China of 11%, a rise of 3.2

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Teslarati

MAY 29, 2024

Volkswagen shared plans for a new lineup of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) under €25,000. All the vehicles will be produced in Spain. The four new EVs will lead to Volkswagen’s cheapest electric vehicle, which will cost around €20,000, making it the most affordable BEV under the brand.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 10, 2024

The European Commission’s anti-subsidy probe into electric vehicle (EV) imports from China prompted a retaliation from the Chinese government. The Chinese government’s EU liquor probe starts several months after Brussels started investigating cheap EV imports from China, including BYD.

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Teslarati

MAY 15, 2024

The Biden Administration is considering penalties for Chinese electric vehicle (EV) automakers who are moving production to Mexico. China’s leading automaker, BYD, has already started exploring opportunities in Mexico. Recently, it launched the BYD Shark hybrid pickup truck in the Mexican auto market. According to U.S.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 21, 2023

BYD enters Brazil with new factory, brings an affordable EV. Big changes are coming.

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EV Central

AUGUST 5, 2024

MG says its ten year warranty covers all its electric vehicle’s parts, including its high-voltage battery – the previous best being an eight-year battery warranty. The ten year battery protection matches Lexus’ warranty for its electric models. The ten year cover isn’t applicable on already-purchased vehicles.

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Baua Electric

MAY 27, 2024

BluSmart , India ’s biggest electric cab operator , wants to raise more than USD 300 million in three years to add thousands of cars to its fleet in its push to take on the likes of Uber Technologies Inc. The company will increase its Indian fleet of electric vehicles — supplied by Tata Motors Ltd. , in the fast-growing market.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

BYD Atto 3 (Source: BYD) Europe and the US say that Chinese EV development is running wild and unchecked and on the verge of overwhelming the global market with, well, EVs the rest of the world can’t compete with. China last year overtook Japan as the world’s biggest car exporter ­– but most of those were ICE vehicles sold to Russia.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

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. BYD alone sold 1.6 million fully battery-electric vehicles last year, coming close to Tesla’s 1.8

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Baua Electric

MAY 21, 2024

A slowdown in the take-up of electric vehicles in the U.S. The transition to EVs from cars running on gasoline has hit a rough patch globally as consumers slow the pace at which they switch to battery-powered vehicles amid inadequate infrastructure in some developed markets.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

Chinese EV makers are looking to export electric vehicles by the tens of thousands around the globe, but they need a lot more car-carrying vessels to make that happen. Cars are typically transported by sea using roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ships that allow vehicles to be driven directly on rather than using a crane.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 27, 2022

The Buzz is … not cheap. For our new CleanTech RoundTalk, Jo Borras, Steve Hanley, and I sat around CleanTechnica‘s pineapple-infused sparkling-water cooler to discuss a couple of the hottest EV news stories of last week. One of those stories was the release of UK pricing for the Volkswagen ID. The price of the […].

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Hyundai is prepping an electric entry-level mini-SUV called Casper to take on rivals Dacia Spring and Citroën’s ë-C3 in Europe. The Casper, an ICE vehicle on sale in South Korea, will get a fresh new look in the form of an all-electric city car–slash–mini-SUV, releasing in European markets by the end of this year.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JANUARY 24, 2024

The first mass-produced electric vehicle (EV) using a sodium-ion battery has been introduced by JAC Motors. At the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2023, JAC unveiled the Yiwei 3, a different electric vehicle with an LFP lithium battery and rolled out to the roads in June, with the promise that the sodium-ion version would follow later.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2023

BYD ute BYD ute patent shows what the EV ute will look like BYD is the biggest threat to Tesla globally and it’s also shaping up to give the Toyota Hilux and Ford Ranger something to worry about with a new ute. The much-hyped BYD ute is due in 2024 and it’s already been leaked in online patent images.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 5, 2009

Check out the new Nissan Leaf on video: You’ve got to love the fact that Nissan had balls and the vision to bank their future on full on electric vehicles, leapfrogging their Japanese competition Honda and Toyota whose timid and safe bet on hybrids has already marked them as bridge technology car makers.

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Push EVs

APRIL 13, 2023

The UK saw plugin electric vehicles take 22.4% HEVs and mild-hybrids are offered by manufacturers as a quick and relatively cheap way (especially in the case of mild hybrids) to improve fleet emissions, compared to ICE-only vehicles. What are your thoughts on the UK’s transition to electric vehicles?

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

China’s top new energy vehicle manufacturer, BYD, has no plans to enter the United States auto market. BYD Executive Vice President and CEO of BYD Americas sat down with Yahoo Finance , and talked about the Chinese automaker’s lack of presence in the US Market and the global electric vehicle (EV) market.

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EV Central

JANUARY 3, 2023

If you read our recent year-end review , you’ll notice the BYD Atto 3 got mentioned a lot. A majority of the EVcentral writing staff acknowledged the compact Chinese battery electric vehicle for one positive reason or another. The BYD Atto 3 comes as two models; Standard and Extended range. BYD Atto 3. BYD Atto 3.

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EV Central

JULY 3, 2024

Already brands like MG, GWM and BYD have reset the benchmark when it comes to pricing for entry-level EVs, with the MG4 Excite 51, GWM Ora and BYD Dolphin fighting for the title of Australia’s cheapest electric car. That means fighting the big three Germans directly because they occupy the podium now.

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EV Central

MARCH 22, 2023

Range figures are according to the WLTP (Worldwide Harmonised Light-Duty Vehicles Test Procedure) cycle. Hyundai Kona Electric 472km: Porsche Taycan Turbo Cross Turismo, $283,000 The adventurous Taycan, the Cross Turismo , has SUV-like plastic body add-ons, wagon-esque rear, more cabin space and higher ground clearance, plus 93.4

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Plug In India

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Tesla, VW, BYD, Ford and others have plans to build giant gigafactories. In India, OLA Electric and Tata group have plans to make cells at a large scale. Last year, the world mined 100,000 metric tons of Lithium for use in consumer electronics and electric vehicles. But Lithium has a fundamental problem.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 6, 2024

may place a ban on Chinese software in self-driving and connected vehicles, with the Biden administration expected to propose such rules in the coming weeks. Commerce Department is looking to propose banning Chinese software in autonomous and connected vehicles this month. The rule would ban any Chinese software in U.S.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 9, 2011

The week I was in Shanghai, the Electric Vehicle Test Drive Center opened to the public in Shanghai Automobile City, a far suburb still reachable by subway. The BYD plug-in hybrid I drove performed well. We really don’t need more cheap gas cars.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 28, 2022

A new government and a change in mindset made 2022 a significant year for electric cars. Polestar and BYD were two of the new EV brands that arrived during the year and brands as diverse as Volkswagen and GWM confirmed their intention to start selling electric vehicles here in 2023. Bruce Newton: BYD Atto 3.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

At $59,990 in a single well-equipped trim level — the e-2008 GT — it’s cheap compared to fellow Euro models like the BMW iX1 xDrive30 ($87k) or the Mercedes-Benz EQA ($78k). But it looks like less of a bargain when you pit it against the Tesla Model 3 RWD ($61,900), MG ZS EV Long Range ($55,990), or BYD Atto 3 ($48,011).

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The lease bundle is, Toyota says: “a hassle-free alternative for battery electric vehicle intenders.” Judging by how all-encompassing it is, it won’t be cheap. To that end, has Tesla, Hyundai, Kia, MG, BYD et al missed a trick? Combatting EV anxiety Here’s where it’s a savvy move by Toyota.

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EV Central

JUNE 24, 2023

Toyota’s accelerated global roll-out of battery electric vehicles seems certain to benefit Australia where the Toyota electric ute could be on-sale as soon as 2024. At the moment we have locked down those three vehicles … but we will certainly look at the opportunity to do more and accelerate along with the global effort.”

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Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 27, 2023

If you come across a safe and reliable battery technology it can be used in the country’s space mission or you found a better alloy that is cheap to produce or lighter in weight and performs well under load it can be used in other sectors or even in the gasoline cars to increase efficiency and reduce carbon emission.

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Push EVs

APRIL 6, 2023

France saw record high plugin electric vehicle share in March, at 25.4%, up from 21.4% The other models populating the top 10 are — as usual — mostly relatively affordable compact or small vehicles like the Fiat 500, Renault Megane, MG4, Renault Zoe and Renault Twingo. year on year. BEVs alone took 16.8% share, a new record.

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