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Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
China’s success results from its large domestic battery demand—72GWh—and control of 80% of the world’s raw material refining, 77% of the world’s cell capacity and 60% of the world’s component manufacturing, according to data from BNEF. In 2020, Japan and Korea rank number two and three respectively.
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CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
Cars built by Chinese companies like BYD in Mexico could have a devastating effect on American manufacturers, according to AAM. The post AAM Calls Cheap Chinese EVs Built In Mexico “An Extinction Level Event” appeared first on CleanTechnica.
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Electrek
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Europe is installing more solar panels than ever before, thanks to a flood of cheap Chinese solar panels, driving installations by 40% last year. But it comes at a hefty cost: Local solar manufacturers are on the brink of a total collapse that could happen within weeks.
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Green Car Congress
MARCH 11, 2022
As nickel is used in the production of EV batteries, any sanctions placed on Russian nickel will cause EV manufacturing prices to increase further, threatening adoption and decarbonization. According to GlobalData’s Mining Commodity Analyzer , Russia was the third-largest producer of nickel in 2021, producing more than 200,000 tons.
Teslarati
MAY 15, 2024
The Biden Administration is considering penalties for Chinese electric vehicle (EV) automakers who are moving production to Mexico. On May 14, 2024, the Biden Administration released new tariffs on Chinese EV imports and other sectors to protect American workers and businesses in the United States. According to U.S.
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InsideEVs
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Spoiler alert: it involves a Chinese manufacturer.
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Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 9, 2022
Much of this is also sourced from Chinese-owned mines in the DRC. The majority of this comes either from Inner Mongolia where electricity is cheap, or Sichuan province where there is abundant hydroelectric power. Almost 60% of lithium refining occurred in China, despite just 13% of lithium being mined there.
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The Truth About Cars
APRIL 18, 2024
Chinese automakers are expanding into Mexico, with companies like BYD opening dealerships across the country. Automotive News reported that the country would not offer tax incentives or land discounts to Chinese automakers. Mexico is no stranger to Chinese auto companies, as there are around 20 already selling vehicles in the country.
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EV Central
DECEMBER 22, 2024
The biggest barrier to semi-solid-state and solid-state technology considered the holy grail of unlocking EV potential has always been overcoming manufacturing complexity and upscaling the tech to mass production. IM’s Lightyear battery is allegedly capable of a 1000km range between recharges. Pure solid state is solid alone.
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Teslarati
MARCH 27, 2024
In addition, the United States has an under-supply of affordable EVs and cheap batteries for electric vehicles. The current political climate between the United States and China discourages Chinese battery suppliers like CATL from distributing their oversupply of batteries to the US.
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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 launched a trade probe into luxury liquor producers from Europe. The volume of Chinese EVs at the event caught the eye of the European Commission.
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EV Central
JULY 3, 2024
Fresh from its assault on Australia’s entry-level EV space, a new wave of Chinese manufacturers will now attack more premium players, placing a target on the back of brands like BMW, Audi and Lexus. A new wave of Chinese manufacturers is coming, and they might just change the premium landscape in Australia.
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EV Central
JANUARY 2, 2025
READ MORE: Light speed: Honda next-gen 0 Series electric cars preview F1 tech that will give it the edge over its cheaper Chinese rivals READ MORE: Will it be a Hossan or Ninda? Sharing costs would drive up profit, enabling it to compete on a level-footing with the likes of both Tesla and the looming threat of Chinese car-makers such as BYD.
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Teslarati
MARCH 24, 2024
Although competitive Chinese automaker BYD isn’t yet slated to enter the U.S. Even despite ongoing political concerns, its entry into North America is considered an eventuality, and other Chinese automakers likely won’t be far behind. While BYD isn’t planning to enter the U.S. auto sector,” the organization writes.
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Teslarati
JUNE 24, 2024
The European Union and the United States have made similar moves in an effort to prioritize domestic manufacturing efforts and attempt to woo consumers to buy vehicles in a local market. tariffs on Chinese imports, including at least a 100 percent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles.”
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Teslarati
MAY 29, 2024
The under-€20K BEV is designed for the European market as Asian automakers, like China, flood the market with cheap electric vehicles. Stellantis slams Biden’s new tariff against Chinese EVs The BYD Seagull costs less than $10,000 in China and is expected to cost under €20,000 in Europe. The Chinese EV could help BYD dominate Europe.
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CN EV Post
MARCH 28, 2024
If this is the plan, it works best with a more manufacturing-independent NIO, and at an even lower fire-sale rescue price. This gets the CYVN's owners in Abu Dhabi a dirt-cheap company that it can then throw some REAL money at, with manufacturing in-house already a capability for export to the Middle East.
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Baua Electric
OCTOBER 14, 2024
Mexico is done importing cheap EVs from China and India as it plows ahead with a prototype of its own. Sheinbaum confirmed on Friday that Mexico is building a series of small, cheap EVs that are expected to challenge those made in India and China. The country already has several prototypes. “We
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The Truth About Cars
MARCH 19, 2024
However, the threat of China flooding the market with cheap electric models is too frightening to ignore. Chinese vehicles already have a steep import tariff, and lawmakers have floated a popular plan to bump it to 125 percent. Tesla also reportedly plans to (finally) get its affordable EV out the door in the next year or so.
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Baua Electric
MAY 26, 2023
CEO Jim Farley says Chinese language electrical car makers are its primary competitors within the sector, however the corporate has hurdles competing on charge at a smaller scale. “We see the Chinese as the main competitor, not GM or Toyota,” Farley stated Thursday on the Morgan Stanley Sustainable Finance Zenith.
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Push EVs
MAY 27, 2022
Based in Poland and part of the Spanish CAF Group, Solaris was in 2021 the leading electric bus manufacturer in Europe with 11,9 % of the market share. Nonetheless, unfortunately diesel still has a huge market share in Europe. Fuel types of new buses in Europe (2021): Diesel : 68,8 %. Electric : 10,6 %. Alternative fuels : 10,5 %.
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Baua Electric
OCTOBER 30, 2024
It’s official: The European Union is moving ahead with increased tariffs on Chinese-made EVs to as much as 45.3% – in an effort to save its auto industry from total demise. Other EV manufacturers in China, including BMW and Volkswagen, would be subject to a 20.7% It will kill these car manufacturers.” for Geely, and 35.3%
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The Truth About Cars
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
According to Reuters , regional demand for both models has declined as Chinese EVs have started to become commonplace in Europe. 3 technically is a Chinese-made EV. 4 manufactured in Chattanooga, Tennessee (in addition to the ID.3 4 launched with a Chinese MSRP of 193,900 yuan (roughly $27,000 USD) in 2021. Both the ID.3
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Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 1, 2021
The report “Decarbonizing Steel: A Net-Zero Pathway” outlines the path to making profitable, low-emissions steel and describes how a combination of falling hydrogen costs, cheap clean power, and increased recycling could reduce emissions to net zero, even while total output increases. China will continue to play a pivotal role.
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Baua Electric
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
Now, demand for anode material is expected to surge as the US battery manufacturing market grows, and the Buy American provisions of the IRA and BIL call for manufacturers to use increasing proportions of domestically-produced raw materials. In response, companies are rushing to establish domestic graphite production and processing.
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Baua Electric
MAY 10, 2024
The US government is reportedly set to announce wider tariffs on several categories of Chinese goods, including various green products like solar panels and batteries, medical goods, and in particular an increase of tariffs on Chinese EVs from 25% to 100%. Photo is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0
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Baua Electric
JANUARY 30, 2025
Indian-manufactured electric vehicles (EVs) are often considered lower in quality compared to their European or other global counterparts due to several key factors. Indian manufacturers often cut costs on materials, safety features, and battery technology to keep EVs affordable. Heres a breakdown of why this gap exists: 1.
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Charged EVs
JULY 1, 2024
Now, manufacturers have taken advantage of LFP’s lower fire risk to design batteries with high pack-level energy density, and LFP has become the EV industry’s fastest-growing cathode material. So, if we’re going to build a plant in the US to make the DRX material, we could manufacture LFP in the same facility.
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Cars That Think
DECEMBER 10, 2022
Later that year, Trek went public on the Singapore stock exchange, and in four months—from April through July 2000—it manufactured and sold more than 100,000 ThumbDrives under its own label. Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. The thumb drive was all that—and more.
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EV Central
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Its the only Euro marque sold here with a seven-year warranty, and the Enyaq EV is a talented offering, albeit not a cheap one starting at $69,990 for the entry-level Sportline RWD. Theres volume potential with the compact Epiq EV, but could Skoda Australia offer it at around $40,000, to be competitive against myriad Chinese offerings?
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Baua Electric
APRIL 12, 2024
BYD received this lofty sum in direct government subsidies as part of the Chinese government’s push to lead the world in EVs and other clean tech, according to a new study first reported by Bloomberg. The study added that BYD also benefits from the support for local battery manufacturers and federal rebates for EV buyers.
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CN EV Post
JANUARY 1, 2025
The end game goal for Chinese OEMs is to take global vehicle market share from Western and Japanese/Korean OEMs. Not just the operation of those cars vs the alternatives, but the manufacturing of the cars. It also means China can stop importing so much oil, and instead rely on Chinese power production, improving their trade balance.
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Baua Electric
DECEMBER 5, 2024
As the European Union slaps more restrictive tariffs on EVs pouring in from China, Chinese automakers have found a workaround: they’ll just make and export hybrids instead, since hybrids of all varieties are bizarrely exempt from the tariff scheme. Other EV manufacturers in China, including BMW and Volkswagen, are subject to a 20.7%
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Baua Electric
AUGUST 29, 2024
In response to the advent of cheap Chinese EVs, the US and EU have instituted various measures to favor domestically manufactured vehicles—including, most recently, steep new tariffs. It remains to be seen what the long-term results of these policies will be, but the westward seepage of Chinese-made vehicles continues.
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Get Electric Vehicle
JANUARY 24, 2024
It is one of the oddest combinations in the car manufacturing industry as the other half of JAG is owned by the Chinese government. Another Sodium-ion Powered EV From China Chinese car manufacturer JMEV rolled off their sodium-Ion battery-provided EV on December 28, 2023.
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EV Central
JUNE 18, 2024
Just two months ago reports on several newswires suggested the cheap Tesla Model 2 had been shelved. “Obviously we’ve got some new products that we’re working on, under the covers, and I think these are going to be pretty special,” Musk said. “I I think people may think ‘oh it’s not going to be that amazing’, but just wait… it will be.”
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Baua Electric
MAY 28, 2024
Cheaper Chinese models are not just a concern for Europe’s biggest auto manufacturer, but for European officials. Brussels last year angered Beijing after launching an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric cars that would represent unfair competition to domestic European manufacturers.
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EV Sales
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Illustrating the current trends of the Chinese EV market, on last month Top 5 we have one full size sedan (BYD Han EV), two midsize sedans (Tesla Model 3 and GAC Aion S), one tiny four seater (Ora Black Cat) and the leader, the incredibly small 4 seater Wuling Mini EV. results (the V compact crossover is selling a third of the S sedan). #5
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Baua Electric
JANUARY 23, 2024
Of course, the Chinese EV market is booming – but looking at the numbers, it’s pretty staggering. Chinese automakers expect to have sold some 9.4 million in 2022, according to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. BYD tripled its profits to $1.5 million EVs and hybrids last year, a bump from 6.9
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Baua Electric
MARCH 18, 2024
China leads global solar manufacturing by far, and a glut of solar panels has meant that solar panel prices plummeted last year, so solar panel makers have had to sell at or below production costs. Cheap Chinese solar panels are also making it hard for European and US solar panel makers to compete.
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Baua Electric
APRIL 25, 2024
But other Chinese automakers, including state-run companies that were later entrants to the EV race, have closed the gap on sub-USD 10,000 EVs at the Beijing auto show that began Thursday. KARAOKE IN YOUR MERCEDES In a race to stand out, some Chinese brands are offering features intended to be fun, if not frivolous.
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The Truth About Cars
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Sadly, the concept was put on the back burner so manufacturers could prioritize vehicles they assumed would yield superior margins. The only noteworthy exceptions were vehicles like the Tesla Model 3, which weren’t exactly cheap without government subsidies but offered superior range for the roughly $44,000 entry point.
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Plug In India
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
In addition, about 90% of the world’s supply of lithium is controlled by Chinese companies. The mining industry cannot keep up with the demand, so the alternative is to manufacture batteries based on sodium chemistry. Read the C&EN research here Lithium right now is very expensive and Sodium is quite cheap.
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Baua Electric
MAY 7, 2024
Photo: Shenzhen Government Online Shenzhen, the home of Chinese EV giant BYD, says it’s become the first in China to have more supercharging plugs than gas pumps. So all those cheap EVs need to be fast-charged, and what better place to expand than BYD’s home city? The city of 12.5
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