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Comment on Onvo has prioritized low energy consumption from day 1, says Nio sub-brand chief by nov22

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Almost all the taxi or ridehailing vehicles are EREV or BEV. Traditional ICE taxi just can't compete with EV at all. Majority of the chinese consumers live in condo buildings. Majority of the American EV consumers lives in a detached or attached house where home charger is ready and cheap.

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BYD’s home city in China now has more supercharging plugs than gas pumps

Baua Electric

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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Okay, Robotaxi looks cool. But how is this better than Model 2?

Baua Electric

As far back as 2016, Tesla was talking about “ Tesla Network ,” a proposed system that would allow Tesla owners to send out their cars to work as taxis once the company had solved full self-driving. And Tesla is a car company, after all, not a stock company (isn’t it?).

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Shenzhen manufacturing region, where the company is headquartered, is known for cheap unskilled labor, but BYD’s competitive advantage derives from its cheap skilled labor. car companies and battery makers as much as the Chinese government is going to help BYD. government is going to help U.S.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid. The E6 will hit the Chinese market later this year. The deal, which is awaiting final approval from the Chinese government, didnt get much notice at the time. EMAIL | PRINT | SHARE | RSS DIGG FACEBOOK DEL.ICIO.US

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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For example, with increasing evidence of genocidal Chinese government towards Uyghur residents, including forced labor camps, the lack of transparency regarding whether any Chinese EVs benefit from such labor prompts me to deduct 1 production point from China (out of ~25 it had earned). Also, Portugal is where Jose calls home.

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Mexico is pushing ahead with a federally subsidized EV

Baua Electric

But instead of conventional EVs, its competition might instead be the small motorbikes frequently used for short trips or as taxis in working-class neighborhoods. That included the promise of a 100% tariff on Mexico-built cars from Chinese brandsEV or not. consumers, but without the actual policy here yet it amounts to speculation.

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