Green Car Congress
JUNE 13, 2021
The primary factors determining the siting of new foil capacity include proximity to EV battery making customers; a site suitable for multiple expansion phases; locally available supplies of high-grade copper scrap (the primary raw material) and finally, a cheap and reliable electricity supply (the main manufacturing cost), Roskill said.
Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
The continent was mostly powered by locally mined coal until the 1950s, when imports of cheap Middle Eastern oil started transforming the energy picture. Peter Kovalev/TASS/Getty Images So how did Europe become addicted to Russian fossil fuels, particularly natural gas?
Baua Electric
DECEMBER 5, 2024
on Chinese EVs are designed to protect its struggling auto industry from Chinese competition, with Chinese automakers flooding the bloc with cheap imports. BYD is also considering manufacturing both EVs and hybrids at its new plant in Hungary. The European Union’s latest EV tariffs of up to 45.3% for Geely, and 35.3%
Baua Electric
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Of course, Chinese automakers such as BYD and Chery are looking to avoid tariffs altogether and build cars in Europe, with BYD building a plant in Hungary and Chery looking to build cars via a joint venture in Spain. Other EV manufacturers in China, including BMW and Volkswagen, would be subject to a 20.7%
Baua Electric
JANUARY 22, 2024
Back in September, the EU launched an 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 EU.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Today BYD employs 130,000 people in 11 factories, eight in China and one each in India, Hungary, and Romania. They generate fewer greenhouse gas emissions than cars that burn gasoline, and they have lower fuel costs, even when oil is cheap. near Motorola, and another 20 or so work in San Francisco, not far from Apple.
Baua Electric
MARCH 4, 2024
Chinese OEMs are now producing good-quality vehicles, and thanks to cheap labor, government subsidies and economies of scale, they’re able to offer these at prices no Western automaker can hope to match. It’s building factories in Brazil, Thailand, Hungary and Uzbekistan, and will soon break ground on a plant in Mexico.
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