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At The 2024 Paris Auto Show, The Focus Is On Price

CleanTechnica EVs

The theme at the Paris Auto Show this year is lower priced electric cars that can compete with low cost offerings from Chinese manufacturers. The post At The 2024 Paris Auto Show, The Focus Is On Price appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Is this low-cost Chinese electric surfboard too good to be true?

Electrek

But one common thread that has run through nearly all e-boards so far is the astronomically high price they carry. Well, at least until today’s find: a cheap Chinese electric surfboard that has earned it the dubious honor of becoming this week’s Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week. appeared first on Electrek.

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Roskill: graphite prices could push higher on tightening markets for batteries & electrodes

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Synthetic graphite electrode prices rose nine-fold through the first three quarters of 2017, increasing from US$1,748/t in January 2017 to a high of US$16,309/t in September, according to Roskill Information Services. Despite some fallback during the winter months, prices remained above US$15,600/t through February and March 2018.

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Here’s our first look at Volkswagen’s cheapest EV, with prices starting at about $20,000

Electrek

We are finally getting a look at Volkswagens answer to BYD and other low-cost Chinese electric cars. It will kick off a new series of entry-level electric vehicles, with starting prices at 20,000, or just over $20,000. Volkswagen previewed its cheapest EV for the first time on Wednesday.

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Ford low-cost EV platform to compete with Tesla being designed by “skunkworks team:” CEO

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As noted by Farley, there has been a seismic change in the EV sector during the latter half of 2023, and it was driven in part by a combination of EV manufacturers cutting their price by 20% and lots of capital and capacity being poured into the two-row crossover segment. Now, this is important because we made a bet in silence two years ago.

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LG Energy Solution discusses battery production with Chinese suppliers for the EU

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LG Energy Solution is engaged in talks with three China-based material suppliers to produce low-cost electric vehicle (EV) batteries for the European market. LGES’ talks with Chinese material suppliers come after the EU Commission started imposing extra tariffs of up to 38% on imported EVs made in China. “We

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Orbite Aluminae produces the first North American heavy rare earths from aluminous clay; prepares for commercialization in 2013

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Orbite’s technology allows for the low-cost extraction of rare earths and rare metals using the alumina extraction process. Rare earths (dysprosium, erbium, neodymium, praseodymium, etc.) The Orbite process of producing metallurgical-grade alumina involves crushing and then acid-leaching aluminous claystone.