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Tesla ships more vehicles from China to North America

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Tesla is shipping another batch of vehicles from China to North America as a second ship packed with all-electric cars built at Gigafactory Shanghai is on its way to Canada. based customers to take advantage of the tax credits that make the cars more affordable. Update: 1:41 PM EDT: Para 3 updated for accuracy.

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Novel Sodium-Ion Battery-Powered EVs To Hit Chinese Streets in January

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A Volkswagen-funded Chinese automaker has a new type of battery that offers some benefits over lithium-ion batteries, namely cost and cold weather performance, but it’s unclear if we’ll see them in the United States. Image: Iryna Imago via Shutterstock] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Tesla counters Model 3 SR+ delays with LFP packs in North America

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Forced to push back delivery dates for the SR+ Model 3, the company’s most affordable vehicle available online, to January 2022, Tesla is attempting to get Model 3s to their owners by offering the LFP packs that come standard in European and Chinese versions of the car. Credit: Tesla Greater China/Twitter.

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Kia suddenly shifts to hybrids, affordable EVs amid waning global demand

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To boost sales and fend off low-cost Chinese rivals, Kia will introduce a new lineup of affordable EVs in addition to hybrids starting this year. After global sales slipped 2% last month, Kia is shaking things up with a new mid-to-long-term business plan. million in 2030.

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The $10,000 BYD Seagull EV is scaring the U.S. auto industry

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Although competitive Chinese automaker BYD isn’t yet slated to enter the U.S. automotive groups have expressed concerns over the Seagull EV and other affordable mass-market EVs eventually coming to North America. While BYD said just last month that it has no plans to enter the U.S.

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Kia suddenly shifts to hybrids, affordable EVs amid ‘waning global demand’

Baua Electric

To boost sales and fend off low-cost Chinese rivals, Kia will introduce a new lineup of affordable EVs in addition to hybrids starting this year. After global sales slipped 2% last month, Kia is shaking things up with a new mid-to-long-term business plan. million in 2030.

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Tesla begins domestic delivery of new Giga Shanghai-built Model Y

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Tesla is reportedly beginning deliveries of its new Model Y units built at its Gigafactory in Shanghai, China after unveiling the updated SUV earlier this month. The news comes just over two weeks after Tesla unveiled the updated Model Y, featuring a handful of small exterior and interior changes.