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It’s a green light for electric vehicles! Aussie CO2 standard tough on Toyota, SUVs and utes

EV Central

After years of waiting Australia will have a CO2 emissions standard by January 1 2025 officially encouraging the purchase of electric vehicles if an ambitious Albanese Labor government timetable comes to pass. The NVES will work by providing car companies with targets for average emissions per kilometre from new vehicles sold.

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Three perspectives on China’s EV industry (spoiler alert: legacy brands are toast) – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Jeremiads lamenting China’s takeover of the global auto industry are everywhere these days. Retreating behind tariff walls or outright bans will further isolate America’s auto industry into a Galapagos market of ridiculous trucks sold at nosebleed prices.” Three recent accounts stand out from the pack.

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Best EVs of 2022: Our verdict on the new electric cars of the year

EV Central

I dunno if it’s the biggest surprise, but the most pleasing news of 2022 was the way the irrepressible die-hards in what remains of the Aussie auto industry leapt on the opportunity EV presents. If it wasn’t so stupidly expensive (around $100K, at least), I’d buy one. Biggest EV surprise of 2022. Biggest EV surprise of 2022.

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Tesla supplier Talon Metals on Manchin EV Bill, Tesla & more

Teslarati

So, Manchin isn’t just telling automakers to buy from domestic sources of minerals and metals from domestic sources and leaving it to them. But I realized that someone glancing at the headlines without reading through the article might assume that Tesla was of the same view as the legacy auto industry.

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

Cars That Think

and limit the permitting process to last no more than three years, like in Canada and Australia. Equally, the state has long had a subsidy plan to help low-income residents buy EVs. These are complex, intertwined and global issues well beyond the control of either CARB or the auto industry.”

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Electric Car Watch #4: Toyota is the new Kodak

Plug In India

The entire auto industry has given up on investing in Hydrogen cars. The remaining 10 million cars were sold in countries that don’t matter in the global auto market, like Japan, India, Australia, Latin America etc. Why would people buy Toyota ICE cars then? Out of which, 20 million cars were sold in China.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

With 8 million tons, Chile has the world’s largest known lithium reserves, followed by Australia (2.7 The mining industry as a whole is also being held more accountable globally and parts of the global auto industry are now focusing intently on ethical sourcing. Lithium is abundant on five continents. THE BOTTOM LINE.