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Galaxy quest: Yet another Chinese brand headed to Australia and its pricing could be out of this world

EV Central

Voracious Chinese auto giant Geely has announced the all-new 2024 Galaxy E5 electric SUV will spearhead its fledgling new brand’s global expansion including to Australia. They’ll join established Geely group brands Volvo and Polestar in Australia. 2025 Galaxy E5 SUV. 2025 Galaxy E5 SUV. 2025 Galaxy E5 SUV.

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BYD to unveil electrified pickup truck at Beijing Auto Show

Teslarati

The Chinese automaker revealed a few details about its first pickup truck to pique people’s interest before the unveiling. Pictures from the tests conducted in Mexico hint that the BYD Shark will go to right-hand-drive markets first, like Australia and South Africa.

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Mercedes-Benz running automated test drive in Shanghai; infrastructure peculiarities

Green Car Congress

After the start in Germany, the test vehicle based on the new production S‑Class is now under test in the heavy traffic and exposed to the special national features in the Chinese megalopolis of Shanghai. In addition, there are road signs with Chinese characters and lane markings, which in China have different or even multiple meanings.

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BYD confirms Shark electric pickup name as Ford F-150 Lightning rival in latest teaser

Baua Electric

More recently, BYD’s highly anticipated right-hand drive model was spotted testing in Australia as the brand kicks its overseas expansion into overdrive. The Shark will look to take market share from Toyota’s Hilux and Isuzu’s D-MAX in key markets like Thailand, Australia, and South Africa.

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China become the sector’s biggest car exporter in Q1 2023, surpassing Japan

Baua Electric

Tesla China, SAIC, Chery, Geely, Stunning Wall Motors, Changan, and BYD are a number of the largest participants to Chinese language car exports. These days, SAIC is the biggest Chinese language car exporter with its MG emblem contributing essentially the most to this stellar efficiency. 37 million automobiles.

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China’s JAC plans Aussie push with EV ute benchmarked against Rivian R1T

EV Central

To be distributed in Australia by independent BLK Auto, JAC has already commenced sales here with the N55EV electric van and will follow with the turbo diesel T9 Hunter dual cab ute in mid-2023. We will be bringing [to Australia] whatever vehicles go through the R&D centre for mature markets,” he added. 2023 JAC T9 Hunter pick-up.

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BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

Green Car Congress

South Africa and India have good iron ore reserves and the potential to produce a large amount of low-cost clean power. The world’s largest iron ore producer, Australia, however, currently produces lower grade ores, and could lose its number one place in the supply chain, if it does not invest in equipment to upgrade its product.

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