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Reuters: Tesla Has Ditched Its Affordable EV Efforts in Favor of Robotaxis

The Truth About Cars

Earlier today, Reuters reported that the automaker had ditched its efforts to develop the car and would look instead at developing autonomous taxis on the platform that would have underpinned it. It now seems that Tesla is following suit, despite repeated promises that it would develop a mass-market EV at a reasonable price.

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BYD: Autonomous Vehicles Are "Basically Impossible"

The Truth About Cars

BYD, China’s largest electric automaker, isn’t as gung-ho about autonomous vehicles as many other auto industry giants. Of course, automating jobs in Chinese factories isn’t as exciting as self-driving cars, but we’re a lot close to that reality than any sort of human-free taxis roaming freely.&

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I’m going to blog about Sokol later this week—he is a big believer in renewable energy.) And if you doubt that they will learn, check out my cover story about BYD in the new issue of FORTUNE, headed to subscribers and newsstands this week. Sokol did most of the due diligence on BYD for Berkshire, and he now sits on the BYD board.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

The lion’s share of credit for source data goes as usual, to Jose Pontes and his EV Sales Blog. more than the original Sales Blog, since it was more detailed and up-to-date. The LEVC electric taxi might still be the only EV that both designed *and* produced on UK’s home turf. Hence the potential bonus point is gone.

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