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Cheap solar panels from China are all over Europe – and everyone is freaking out

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Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Europe is installing more solar panels than ever before, thanks to a flood of cheap Chinese solar panels, driving installations by 40% last year. European local solar panel manufacturers have reached a crisis in that they say they can’t compete with cheap imports and oversupply.

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2024 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Review – Cheap(ish) Speed

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The good news is that these controls work better than you’d expect – and they aren’t haptic touch – but it still feels like a needless complication. One note – if you want the magnetic ride package, and I think you do, you need to first buy the Performance Package. You buy a Mustang, you know what you’re sacrificing.

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Mexico Won't Offer EV Incentives to Chinese Automakers

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Automotive News reported that the country would not offer tax incentives or land discounts to Chinese automakers. Mexico is no stranger to Chinese auto companies, as there are around 20 already selling vehicles in the country. They also want to take action to protect American EVs from cheap or subsidized Chinese models.

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Michelin doesn’t want you to buy as many EV tires

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And yet it acknowledges that EV drivers shouldn’t be buying as many tires as they are. The challenge for big potential users like Michelin is how you organize the collection of all the plastic bottles to buy as a consistent feedstock in the future. It’s a technology challenge on multiple fronts.

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Tesla Model 3s from Hertz are going for as low as $14,000

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Hertz is starting to sell some of its Tesla Model 3s and they are going for pretty cheap – as low as $14,000 with the used EV tax credit. Obviously, the reason those Model 3s are listed so cheap is due to their high mileage over a short period of time and the fact that people are a lot less careful with rental vehicles.

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BYD overtakes VW’s 15-year-run as top seller in China

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million new car registrations in China last year, according to data from the China Automotive Technology and Research Center. That new data gives BYD a total market share in China of 11%, a rise of 3.2 percentage points, reports Automotive News Europe. billion in the first half of last year, according to Car News China.

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Trade group asks administration to reinstate tariffs on Chinese graphite, critical material for EV batteries

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Now, demand for anode material is expected to surge as the US battery manufacturing market grows, and the Buy American provisions of the IRA and BIL call for manufacturers to use increasing proportions of domestically-produced raw materials. The country could use the new rules to reduce exports of graphite.

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