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NIO CFO says confident of meeting this year's sales target

CN EV Post

That will be achieved through new models, expanding the company's charging and battery swap network, and unlocking self-driving technology, Feng said. It's almost consensus that China now has too many automakers, but we have no plan to buy anyone." We expect the industry to go through some profound consolidation," Feng said."It's

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Ernst Young Survey Finds Roughly 60% of Chinese Consumers Would Consider Purchasing a Plug-in Vehicle

Green Car Congress

Chinese consumers led in their consideration of a plug-in vehicle purchase. Battery driving range was the top concern about plug-ins (73%), followed by charging stations (69%); reliability and serviceability (64%); and safety (64%). 82% of respondents consider a range per charge of less than 200 miles to be acceptable.

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At CES, legacy automakers scramble to keep up in AI arms race – ET Auto

Baua Electric

“We’re changing the IT infrastructure, we’re changing actually our manufacturing line so that we can use over-the-air updates in the manufacturing lines. We’re also changing how our dealers are doing it and everything,” Oestberg said. “We don’t have any know-how, even in Honda.”

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The worst thing about owning an electric vehicle in Australia isn’t getting any better. In fact, it’s getting worse | Opinion

EV Central

I know we’re all rushing to order our own BYD Atto3, Tesla Model 3 and Model Y, Kia EV6 or Hyundai Ioniq 5. READ MORE: Charging an electric vehicle in Australia is about to get easier READ MORE: Tesla begins unlocking Supercharger sites for all EVs READ MORE: EV charging while driving? In fact, it’s getting worse.

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Tesla’s biggest rival in China: an in-depth look at the $4,200 Wuling HongGuang Mini EV

Teslarati

Capable of a 62 MPH top speed and only around 75 and 110 miles of range per charge, the vehicle’s base model is available for a respectable $4,200. It’s no Tesla, but it did secure over 119,250 total sales in 2020 alone, making it the second best-selling EV in the Chinese market, trailing the Tesla Model 3. kWh battery.

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Budget-priced Renault 4 and 5 EVs likely for Australia

EV Central

Renault’s coming small EVs will deliver European style at Chinese prices… and they’re likely to make it to Australia. ” “Regarding the charging, we will have 11kW (AC) and we will have high-power (DC) charging up to 130kW. Styling is still the first reason to buy.”

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China EV maker Seres adjusts U.S. plan to fit reality

China EV

Several Chinese EV makers have recently scaled back their U.S. Like many Chinese automakers it started out with a very ambitious plan, and moved quickly. Taylor is not new to working for Chinese companies. This may be a tricky relationship given that Taylor is completely re-doing Seres’ U.S. market plans. operations.

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