EV Central

JUNE 4, 2024

Just days after Volkswagen said it would go it alone and produce its cheap €20,000 ($A32,500) EV without any help, Renault has announced that it has already found a new Chinese partner to help it create its low-cost Renault Twingo. 1, plus at least two entry-level EVs that are being readied by Hyundai and Kia. The post Twingo is GO!

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EV Central

JUNE 4, 2024

Announcing the cheap Jeep at a recent Bernstein investor conference, Tavares said the new $25k model would draw influence from the €20,000 ($A32,500) Citroen e-C3 the firm is currently developing for the European market, and that the same engineering tricks and component sourcing insights will dramatically lower the cost of the incoming SUV.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Widely seen as a French fight back against the influx of cheap Chinese imports in Europe, when it lands the next-gen Renault Twingo is primed to cost less than €20,000 ($A33,000) before subsidies – around $5000 cheaper than the current BYD Dolphin in Australia. 2 and at least two affordable rivals from the Hyundai and Kia.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Avatar E11 – a new brand with big dreams, Avatar has input from Huawei and CATL and is the product of Chinese car maker Changan. BYD – Chinese car maker (the name means Build Your Dreams) has huge plans for Australia, including a range of SUVs and a sports sedan. It’ll be on sale in 2025, possibly as the A9 e-Tron.

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EV Central

JANUARY 6, 2024

Known as the Lightning Cat overseas, the sleek five-door from Chinese maker GWM is yet to be definitively confirmed for Australia. Due here in the second half of 2024, the compact electric SUV shares an architecture with other EVs from the Stellantis stables (including the Peugeot e-2008 and Citroen DS3 E-Tense). Polestar 4 Polestar 4.

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EV Sales

MARCH 22, 2021

For example, with increasing evidence of genocidal Chinese government towards Uyghur residents, including forced labor camps, the lack of transparency regarding whether any Chinese EVs benefit from such labor prompts me to deduct 1 production point from China (out of ~25 it had earned). Globally ~14k Ioniq BEVs were sold.

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