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The $10,000 BYD Seagull EV is scaring the U.S. auto industry

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market, the company’s recent release of a city EV with a price tag under $10,000 has some worried for when it and other low-cost companies do. The automaker also reached a production milestone of 200,000 Seagull EV units in November. Although competitive Chinese automaker BYD isn’t yet slated to enter the U.S.

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China’s EV market hits its stride with 1-in-3 sales being electrified

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Tesla China roars back with 212% month-over-month production increase in May. Even with information on Chinese cars being inaccurate at times, looking at each of the top 10 most sold vehicles, only 3 had a base price over 30,000 USD, with the majority being sold in the low 20,000 dollar range or even as low as 4,000 (the Wuling Mini EV).

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GM Electrochemists Suggest Ongoing Investment in Both Battery and Fuel Cell Research; Connecting the Science with Vehicle Engineering

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With respect to next-generation approaches, the Li-sulfur system, which relies on the use of low-cost sulfur on the positive electrode, offers promising specific energy because of the potential for storage of 2 moles of lithium for every mole of sulfur, the authors note. Credit: ACS, Wagner et al. Click to enlarge. Wagner et al.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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BYD makes about 80% of Motorolas RAZR handsets, as well as batteries for iPods and iPhones and low-cost computers, including the model distributed by Nicholas Negropontes One Laptop per Child nonprofit based in Cambridge, Mass. operations are small - about 20 people work in a sales and marketing outpost in Elk Grove Village, Ill.,

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Senate Bill Seeks to Tariff Chinese Vehicles Out of Existence

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percent tariff, the changes would effectively make those products prohibitively expensive. manufacturing advocacy group urged Biden to block low-cost Chinese autos and parts from Mexico. For example, over half of the General Motors vehicles sold inside Mexico are actually assembled in China. On Friday, a U.S.

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