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Chinese-made cars account for one in five BEV sales in February in Europe | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

JATO’s data revealed that these vehicles were responsible for 61% of total sales in February 2024, in comparison to the 62% registered in February 2019. Chinese-made cars drive growth In Europe, sale of cars made in China saw the highest levels of year-on-year growth in February 2024 (+45%) and in January-February 2024 (+43%).

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Porsche’s all-new electric Macan will use batteries from China’s CATL

Baua Electric

In comparison, Porsche delivered 40,629 Taycan electric cars in 2023. According to a new report from Mobile China , Porsche’s new electric Macan will use batteries from leading Chinese battery supplier CATL. CATL also supplies Tesla, Ford, Hyundai, Toyota, Volvo, BMW, and others. share of the market through November 2023.

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Geely exports more than 100,000 vehicles in 2012; 164% year-on-year growth

Green Car Congress

According to figures released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), in the first eleven months of 2012 Chinese self-developed brands exported 470,000 passenger vehicles in total—with automotive manufacturers on average showing a 30% sales increase over 2011 figures.

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Netherlands May 2021

EV Sales

BEV), which is still down on last year result (25%), but already above with the 2019 score (15%), and expect this year result to continue growing throughout the year, as term of comparison, in May 2020, the YTD share was at 12%, which could mean that if witness another strong end of year peak, we could see the plugin share end North of 30%.Not

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

Green Car Congress

In late April 2015, Geely Auto deployed a first-of-its-kind fleet of 150 methanol-fueled taxis in the southern Chinese city of Guiyang in cooperation with the municipal government. Their results showed that in comparison with gasoline mode, CO emitted in methanol mode decreased 11.2%. —Wang et al.

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Forget Tesla! Polestar targets BMW and Mercedes-Benz as it hikes prices and aims upmarket in Australia with Polestar 3 and Polestar 4 SUVs, the Polestar 5 and the Polestar 6

EV Central

The Australian arm of the Swedish-Chinese electric car-maker Polestar has turned its back on Tesla as a rival, saying it won’t get into a discounting and pricing war with the EV market dominator. managing director Samantha Johnson was unconcerned about the sales advantage handed to Tesla. Also coming to Australia in 2024.

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Road Test: 2023 Polestar 2 Dual Motor Performance Plus

Clean Fleet Report

Polestar and Volvo were acquired by Geeley, a Chinese automobile company, in 2010. Polestar was founded in 1995 for the purpose of performance-tuning Volvos. Volvo brought them in-house in 2015 when Polestar badging appeared on Volvos, designating that performance was awaiting the driver.

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