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BMW introduces electric 3 Series for Chinese market

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The BMW Group continues to broaden its portfolio of electrically powered vehicles with the addition of the fully electric BMW 3 Series, which will enter the Chinese market in May 2022. Fine tuning of the BMW i3 eDrive35L’s suspension systems to Chinese road conditions has been carried out by the BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd.

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Volkswagen releases design sketch for ID.AERO fully-electric sedan; Chinese market first

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AERO concept vehicle, a fully-electric limousine planned for the Chinese automobile market. AERO concept is expected to go on sale in the Chinese automobile market in the second half of 2023. The corresponding production model for the North American and European market will be presented in 2023.

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43% Plugin Vehicle Market Share In China — March 2024 Sales Report

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Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, with plugins scoring 743,000 sales (in a 1.7-million-unit million-unit overall market). Breaking down plugin sales. continued] The post 43% Plugin Vehicle Market Share In China — March 2024 Sales Report appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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33% Plugin Vehicle Market Share In China — February 2024 Sales Report

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Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, even in the slowest month of the year — due to the Chinese New Year celebrations. Due to the fact that festivities occurred this year in February, and last year they were in January, the market had an apparently.

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Booming Chinese EV Market, $7 Billion For Solar From Biden, Tesla Updates Galore — Top News of the Week

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China just reached 43% of new car sales being plugin cars! Full electrics (BEVs) accounted for 28% market share. continued] The post Booming Chinese EV Market, $7 Billion For Solar From Biden, Tesla Updates Galore — Top News of the Week appeared first on CleanTechnica. Check out all the top stories here!

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USA Pulls Mexico Into Its Anti-Chinese EVs Policies

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There’s no doubt about it: China saw that the future of the car market was electric and zoomed far into lead. It has accounted for more than half of global electric car sales, and aside from Tesla, the biggest electric car producers in the world are Chinese. Despite being late.

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Chinese lithium prices hit records as EV sales take off; nickel at 7-year high

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Chinese lithium carbonate prices soared in 2021, due to a surge in demand for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in the country, according to the end-of-year analysis by Benchmark Minerals Intelligence. Transacted prices in China began to breach the RMB 200,000/tonne mark in November—a historical milestone for lithium pricing.

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