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Nissan, Frost & Sullivan study finds 37% of Southeast Asian consumers open to buying EV

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Along with the release of the study, Nissan announced that the new LEAF will go on sale in seven markets in Asia and Oceania during the next fiscal year: Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand. Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam are most evolved in their understanding with BEVs. Source: Nissan.

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Extinguishing the EV Battery Fire Hype

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For instance, a deadly building fire in Hanoi, Vietnam, in September reportedly became the subject of unsubstantiated rumors. Cars catch fire. Electric vehicles are no exception. In the U.S., On the other hand, pure electric vehicles (meaning those powered only by batteries) were involved in just 25 fires per 100,000 sold. Yet, says, Paul A.

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2022 Los Angeles Auto Show Review

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No on sale date or pricing has been announced. No on sale date or pricing has been announced. Pricing will be released just before going on sale in spring 2023. Not all were, of course, as there is still plenty of interest around gasoline-propelled cars, SUVs and trucks. 2024 Fiat 500e EV. Back and better in the USA.

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Earth Day 2024: each day is about reducing emissions | Autocar Professional

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That year was the height of counterculture in the United States, it witnessed the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ War raged in Vietnam and students across the US overwhelmingly opposed it. million units which constituted around 16% of global car sales.

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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8

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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8 The First Car Vietnamese Car Comes To North America When Vietnam’s largest company, the VinGroup, announced in 2017 they were entering the automobile manufacturing business, it probably didn’t get too much notice. For when not at home, VinFast has developed a Plug & Charge feature.

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Skoda’s global sales rise 18.5% in 2023 to 866,800 cars | Autocar Professional

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Klaus Zellmer, Skoda Auto CEO, said: “Growing demand across our model lines confirms our strategy of offering customers their choice of combustion, purely electric and hybrid powertrains during the transition to ever more e-mobility, with an upcoming portfolio of six new all-electric models starting with the Elroq later this year.

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