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EVs, influencers and riot police: Our man Iain Curry on the ground at the Beijing Motor Show

EV Central

My 2024 Beijing Motor Show gets off to an inauspicious start. The transfer bus takes three hours to move 50km, finding our entry gate adds another 60 minutes, I’m asked for my passport before being allowed near a much needed toilet, and why the hell are riot police with perspex shields at a motor show? No grille, no problem.

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Rivian is one of few pure EV makers that outsourced its electric motors

Teslarati

Tesla makes a lot of its components in-house, including its vehicles’ electric motors. Even Lucid Motors, which is still ramping the Air’s production ramp, has been proudly highlighting that its electric motors, which were also developed in-house, are amazingly compact and efficient. Credit: IHS Markit.

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Lucid Air price increases due to rising raw material costs & supply chain challenges

Teslarati

Lucid Motors announced a price increase for its Lucid Air product line after releasing its Q1 2022 financial results. In an 8-K SEC filing , Lucid shared a statement from CEO and CTA Peter Rawilson about the Air’s price increase. As the Lucid CEO confirmed, the Air’s new pricing will go into effect on June 1, 2022.

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Tesla Model 3 and Model Y receive latest round of price increases in US and China

Teslarati

The long range variants of the Tesla Model 3 sedan and Model Y crossover have received a $1,000 price adjustment in the United States. In China, select variants of the Model 3 and Model Y also received a price increase of RMB 10,000 (about $1,500). The Model Y Long Range Dual Motor, on the other hand, now starts at $59,990.

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Petrol can be cheaper than electric – if less than £1 per litre

My Energi

• The average electric car remains cheaper to run than an equivalent petrol car • Fuel prices would need to fall below £1 per litre to make petrol cars cheaper to run • Electric car registrations exceeded expectations in 2022, beating forecasts by 7% Despite the average price of petrol falling below £1.50 With fuel at £1.50

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Cupra Born to be priced about $60K; Tavascan, UrbanRebel confirmed for Australia

EV Central

litre four-cylinder turbo engine with an electric motor to make a combined 180kW. He says Cupra is aiming to sandwich itself between mainstream and luxury brands, with prices hovering around the $60K mark. “We The Cupra Born has been testing in Australia ahead of its 2023 arrival, with pricing expected around $60K.

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LKAB identifies Europe’s largest deposit of rare earth metals in Lapland; Per Geijer

Green Car Congress

This would be sufficient to meet a large part of the EU’s future demand for manufacturing the permanent magnets that are needed for electric motors in, among other things, electric vehicles and windpower turbines. to a couple of kilos per vehicle, depending on the size of the motor and permanent magnet.

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