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Elon Musk as soon as laughed at this Chinese language carmaker. He isn’t giggling now

Baua Electric

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been vocal about his awe for the Chinese language electrical car producers. Additionally, Musk has made it deny undisclosed that he recognizes the paintings ethic in China, particularly next Tesla opened its Giga Shanghai manufacturing unit within the nation in past due 2019.

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IDTechEx: despite efforts to reduces rare-earth use, percentage of permanent magnet-based EV motors rising

Green Car Congress

The new IDTechEx report “ Materials for Electric Vehicles 2020-2030 ” finds that in recent years, there has been an increased shift towards more permanent magnet-based motors: 2019 saw this increase to 82% compared to 79% in 2015. While these prices have settled, rare-earths also present environmental concerns.

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Tesla stock (TSLA) achieved 102% growth in 2023

Teslarati

Tesla stock ( NASDAQ:TSLA ) ended 2023 trading at $248.48 As observed by avid Tesla watchers on social media, TSLA stock closed out 2023 with a total gain of 101.7%. As observed by avid Tesla watchers on social media, TSLA stock closed out 2023 with a total gain of 101.7%.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk gives BYD EVs due credit: “Highly competitive these days”

Teslarati

Back in 2011, Tesla CEO Elon Musk was asked by Bloomberg about a potential rival in the electric vehicle space — China’s BYD. Musk laughed off the suggestion, noting that he did not really see BYD as a rival to Tesla. ” Musk said then, poking fun at the Chinese carmaker. “Have you seen their car?”

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Report: EV Electra aims to make Swedish-engineered Emily GT in Italy

Baua Electric

The Emily GT, an electric sedan prototype created by former Saab engineers in Sweden with Chinese funding, may see production in Italy under the auspices of a Canadian startup, reports Autocar. Development reportedly started in 2019, with the first prototypes reportedly being completed in 10 months.

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Global Top 20 - December 2020

EV Sales

Models: Tesla Model 3 three-peats in Record Year After a rough start of the year, the second half of 2020 has become a records fest, with 3 record months in the last 4, with December being one of them, with over half a million registrations. BEV) of 2019. share (4.9% BEV) , pulling the final 2020 plugin share to 4% (2.8%

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Remembering Lithium-Ion Battery Pioneer John Goodenough

Cars That Think

For that, he won a 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry , sharing the award with M. It later became the chemistry of choice for early electric cars including the 2008 Tesla Roadster. Today it is being employed by Chinese EV manufacturers including BYD , as well as by Ford , General Motors , and Tesla. Stanley Whittingham.