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BYD signs deal to supply 5,000 EVs to UK car rental firm Octopus EV over 3 years

CN EV Post

The initial order will include the BYD Atto 3, which will be available under the so-called Salary Sacrifice program. BYDDY.US | BYD HK (Image credit: BYD) BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDY), which just last week officially announced its entry into the UK passenger car market, has signed a purchase agreement with a local car rental company.

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Adamas: BEVs responsible for 91% of all passenger EV battery capacity deployed in June 2019

Green Car Congress

In June 2019, battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were responsible for 91% of all passenger electrified vehicle battery capacity deployed globally (in GWh) versus just 84% in June 2018, according to Adamas Intelligence’s latest ‘ EV Battery Capacity Monthly ’ report. In total, Adamas data indicates that 6.1

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Huawei says upcoming Luxeed S7 EV is ‘superior to Tesla’s Model S’

Teslarati

The Luxeed S7 will be unveiled in the Chinese market in late November, according to a statement from the head of Huawei’s car department, Richard Yu Chengdong, in a report from the South China Morning Post. Based in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui, Chery has also announced a major shift to EVs, even founding subsidiary Jetour in 2018.

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China’s largest carmaker to cut thousands of jobs at its joint ventures with GM and Volkswagen

Baua Electric

3 electric car (Source: SAIC-VW) Amid an intense price war and lost market share to BYD and Tesla, China’s state-owned automaker SAIC Motor is reportedly making drastic job cuts this year at its joint ventures with General Motors and Volkswagen and at its EV unit – with mass layoffs a rare move for a China-owned company. SAIC-VW ID.3

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Didi Chuxing sets up JV with China EV maker BAIC-BJEV; next-gen connected car systems; Transportation Brain

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DiDi started partnership programs with automakers and fleet operators in 2016, and launched the DiDi Auto Alliance, an industry-chain partnership network in April 2018. In late December 2018, Jinan Transportation Brain, a partnership between DiDi and Jinan city’s transportation authorities, went into full operation.

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Adamas: average EV sold in 2019 H1 contained 52% more LCE than the average EV sold a year prior

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From 2018 H1 through 2019 H1, the growing popularity of long-range BEVs with high-capacity batteries resulted in a 52% increase in the amount of lithium carbonate and lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) deployed globally per EV, from 7.7 GWh in 2019 H1, more than its three closest competitors combined (BYD, BJEV, Nissan). kg to 11.7

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The Ford Focus is over, and so are thousands of jobs

Baua Electric

BYD was reported to be among the companies interested, but the Chinese automaker has since announced it is opening its first European plant in Hungary. But Ford pulled the plug on European sales in 2017, and 2018 in the US due to weak sales.

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