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Now that’a a BIG statement! MG promises IM Motors electric luxury IM5 and IM6 will be the most “advanced cars anyone will be able to buy in Australia this year”.

EV Central

MG is launching its IM Motors electric luxury sub-brand in Australia with two models, five variants and rhetoric thats super-heated even by the standards of auto industry marketing spiel. Only founded in December 2020, its first concepts were presented at the Shanghai auto show in 2021 and its first model went on-sale in 2022.

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How Close Are Humanoid Robots to Replacing Auto Workers?

The Truth About Cars

There has been a rash of articles this year pertaining to how the automotive industry has begun testing humanoid robots. We likewise see a gradual decline in the number of assembly jobs since the automotive sector became the first industry to both develop and implement robotic arms at factories (e.g. General Motors Unimate).

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Visting Shanghai Now: It’s a Blue-Sky, App-Based Life

Baua Electric

I have the advantage of speaking Chinese, even if my reading abilities are limited, but for most visitors, this shift will prove challenging. For decades, the areas along Suzhou Creek housed Shanghais industry, which moved outside the city in the 1980s, leaving behind run-down warehouses and a polluted waterway.

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Comment on Tesla hikes price of long-range Model 3 in China by $1,400, offers improved range and performance by 渡海

CN EV Post

Tesla began offering the Acceleration Boost option in China in 2020, which reduces the 0-100 km/h acceleration time of the Model 3 long-range all-wheel drive version from 4.6 This change appears to be Tesla making the previously optional Acceleration Boost package, priced at RMB 14,100, a standard feature for the long-range Model 3.

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Roskill: rare earth magnet applications to account for ~40% of total RE demand by 2030, up from 29% in 2020

Green Car Congress

Roskill expects that rare earth permanent magnet applications represented 29% of total demand in 2020—the largest single end use—consuming a mixture of neodymium (Nd), praseodymium (Pr), dysprosium (Dy), along with other elements used at fillers such as cerium (Ce) and gadolinium (Gd).

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LME copper prices hit 7-year high

Green Car Congress

On 4 December 2020, the LME cash price hit its highest level since March 2013, closing at US$7,742/t. (By Copper has charted an unlikely trajectory through 2020, notes Roskill. Copper prices since 1 Jan 2020. Underlying Chinese consumption is actually performing much better than most analysts believe, Roskill said.

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Toyota, 5 Chinese companies establish R&D JV for commercial vehicle fuel cell systems in China

Green Car Congress

Toyota Motor and five Chinese OEMs—China FAW Corporation Limited (FAW); Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFM); Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Plans call for FCRD to be established in Beijing during 2020. GAC Group); Beijing Automotive Group Co., BAIC Group); and Beijing SinoHytec Co., SinoHytec’s YHTG80 80 kW fuel cell system.

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