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A new luxury EV IPO from Geely is reportedly in the works

Teslarati

Geely, a Chinese auto group, is reportedly pursuing an initial public offering in the United States for its new luxury EV brand, Zeekr. For those unfamiliar, Geely is a Chinese auto group that controls many notable brands, including Volvo , Polestar, and Lotus , as well as countless Chinese brands, including Geely’s own Geely Motors.

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EC40, EX40, XC40… Has Volvo just reduced or increased its electric car naming confusion?

EV Central

This, says the Chinese-owned Swedish brand, makes it easier to understand where its smallest EVs sit in its all-electric line-up that is currently also inhabited by its latest EX30 SUV, large EX90 SUVs and the China-only EM90 people-mover. 2024 Volvo EC40.

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KPMG survey finds global auto execs ranking fuel efficiency the top consumer priority

Green Car Congress

Despite the apparent focus on electric power, seven in ten respondents to the KPMG survey say that the auto industry won’t be able to offer an electric vehicle that is as affordable as traditional fuel vehicles for mainstream buyers for at least four years.

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SAIC-GM-Wuling JV Launches New Boajun Passenger Car Brand

Green Car Congress

SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW), GM’s mini-commercial vehicle joint venture with SAIC and Wuling Motors, is launching the Baojun brand (Boajun is the Chinese word for “treasured horse”). The JV partners said that Baojun is being introduced to address the growing demand for affordable passenger cars in China. SAIC has a 50.1%

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Before we were saying it will be an awfully long time before we can get the costs down so people can afford it, but actually if you offset the fuel costs, people can afford it." ( Green Car Congress ). Reuters ) 1/8/07 Indefatigable auto entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin, no longer planning to import Chinese-made cars to the U.S.,

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