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The BMW iX1 Now On Sale in South Africa!

CleanTechnica EVs

The all-electric BMW iX1 is now on sale in South Africa. It joins the growing list of battery electric vehicles now available from BMW for consumers in South Africa to buy, adding onto the MINI Cooper SE (which is the most affordable BEV in South Africa at the moment), the […]

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Ora’s Good Cat Said To Be Coming To South Africa This Year

CleanTechnica EVs

Compared to similar markets around the world, South Africa has a small selection of electric vehicle models available for consumers to buy. For a very long time, the only BEV that was available for consumers in South Africa to buy was the BMW […].

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SolarTaxi Adds The XPeng G3 To Its Growing Range Of EV Models For Sale & Leasing In Ghana!

CleanTechnica EVs

In many markets, there are only a few models available for consumers to buy. In South Africa, for example, the BMW i3 was for a very long time the only full electric vehicle available on the market. One of the best ways to accelerate adoption of electric vehicles is just to make them available. Right […].

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IHS Automotive forecasts global production of plug-in vehicles to rise by 67% this year

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The Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region will account for the largest share of production at more than 40%, with the Americas and Asia-Pacific each making up about 30%. At the same time, European automakers are introducing compelling new EV models, such as the BMW i3. share for PEVs in the global market this year.

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Three perspectives on China’s EV industry (spoiler alert: legacy brands are toast) – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

As he sees it, the prevailing narrative in the West is that China’s advances in EV manufacturing are somehow illegitimate, the products of a government that has unfairly subsidized its auto industry while forcing its citizens to buy its domestic products. Volkswagen, Renault and BMW export “huge numbers” of made-in-China EVs to Europe.

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Rejoice: The Tipping Point Has Been Reached! 

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But even the industry’s laggards, like BMW, want to produce 50% BEVs by 2030, pointing in the direction of continuous growth of the industry. None of the nations in Southeast Asia, Africa, or Latin America has achieved the transition. It turns out that automakers too experience tipping points. The Tipping Points.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

More from Fortune No party for Citis owners: You and me Is it time to buy American Express? Wang entered the automobile business in 2003 by buying a Chinese state-owned car company that was all but defunct. Berkshire Hathaway first tried to buy 25% of BYD, but Wang turned down the offer. " One more thing reassured him.

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