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Big Auto is begging governments to let them go bankrupt as Chinese EVs loom

Baua Electric

The auto industry is electrifying, and all new cars will be electric in the relatively near future. But wait, maybe it’s not a compulsion against all regulation. Chinese EVs will grow, whether you like it or not China is actually a little late to the EV party. The compulsion against regulation is pathological.

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Toyota says it would rather buy credits than ‘waste’ money on EVs

Baua Electric

As the car industry’s largest hybrid pusher, Toyota says it is better positioned to just buy credits to close the EPA gap rather than “waste” money on BEVs, its CEO said. The brand has been a huge champion of hybrids all along, and sells just one EV for each of its two US brands, the Toyota bZ4X and Lexus RZ450e crossovers.

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Tesla ships more vehicles from China to North America

Teslarati

Tesla is shipping another batch of vehicles from China to North America as a second ship packed with all-electric cars built at Gigafactory Shanghai is on its way to Canada. Instead, it is given to any person who buys an EV, regardless of where it is built. Update: 1:41 PM EDT: Para 3 updated for accuracy.

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Global EV sales are ‘robust’ – more than 1 in 5 cars sold in 2024 will be electric

Baua Electric

More than 1 in 5 cars sold globally this year is expected to be electric, with surging demand projected over the next decade, says a new International Energy Agency (IEA) report. The number of EVs sold globally in Q1 2024 is roughly equivalent to that in all of 2020. In the US, roughly 1 in 9 cars sold are projected to be electric.

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This $40,000 Alibaba drone can carry a passenger, but would you risk it?

Baua Electric

But now thanks to some enterprising Chinese engineers – or perhaps garage tinkerers – I don’t have to imagine it anymore. Most of the fun electric vehicles I find for the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column seem largely harmless. Now the only question is, how brave are you?

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I’ve driven the Tesla killer – and it’s not what you think it is | Opinion

EV Central

Elon Musk has announced that Tesla owners will now be able to proudly display the country of origin of their cars, via a new programmable rear-light cluster, the software for which will be automatically uploaded to all of the company’s vehicles globally this week. Nor would I buy one. It’s an enticing prospect.

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Say it ain’t so: BMW, Volkswagen, and Renault take aim at Europe’s ICE ban

Baua Electric

The heads of BMW, Volkswagen, and Renault have spoken out against European Union’s emission targets in recent days, arguing that the phase-out rules put too much pressure on the industry and that consumers aren’t buying EVs fast enough. Photo: BMW If you’re an electric vehicle owner, charge up your car at home with rooftop solar panels.

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