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BYD to Chinese Auto Industry: "Demolish the Old Legends" in the EV Race

The Truth About Cars

Though enormous, BYD isn’t satisfied with dominating its home market and wants the rest of the Chinese electric auto industry to come with it. Though it’s behind Tesla in global sales, BYD is king in China. The Chinese giant is one of the world’s busiest EV automakers, with almost 1.9 million units manufactured in 2022.

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GM’s rosy year-end figures obscure the fact that legacy automakers are in deep trouble – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Duplicitous doublespeak has become de rigueur dialect in the auto industry. “We We strongly believe in EVs,” say auto dealers as they support efforts to slow the EV transition. Hyundai/Kia and the Chinese certainly aren’t waiting. Tesla, which doesn’t break out sales by region, produced over 1,800,000 globally.)

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

Green Car Congress

Fuel efficiency, safety innovation, and vehicle styling will be the three most important product issues influencing automotive consumer purchase decisions over the next five years, indicating a perceived shift in buying priorities, according to the 12 th annual global automotive survey conducted by KPMG LLP. Investments.

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

Baua Electric

Jeremiads lamenting China’s takeover of the global auto industry are everywhere these days. Each reaches basically the same conclusion: the global non-Chinese automakers will never be able to catch up unless they radically change their corporate mindsets. Three recent accounts stand out from the pack.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

As a subscriber, you can receive our free weekly China Auto News, which keeps you informed the latest developments of Chinas automobile industry. As a subscriber, you can receive our free weekly China Auto News, which keeps you informed the latest developments of Chinas automobile industry.

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2025-2035: Rewriting The Automotive History

Get Electric Vehicle

A recent report from the Environmental Defense Fund indicates that electric vehicle sales volumes are growing at a rapid pace, signalling an epochal shift in the auto industry over the next decade. Also, Global EV sales quadrupled in 2019, while sales in the United States established new highs. Hyundai-Kia.

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Electric Car Watch #1: Electric Car Disruption will destroy ICE Car Market | ? ?

Plug In India

This week’s episode is mostly an introduction to this series and some of our thoughts on the global electric car scene. Unfortunately, car companies in India like Maruti, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Renault, Kia, and Volkswagen have not launched even a single electric car. This is a global phenomenon.