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Tesla Model Y 7-seater option gets $500 price increase

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As of this writing, the Tesla Model 3 Highland RWD starts at RMB 245,900, while the Dual-Motor AWD costs RMB 285,900 before options. Tesla maintains a good position in China’s electric vehicle auto industry through its competitive prices. Meanwhile, the Model Y RWD’s price dropped from RMB 266,400 to RMB 306,400.

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Volkswagen faces mounting pressure from Tesla and BYD

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Volkswagen faces mounting pressure to keep up with Tesla and Chinese automakers in the transition to battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), and its success in doing so could have major implications. The auto industry is faced with the question of whether and how we will be a global leader in the future,” Baerbock said at the event. “The

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Reuters ) 1/8/07 Indefatigable auto entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin, no longer planning to import Chinese-made cars to the U.S., But, he says, what no one yet knows is whether people would buy a plug-in flex fuel Camry or Highlander. Well certainly be careful not to announce anything that we cannot deliver."

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