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The révolution is on: France has record year in EV sales

Baua Electric

According to French auto industry group Plateforme automobile and reported by RFI , 26% of new cars sold in France were battery electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles, amounting to 1,774,729 new cars. Plug-in hybrids present 9% of the sales, according to the report. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Changan's NEV brand Shenlan aims for 200,000 sales this year

CN EV Post

The brand unveiled its first SUV, the Shenlan S7, a similar model to the Tesla Model Y crossover, on March 5, with pricing information yet to be announced. I think the whole industry will be sustainable only if there is a value war," he said. The offer was valid from March 10 to March 31 and was limited to 10,000 units.

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Volkswagen faces mounting pressure from Tesla and BYD

Teslarati

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. Volkswagen had just around 145,000 sales. Volkswagen’s Scout to build $40K electric SUV in South Carolina What are your thoughts?

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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. The latest example of Orwellian Newspeak comes from GM, which touted “another year of firsts” in its US Q4 and Full-Year Sales report.

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China’s JAC plans Aussie push with EV ute benchmarked against Rivian R1T

EV Central

To be distributed in Australia by independent BLK Auto, JAC has already commenced sales here with the N55EV electric van and will follow with the turbo diesel T9 Hunter dual cab ute in mid-2023. JAC will roll out right-hand drive SUVs the same year, while passenger cars will follow after that. 2023 JAC JS6 SUV.

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Ford and Zotye forming JV in China for EVs; Ford’s third JV in the country

Green Car Congress

Zotye Ford plans to build a dedicated product research and development center as well as its own sales and services network. The all-electric vehicles produced by the JV will be sold under a new Chinese brand designed to meet Chinese consumers’ aspirations for electric vehicles. —Peter Fleet.

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Regulatory filing: VW ID.7 coming to China

CN EV Post

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology today announced the latest batch of models that will soon be allowed to be sold, and the ID.7 The Chinese public can submit feedback between April 12 and April 18. series models on sale are the ID.4 7 from FAW-Volkswagen is included. The new ID.7 FAW-Volkswagen's ID.

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