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Comment on New report reveals why Nio periodically gets into tricky situations and how it defuses them by RC

CN EV Post

Nio fumble and you can juice your return with the premium. Nio could take a hint and follow Xpeng's hiring of a true auto industry professional, not a marketing guru. Buy on dips and immediately write covered calls no more than a month out expiration date. You won't get left bag holding on the next 'what the fuuuuu.'

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Opinion: Hey VW, Electric Vehicles Are Not a Joke

Clean Fleet Report

One or two or sometimes more companies let their PR folks’ creative juices loose on a gag press release sent on April 1. The auto industry is not known as a second career for comedy writers. Taking Volkswagen to Task for Its April Fools Prank. It happens every year. Some get a chuckle; many more a groan.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

No less an auto industry titan as Ford has also made bidirectional charging a selling point of their F-150 Lightning electric truck, reportedly slated to roll off the lines this year. In case of power outage at home, the DC pins in the charger can send juice back into the house, keeping the lights on.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

In the 1990s, batteries had far less capacity than they do today, and for the small community of EV users, the prospect of running out of juice and becoming stranded was very real. And the auto industry had just canceled the battery EV. At the moment, the auto industry does not have a clear interest in V2G.

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Comment on Tesla regains global BEV crown over BYD in Q1 by John Hanna

CN EV Post

This is a waste of speculative juices. Because he, like every sharp observer, knows that Tesla , for all that it has succeeded in doing by way of innovation, leadership and support for the BEV sector as a whole, cannot convert the world's auto industry to BEV single-handedly. All this energy devoted to Tesla v.

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Domestic Tesla Model Y dominates the German EV market

Push EVs

Against this background, the auto market will struggle to see significant growth this year. There may be supply chain improvements compared to the past two years, which will help speed a backlog of long awaited orders through, juicing the volumes a bit compared to last year. Please join in the discussion in the comments section below.

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Electric two-wheeler sales surge to 935,000 units in FY2024 | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

When the FAME II subsidy was slashed from 40% to 15% in June 2023 , the Cassandras of the auto industry were quick to write off the EV industry. Kinetic Green jumps into 13 th place with 8,049 units, thanks to the over 2,300 units sold in March 2024, the acceleration coming from the recent launch of the E-Luna.

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