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

The Truth About Cars

Build Your Dreams, or BYD, is likely one of the largest companies you’ve never heard of. 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. The Chinese giant is one of the world’s busiest EV automakers, with almost 1.9

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LG Energy Solutions & Hyundai team up for battery plant in the United States

Teslarati

LG Energy Solutions (LGES) and Hyundai teamed up to build a battery cell manufacturing plant in the United States. Hyundai Motor Group is focusing on its electrification efforts to secure a leadership position in the global auto industry. manufacturing facilities producing Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis EV models.

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Big DEED turnout in Dayton 

Electric Auto Association

Interest In EVs accelerates in Ohio BY TIM BENFORD: PRESIDENT OF DRIVE ELECTRIC DAYTON, PAST VICE-PRESIDENT OF ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION. We also had two private Kia Soul EV s on display and a Nissan LEAF. Perhaps the biggest surprise for the crowd was the late entry of a rare Polestar 2.

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Forget the Milano EV – Alfa Romeo changes name to something non-Italian-sounding

Baua Electric

This whole name drama started last week when Italy’s industry minister Adolfo Urso slammed Stellantis for the decision to build the EV at the company’s Tychy plant in Poland , saying if it’s not made in Italy, it doesn’t get to carry an Italian-sounding name, citing false advertising. “A FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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June 2023 – Tesla Model Y was the best selling car in Sweden

Push EVs

Sweden’s June auto market saw plugin EVs take 59.2% Overall auto volume was 28,283 units, up some 9% YoY, though still below pre-2020 norms. 4, and the Kia EV6 took third. They can build on this foundation with more BEV models in the future. share, up from 55.1% year on year. June’s result saw EVs take 59.2%

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Welcome to the Year of the EV—Whatever It Will Be

Clean Fleet Report

The impact on the auto industry, particularly the still growing electric sector, could be profound. A bigger concern for industry is the impact of the pandemic on the supply chain, which has throttled back the capability of building modern cars. There may be no more “return to normal” or even a semi-normal.

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2022 Rivian R1T: a real pickup truck makes an impressive debut

Charged EVs

The startup carmaker Rivian was founded a decade ago by RJ Scaringe, but it didn’t go public with its electric pickup truck and SUV until the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show. Instead, it’s aiming to build an authentic-truck brand among what we suspect are current buyers of Land Rovers, top-end GMCs and German luxury trucks. The next Tesla?

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