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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. 3, to the U.S.

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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

General Motors’ Impact debuted at the 1990 Los Angeles Auto Show. 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.

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

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

Baua Electric

Of the nearly 175-odd players in the fray, four OEMs in the form of two start-ups and two legacy players – Ola Electric, TVS Motor Co, Ather Energy and Bajaj Auto – stand out. Interestingly, other than Bajaj Auto, the other three have their EV manufacturing plants in Tamil Nadu. 3 player Ather Energy.

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Domestic Tesla Model Y dominates the German EV market

Push EVs

Germany, Europe’s single largest auto market, saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.5% Overall auto volume was 206,210 units, up by some 3% YoY, but still some 18% down from pre-2020 seasonal norms. The Tesla Model Y was the month’s bestselling plugin, and second overall auto (behind the VW Golf). year on year. February’s 21.5%

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