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Big Auto is begging governments to let them go bankrupt as Chinese EVs loom

Electrek

Automakers are fiercely lobbying governments to water down already-compromised emissions rules, but doing so will only lead to their doom as market entrants that are serious about EVs will continue ramping them anyway.

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Big Auto is begging governments to let them go bankrupt as Chinese EVs loom

Baua Electric

Automakers are fiercely lobbying governments to water down already-compromised emissions rules, but doing so will only lead to their doom as market entrants that are serious about EVs will continue ramping them anyway. The auto industry is electrifying, and all new cars will be electric in the relatively near future. Namely: China.

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BYD wants to bring a Land Rover-style SUV that can ‘float on water’ to Europe

Baua Electric

Chinese EV behemoth BYD may bring two off-road electric SUVs sold in China to Europe that could rival the Land Rover Defender, the Mercedes G-Class, and Ford Bronco. BYD claims one can float on water for a full 30 minutes. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. tonne curb weight. BYD tripled its profits to $1.5

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A fully-electric 10,000 ton container ship has begun service equipped with over 50,000 kWh in batteries

Baua Electric

Chinese state-owned company COSCO Shipping has launched what it calls the “world’s largest” river-to-sea electric container ship. The Green Water 01 is a 10,000-ton+ fully electric vessel that sets a new benchmark in sustainability in the marine logistics industry. The Green Water 01 sails at a total length of 119.8

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Johnson Matthey to build CCM plant in China for PEM fuel cells and electrolyzers

Green Car Congress

Water flows into the CCM, where an iridium catalyst uses electrical energy to break water molecules into oxygen, protons and electrons. JM is one of China’s leading auto catalyst producers and platinum group metals traders and refiners, and a leading player across syngas and hydrogen fuel cells.

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Comment on Nio has held exploratory talks with Mercedes for tie-up, report says by Wayne Lewis

CN EV Post

Not even a Chinese automaker partnered with NIO on battery swapping, so your qualms about companies supposedly wanting to, but blaming it on them being “afraid of China and her foreign policies” hold little water. We could at least see the likes of Li Auto and XPeng partner with NIO on battery swapping, but we see the opposite.

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BorgWarner supplying turbochargers for first GDI engine designed by BYD Auto in China

Green Car Congress

BorgWarner is providing its leading turbocharging technology for BYD Auto’s 1.5-liter liter gasoline direct-injection (GDI) engine, the first developed in-house by a domestic Chinese company. BYD Auto recently launched the engine in its G6 sedan, the top-selling mid-sized sedan in China’s domestic market. liter engine.

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