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Gigantic Chinese Nio ET9 electric car guns for German limos with advanced battery tech that adds 255km in less than five minutes

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China’s Nio has pulled the drapes off the Nio ET9 it hopes will steal sales from luxurious European brands Mercedes-Maybach, Bentley and, even, Rolls-Royce when it lands in China in 2025 priced from 800,000 yuan ($165,000).

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Lotus claims it will be first pure EV sports car brand

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British-Chinese sports car specialists Lotus is confident it will win the race to become the first mainstream sports car manufacturer to offer an all-electric product range. While the ICE-powered Emira is only now going into production, the company insists it will never again green-light anything other than an electric vehicle for production.

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Volkswagen again reaffirms 20 new PEV models coming across the Group; MEB development

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In his remarks at the Annual Media Conference, where the Group presented 2015 results, Matthias Müller, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, said that 2016 will be a year of transition for Volkswagen, and will also see the accelerated transformation of the company. The operating return on sales decreased to –1.9 (6.3)%.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

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2021 Is Here: Here Are the Top 10 Electric Car Companies. It’s a robust list of a variety of models–the majority of which are focused on the hot crossover segment–with total sales of more than 150,000 from six major automaker groups. We update this list regularly because the market is changing so quickly.

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Volkswagen Group to invest €51.6B over next five years; seeking to make itself future-proof

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The ratio of capital expenditure to sales revenue will be at a competitive level of around 6% on average in the period 2011 to 2015. These companies will invest a total of €10.6 These companies will invest a total of €10.6 This amount will be funded in full from the cash flow generated by the Chinese joint ventures.

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Best EVs of 2022: Our verdict on the new electric cars of the year

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Tesla briefly entered the list of top sellers, with the Model Y also topping the SUV sales charts in September. Throw in one of the best sound systems of any new car – that includes Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Mercedes-Benz, etc – and you have a tempting package that plays in the EV sweet spot. Bruce Newton: BYD Atto 3.

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New EV electric car calendar

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Aptera – US-based company claims to have created the world’s most efficient vehicle with the three-seat F1-inspired Aptera. No Australian plans yet, with the company focusing on America first then Europe. It’ll be on sale in 2025, possibly as the A9 e-Tron. Arriving 2022. Chery has big plans for Australia.