BMW Cheap Chinese Tech 
EV Central
APRIL 29, 2024
Chinese battery-making giant CATL has launched its new Shenxing Plus battery at the Beijing motor show claiming it’s capable of adding as much as 600km of range after a short 10-minute charge and delivering a driving range of more than 1000km. Has Stellantis cracked the code for super-cheap EVs that will undercut ICE?
Baua Electric
MARCH 6, 2024
Possible “remedies” on the table include retroactive tariffs on Chinese EVs. Back in October 2023, Europe launched its formal investigation into the Chinese EV industry, as European companies are struggling to compete with the cheap, high-tech Chinese imports, made by low-cost labor, entering the European Union.
EV Central
DECEMBER 28, 2022
To continue the earlier theme, I’m looking forward to driving three new Chinese EV entries to the Australian market, all of them potentially offering outstanding value for money. Stephen Corby: BMW i4. Yes, my best drive in an EV this year was, without question, the BMW i4 Gran Coupe. John Carey: Renault Megane E-Tech.
EV Central
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
Audi RS models – performance flagships set to pick up plug-in hybrid tech as early as 2021. Avatar E11 – a new brand with big dreams, Avatar has input from Huawei and CATL and is the product of Chinese car maker Changan. BMW iX1 – EV version of the X1 confirmed by 2023. Audi RS e-Tron GT. Due November 2021.
EV Central
JANUARY 6, 2024
Known as the Lightning Cat overseas, the sleek five-door from Chinese maker GWM is yet to be definitively confirmed for Australia. There will be single-motor front-drive and dual-motor all-wheel drive models available and a lengthy list of tech that includes remote connectivity and dual 12.3-inch GWM Ora Sport GWM Ora Sport.
EV Central
JANUARY 2, 2023
It won’t be cheap, but Audi’s e-Tron GT and its more potent RS e-Tron GT sibling promise big performance. The recently-arrived X1 compact SUV will soon spawn an EV sibling in the form of the BMW iX1. It’s all about tech and trinkets in the electric version of the 7-Series limousine. READ MORE: Best EVs of 2022. Hyundai Kona EV.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid. The E6 will hit the Chinese market later this year. tech industry during the 1990s. The deal, which is awaiting final approval from the Chinese government, didnt get much notice at the time.
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