The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Tesla's Influence on Charging Standards Tesla's NACS, known for its efficiency, is gaining traction among various automakers, suggesting a move towards an industry-wide standard. Mercedes-Benz, Mini, Nissan, and Polestar/Volvo: These manufacturers plan to introduce NACS in 2025, along with adapters for current models.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2013

Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and Nissan Motor Co., Together, Daimler, Ford and Nissan have more than 60 years of cumulative experience developing FCEVs. The goal of the collaboration is to develop jointly a common fuel cell electric vehicle system while reducing investment costs associated with the engineering of the technology.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 16, 2021

I wrote a piece last week on US electric vehicle sales in the 2nd quarter of 2021. The unfortunate thing for those of us who would like to see Europe-level EV sales as quickly as possible is that non-Tesla EV sales in the US are quite pitiful. Of course, some pure-Tesla fans are happy about […].

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CN EV Post

APRIL 12, 2023

The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) announced on April 11 the top selling models and car companies in China in March, presenting a panoramic view of the Chinese auto industry. 10 BMW Brilliance 58,320 42,623 36.8% 13 Dongfeng Nissan 49,416 67,821 -27.1% 8 BMW Brilliance 164,429 168,707 -2.5%

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Comparing the 3rd quarter of 2021 to the 3rd quarter of 2020, US Tesla sales were up 67% while overall US auto sales were down 13%. Compared to 2019, the difference was even more stark — Tesla sales were up 104% and US auto sales were down 22%.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

BMW and Toyota are consistent leaders in sustainable value. The BMW Group and Toyota are consistent industry leaders, creating extremely positive Sustainable Value over the entire review period—i.e., Findings of the report include: Toyota and the BMW Group are industry leaders. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

The leaders are Nissan, General Motors, BMW, and upstart Tesla, all of whom have developed purpose-built plug-in cars. The followers are most of the large players in the global industry, who largely adapt existing cars to plug-in powertrains in smaller.'

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EV Central

JANUARY 9, 2024

Sales figures released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries showed its was relatively new brands leading the way with electric car sales – with Tesla accounting for 53 percent of all EV sales. percent industry average. BYD, Tesla and MG accounted for 74 percent of a record 87,217 EVs sold in Australia in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2016

The auto industry is divided on the issue. While Tesla won’t be involved in second life, BMW, Nissan and Mercedes Benz have second-life stationary storage projects in place. In contrast, repurposing used EV batteries could cost as little as $49/kWh in 2018, with an additional $400/kWh cost to convert to stationary.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 4, 2023

They could also help push the overall electric vehicle industry forward. “In to include other major brands such as BMW, Ford, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, and Toyota. In 2023, Tinucci successfully negotiated deals with other EV manufacturers to expand access to Tesla’s charging network across the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2020

Joining BMW, Ford and FCA in suspension of production in the US due to COVID-19 ( earlier post ) are: Toyota is temporarily suspending production at all of its automobile and components plants in North America, including Canada, Mexico and the US, through 3 April. Tesla will suspend production at its Fremont plant on 23 March.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Income tax relief proposals were mentioned during a meeting earlier in October by International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali. As of September 2020, only the Nissan LEAF, the Mini Electric, BMW i3, and Porsche Taycan were available for purchase. The current market for electric vehicles in Malaysia is small.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 12, 2024

We evaluated partial automation systems from BMW, Ford, General Motors, Genesis, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Tesla and Volvo,” IIHS President David Harkey said. The GMC Sierra and Nissan Ariya are both available with partial automation systems that earn marginal ratings. Images: BMW Group] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2018

Despite the encouraging results, the issues faced by the industry including the diesel crisis and Brexit had a negative impact on growth, which slowed down to just 3.1%—a Disappointing results for December represented the lowest registrations for the month in five years, which indicates that the industry could be slowing down.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2019

FCA’s evolving capability in autonomous driving, which includes partnerships with Waymo, BMW and Aptiv, is complemented by Groupe Renault’s decade of experience in EV technology where it is the highest selling EV OEM in Europe. Groupe Renault also has a well-established and profitable financing business (RCI Banque).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2016

Under the leadership of the charging station operator Allego, the project Fast-E brings together nine companies in the industry, including three charging station operators (RWE Effizienz, enviaM and Allego) as well as four car manufacturers (Volkswagen AG, BMW AG, Renault SAS, Nissan Center EUROPE), DB Energie GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn and (..)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2012

Industry involvement. There is heavy involvement from industry and government in the effort. Auto OEMs participating include Audi; BMW; Chrysler; Coda; Daimler; Fisker; Ford; GM; Honda; Mitsubishi; Nissan; Phoenix; and Toyota. Other infrastructure companies include Better Place, NRG Energy and Southern California Edison.

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Teslarati

MARCH 30, 2022

From BMW to Ford, to GM and Stellantis, every major automotive company suffered substantial losses in deliveries year-over-year. Other considerable losses came from Nissan (-41.3%), Honda, (-30.6%), Subaru and Ford (-27.6%), and BMW (-23.9%). Tesla was an anomaly in this category when compared to other major automakers.

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Teslarati

JULY 26, 2023

The report states General Motors, Stellantis, Hyundai , along with its affiliate Kia, Honda, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz, will all establish a new conglomeration to set up an expansive network of EV chargers. I’d love to hear from you! If you have any comments, concerns, or questions, please email me at joey@teslarati.com.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The growth comes as domestic automakers like Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, and Mazda lag behind the market. Meanwhile, Tesla’s Model Y topped the RAV4 and Corolla for the best-selling car title globally last year as the industry shifts to EVs. Domestic automakers like Toyota and Nissan dominate the region’s auto sales.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 18, 2021

I just published a report highlighting the fact that Tesla’s US sales have been growing as the overall auto market has tanked, and I also published one looking at companies’ EV share of auto sales (Tesla being at 100%, of course). I nearly closed all my Google Sheets and left the topic of US EV […].

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Teslarati

MARCH 13, 2023

Consumers are expecting the price war to wage on, which would catalyze further cuts throughout the industry, the firm said: “We gauge a full-blown price war would urge consumers to stay sidelined and await more promotions/discounts to come. This might pinch the sales resurgence and order-intake that should supposedly pickup in March.”

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Teslarati

APRIL 15, 2021

Eventually, the Tesla Roadster would be joined by Matchbox versions of sustainable cars from companies like Nissan, Toyota, and BMW. “We are unveiling a concept car, just like the real car industry does. Matchbox is one of the toy industry’s veterans , having been established almost 70 years ago.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

It wasn’t that long ago that many bigwigs in the auto industry didn’t see Tesla ever being more than a niche automaker. Therefore, it is enough for Tesla to now surpass large well-established brands like VW, BMW, Subaru, and Mazda. Tesla (TSLA) has reportedly grown its deliveries by 25% in the US last year to now hold a 4.2%

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2018

This is a huge drop, but it was somewhat expected across the automotive industry. Other market share winners included Hyundai-Kia and BMW Group, whose BMW brand was the best-selling premium brand, following a lower monthly decline at 7.4% Other makers that also lost traction included Renault-Nissan and FCA.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Yet, with similar focuses on EV marketing coming from around the industry, the deal certainly isn’t without precedent. Mid last year, BMW unveiled its EV commercial series featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger, whereby the famed bodybuilder dressed as the Greek god, Zeus, showing off the German brand’s newest electric models.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2016

Just six large carmakers will account for 90% of the battery demand: Tesla, BYD, Volkswagen, General Motors (GM), Renault-Nissan and BMW. Volkswagen will show the most growth as it focuses on plug-ins following its emissions scandal, while Toyota will continue to lag in plug-in sales as it focuses more on hybrids and fuel cells.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2013

Following the acquisition, SiriusXM will provide connected vehicle services to more automotive manufacturers—including Acura, BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti, Lexus, Nissan and Toyota—than any other telematics provider. for $530 million in cash.

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CN EV Post

APRIL 24, 2023

Tesla hopes its open and innovative business logic will bring together more industry partners to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy, it added.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Veloz members include: Automakers, including GM, BMW Group, Honda, Nissan, Kia, Subaru, Daimler, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Ford. The automotive industry will change more in the next five years than it has in the last 50. Veloz also announced major commitments from utilities and Electrify America.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2017

The Apollo project, announced earlier this year, intends to provide an open, complete and reliable software platform for its partners in the automotive and autonomous driving industry to develop their own autonomous driving systems with reference vehicles and hardware platform. We are excited to have Microsoft as part of the Apollo alliance.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2018

EPA began collecting industry-wide footprint data in MY 2008. The result of this shift, and the accompanying footprint changes within each vehicle type, is that between MY 2008 and MY 2016 the overall industry footprint increased by 0.6 wheelbase multiplied by average track width). The average footprint for pickup trucks increased 1.5

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

However, the research cautioned that following the first fatality in an AV vehicle—the recent Tesla S accident in Florida—the AV industry must convince the public that their vehicles are completely safe. —James Hodgson, Industry Analyst at ABI Research.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

Notably, lower EV prices have supported EV sales volumes in the US, particularly for key Tesla models,” Stephanie Valdez Streaty, director of Industry Insights at Cox Automotive , explained. Nissan is offering nearly $16,000 off the Ariya electric SUV. According to new data , EV prices are down 18.3% lower than last year.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 13, 2024

He penned the very first BMW 5-Series of 1972. Gandini left Bertone officially in 1980 to work independently on automotive, interior, and industrial design projects. Images: Lamborghini, seller , BMW, seller , Maserati, BaT , Renault, BaT ] Become a TTAC insider. & Gandini’s design legacy on the automobile is permanent.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 15, 2024

“Automakers have not only kept consumers in the dark regarding their actual practices, but multiple companies misled consumers for over a decade by failing to honor the industry’s own voluntary privacy principles,” Automotive News quoted the senators as stating in their letter, before asking for an investigation.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 14, 2024

We’ve turned a big corner when it comes to electrification of the auto industry. Just 5–10 years ago, automakers were largely laughing at electric cars, slow-walking the transition, and had modest electrification plans. That changed with the anticipation for and arrival of the Tesla Model 3, EU regulations requiring than.

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