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BYD to build new $1.2B battery factory in China

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Now, as the company looks to expand outside of Asia, it is doubling down on its Chinese production capabilities. The environmental fillings found on a local Chinese government website state that the project will come at an expected cost of 8 billion yuan ($1.2

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BYD is now shipping its own EVs as first cargo ship heads to Europe

Baua Electric

1 is the first Chinese-made ship designed to carry domestic EVs overseas. First BYD ship sets sights on Europe to deliver EVs Marking a “new era” for Chinese vehicles, BYD’s first ship designed to carry EVs arrived at Yantai Port on January 9. 1 is the first vessel built by a Chinese shipyard designed for exporting domestic vehicles.

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BYD to stop making pouch batteries for its hybrid EVs on leakage concerns – sources – ET Auto

Baua Electric

No cases of battery leakages from BYD cars have been reported by the automaker or Chinese regulators to the public. It uses such batteries in all of its PHEV models, which made up 48% of its total car sales of 3 million units in 2023 and are almost all sold in China. BYD posted record third-quarter profit of 10.41 billion yuan ($1.45

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BYD is launching its next-gen Blade EV battery soon with more range and even lower cost

Baua Electric

BYD Dolphin Mini (Seagull) testing in Brazil (Source: BYD) BYD’s leader added that it will also reduce power consumption per 100 km, which will likely promote more range and performance. The comments come with its next-gen DM-i (PHEV) system due out soon, which is expected to enable nearly 1,200 miles (2,000 km) CLTC range.

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China’s JAC plans Aussie push with EV ute benchmarked against Rivian R1T

EV Central

Pecotic, a China auto industry veteran, has had a previous stint with JAC when it briefly sold a diesel truck here a decade ago, as well as WMC (Foton) utes and MG, which is part of Chinese manufacturing giant SAIC. JAC is the latest Chinese brand to reveal extensive Aussie plans. The next vehicle they are working on is SUV.

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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MG (owned by the Chinese SAIC) was the only group to post an increase in registrations, with its volume jumping from 1,327 to 2,592 units. However, details by powertrain highlights that only pure electric cars (BEV) and plug-in hybrids (PHEV) drove this growth, as hybrids posted a decline of 11%. 29f21c0cbca83138705c33c58e16f247. >.

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Ford researchers: global light-duty CO2 regulatory targets broadly consistent with 450 ppm stabilization

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While the proposed China regulation for 2020 is more stringent than the glide path, the 2017 Brazil regulation is less stringent. Chinese regulations are less stringent than the glide path (153 g CO 2 /km) in 2015, but in 2020 the regulation overachieves the glide path target of 128 g CO 2 /km. to 5% YOY to 3.5% to 5% YOY to 3.5%

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