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Nissan, Frost & Sullivan study finds 37% of Southeast Asian consumers open to buying EV

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Thirty-seven percent of Southeast Asian consumers planning to buy a car are open to purchasing an electric vehicle, according to a Nissan-commissioned study by Frost & Sullivan. Across the region, two out of three consumers identified safety standards as the most important factor if purchasing an electric vehicle. Source: Nissan.

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BYD to kick off EV production at new Thailand plant in Q3 as overseas expansion accelerates

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BYD’s general manager of its Asia-Pacific Sales Division said people were lining up to purchase the car after hitting its 10K sales goal in just 42 days. Once up and running, BYD’s new plant in Thailand is expected to build 150,000 EVs a year.

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Global EV sales are ‘robust’ – more than 1 in 5 cars sold in 2024 will be electric

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This growth builds on a record-breaking 2023. While demand remained largely concentrated in China, Europe, and the US, growth also picked up in some emerging markets such as Vietnam and Thailand, where electric cars accounted for 15% and 10%, respectively, of all cars sold.

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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8

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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8 The First Car Vietnamese Car Comes To North America When Vietnam’s largest company, the VinGroup, announced in 2017 they were entering the automobile manufacturing business, it probably didn’t get too much notice. After a couple hours driving the VF 8 in San Diego County, here are our initial thoughts.

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Southeast Asia market will become a competitive place for Chinese and Japanese car companies

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And there is also a 150,000 baht (equal to more than 27,000 yuan) subsidy for each pure electric vehicle purchase. In addition, the tax rate for pure electric vehicles in Thailand was reduced from 8% to 2% in June this year. That is an unexplored continent that needs to be tapped.

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BNEF: global investment in energy transition hit $500B in 2020; $139B on EVs and infrastructure

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billion in new renewable energy capacity in 2020, up 2% on the year, helped by the biggest-ever build-out of solar projects and a $50-billion surge for offshore wind. China’s e-bus prices have declined, while annual sales have slowed due to the decrease in purchase subsidies as well as market saturation in large cities.

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U.K. Startup’s Digital Dyeing Printers Save Energy, Water

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At the end of a visit at a major textile dyeing factory, his customer took him behind the buildings to show a horrific scene: A blood-red river—wastewater from the dye baths leaching into the soil and entering the rivers. According to Alchemie, purchasing one or several Endeavours (they will cost about a million pounds — about U.S.

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