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Comment on Nio allows Chinese owners of cars purchased on its BaaS model to buy out battery by Kuba

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I live in China 10 years, in Shenyang and now Foshan:) Gas is super cheap in China around 7-8rmb per liter. I'd buy EV for fun driving but not for "saving money" ? I have Toyota and it never breaks down, it depreciated 30k rmb in 5 years.

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Will cheaper gas slow Tesla's surge?

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One good reason to buy an electric car is to save money on fuel, so will low gas prices slow down Tesla sales? In a recent Barron's article, two Wall Street analysts said they believe electric-car adoption is now largely decoupled from gas prices. While some customers may be turned away by cheap gas, "the overall.

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

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Used Priuses, especially the Generation 2 that were made from 2004 to 2009 are becoming a bargain to buy, especially for the MPG and features you get in return. It was time to buy our first car. I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC.

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Obama: Buy A Fuel-Efficient Car, Gas Won't Stay Cheap Forever

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Low gas prices typically make fuel-efficient cars less attractive to consumers, and right now prices are very low indeed. car buyers won''t clamor for gas guzzlers. DON''T MISS: Gas Prices To Plunge More After Oil Price Falls To 4-Year Low? He cautioned that cheap gas prices won’t last indefinitely, and.'

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GlobalData: Russian nickel sanctions would slow electric vehicle adoption

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The data and analytics company notes that such actions will simply mean Western countries will be more reliant on Russian oil and gas for longer. EV and battery companies in China may well step in and buy the commodity at lower prices. Russia has reportedly been looking to reduce the impact of sanctions by turning to Asia for trade.

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Cheap Gas Will Cause Electric-Car Sales To Plummet: True Or False?

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DON''T MISS: Green Car People: Who Buys Electric And Plug-In.' In this case, it''s the notion that electric car sales will plummet with the arrival of vastly lower gasoline prices. We''d suggest that perhaps this is not quite as much of a foregone conclusion as many pundits think.

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Hertz says it will invest some of proceeds from selling Tesla cars back into gas cars

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Yesterday, we reported on Hertz starting to sell its older Tesla Model 3s and they are going for fairly cheap. It started buying its fleet of Tesla vehicles at peak prices right before the automaker started to slash prices in order to create demand amid increasing interest rates. fleet, or about one-third of the global EV fleet.

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