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Race to break the $30K barrier: Volkswagen will launch ID.1 budget-buy in 2027

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The iD1 is designed to help the German brand fight off the invasion of cheap Chinese imports such as the MG2 and rival European cars like the incoming Renault Twingo and the Dacia Spring EV that’s already on sale. 2all production car (pictured top) that will launch in 2026 to have established itself first in the market.

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Comment on Nio gets independent car production qualification, govt doc shows by nov22

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If JAC need to exit the joint venture agreement, either NIO has the production credential or somebody else who has the production credential takes over the F1/F2 assets. Now it seems certain that NIO with the production credential will buy JAC out. JAC was perceived as cheap quality by some consumers.

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Cheap solar panels from China are all over Europe – and everyone is freaking out

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Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Europe is installing more solar panels than ever before, thanks to a flood of cheap Chinese solar panels, driving installations by 40% last year. European local solar panel manufacturers have reached a crisis in that they say they can’t compete with cheap imports and oversupply.

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Michelin doesn’t want you to buy as many EV tires

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And yet it acknowledges that EV drivers shouldn’t be buying as many tires as they are. At Sonoma Raceway, it also provided an on-the-road look at part of that future with mass-market tire technology that will likely go into production in 2025. It’s a technology challenge on multiple fronts. Michelin 45% sustainable tire.

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GlobalData: Russian nickel sanctions would slow electric vehicle adoption

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As nickel is used in the production of EV batteries, any sanctions placed on Russian nickel will cause EV manufacturing prices to increase further, threatening adoption and decarbonization. EV and battery companies in China may well step in and buy the commodity at lower prices.

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Comment on Indonesia's largest taxi operator to buy 80% of its EVs from BYD by Reagan

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China has helps the world by providing the world with cheap and useful products. China is a good force for the whole wide world. With more EVs, China can help to give the world a cleaner and healthier environment. China helps to bring down our cost of living and have brought down most of the expensive goods prices down.

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Lux Research: despite cheap oil, niche plug-in vehicle sales will be resilient; conventional hybrids to be hardest hit

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In the likely case of only a gradual return to previous higher prices—which Lux calls the “cheap oil” scenario in its analysis—then electric vehicle (EV) sales will dip by 20% for a number of years, while plug-in hybrid (PHEV) sales will dip by about 14% during that same period, the research firm found.

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