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Comment on Nio president says rumored European sales figures inaccurate, far below actual results by Kuba

CN EV Post

Chinese customers age going back from EVsr to phev like Li Auto. Europeans will never buy it. Second hand EVs in china are 50% price after year or two. Fact is from 600km theoretical range you get 200 in winter in highway.

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Taycan review, Equinox EV deal, R1T top safety, 70-mile PHEVs: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

Nissan Surf-Out concept Within last week’s 2030 plan presented by Nissan, emphasizing more affordable EVs , the automaker said that it will pair with Mitsubishi for the joint development of a Nissan Frontier pickup replacement in EV and PHEV forms. 2024 Rivian R1T Could the safest pickup be fully electric?

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CMU, Ford, Drexel study suggests Chinese more receptive to adopting BEVs than Americans, regardless of subsidies

Green Car Congress

Results from a study by a team from Carnegie Mellon University, Ford and Drexel University suggest that Chinese consumers are more receptive to adopting battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) than their American counterparts, regardless of subsidies. Low-range PHEVs compete most strongly against their gasoline counterparts in both countries.

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Big Auto is begging governments to let them go bankrupt as Chinese EVs loom

Baua Electric

Chinese EVs will grow, whether you like it or not China is actually a little late to the EV party. NEV (EV+PHEV) market share should crest 50% in China next quarter , ahead of basically everywhere except the Nordic countries. Chinese EV sales have started taking off overseas , particularly in Europe. Namely: China.

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China April 2021

EV Sales

The Wuling EV is becoming a disruptive force in urban mobility, a true EV for the masses , with the added bonus that the people buying it (mostly females, mostly under 35 year olds) are usually a hard to capture audience. 4 – Li Xiang One.Big SUV from Li Xiang. On the VW Group galaxy, the VW ID.4, 4X and 722 from the ID.4

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An electric pickup from Nissan and Mitsubishi? Automakers team up to take on US market

Baua Electric

Fully electric and PHEV versions are being considered. The automaker revealed its new “Arc” business plan this week, which aims to drive down costs and compete with Chinese EV makers and Tesla. Would you buy an electric Nissan (or Mitsubishi) pickup over the Tesla, Chevy, Ford, or Rivian models already out?

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China’s GWM announces huge electric attack, Aussies set to benefit

EV Central

The Chinese manufacturer GWM (Great Wall Motors) has announced an aggressive rollout of electric , plug-in hybrid and hybrid vehicles. And Australian buyers seem set to get the chance to consider buying a fair chunk of the models on the rollout list because Australia is considered a strategic market for the auto giant.