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USA Pulls Mexico Into Its Anti-Chinese EVs Policies

CleanTechnica EVs

There’s no doubt about it: China saw that the future of the car market was electric and zoomed far into lead. It has accounted for more than half of global electric car sales, and aside from Tesla, the biggest electric car producers in the world are Chinese. Despite being late.

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BMW introduces electric 3 Series for Chinese market

Green Car Congress

The BMW Group continues to broaden its portfolio of electrically powered vehicles with the addition of the fully electric BMW 3 Series, which will enter the Chinese market in May 2022. Fine tuning of the BMW i3 eDrive35L’s suspension systems to Chinese road conditions has been carried out by the BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd.

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Volvo Cars January global sales up 2%; Recharge models up 31%, for 40.7% of all cars sold

Green Car Congress

Volvo Cars reported global sales of 48,520 in January, up 2% compared to the same month last year. Sales of Volvo Cars´ Recharge models of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars increased by 31% in January year-on-year, accounting for 40.7% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month.

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Stranded assets: Chinese fossil car production plunges amid surging EV demand

The Driven EV News

Is this the canary in the coal mine for the global ICE vehicle death spiral? The post Stranded assets: Chinese fossil car production plunges amid surging EV demand appeared first on The Driven. "Zombie" ICE vehicle factories are sitting idle in China thanks to plummeting demand.

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TikTok Could Sway Young People Toward Chinese EV Brands

The Truth About Cars

While American politicians love to harp about TikTok’s Chinese owners and the national security issues that could bring, it may also be true that they worry that the platform is influencing an entire generation with quick hits of liberal political thought and economic theory. and 58 percent of them said they’d seen Chinese EVs on the app.

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New Kia Concept EV5 previews all-electric SUV for Chinese market

Electric Cars Report

Kia Corporation today unveiled the Concept EV5 at Kia Chinese EV Day. The all-electric SUV concept took center stage at the event to present the brand’s strategy to establish global leadership in electrification.

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Why New Production Sources of Tungsten Are Critical for Increased Global Supply

Green Car Congress

All car manufacturers seem to be following in the same footsteps as Tesla. and global economies with businesses and manufacturers having to close doors and furlough employees, the global trade markets plummeted to an 11-year low of 41.5% New Tungsten Production Will Open the Global Supply Chain. Should the U.S.

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