Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2021

This acceleration in new capacity collectively totals 560 kt—equivalent to a 67% increase in the nameplate industry capacity that existed at the end of 2020 (830kt). From January to May 2021, more than a dozen new projects and expansions have been reported globally, Roskill said.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

But now China has said it will “rein in” some of its huge EV expansive in response to criticism of “unfair” industrial and trade policies. There are also some disorderly competition behaviors,” Xin Guobin, vice-minister of industry and information technology, told the Financial Times. What that means is anyone’s guess.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

This war will have many long-term consequences, but possibly none more important than its effects on the future of the European energy supply. Rapid severing of Europe’s Russian supplies would create an unprecedented economic and existential emergency on the continent. European gas supplied three-fifths of the continent’s demand.

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EV Sales

MARCH 22, 2021

8TH PLACE: SOUTH KOREA, 51 POINTS (6TH IN 2019) Claim to fame: Korean EV makers (basically, the Hyundai-Kia conglomerate) continued their advance, nearing 200k made in 2020, while Korean battery makers cemented their global dominance with twin giants LG Chem and Samsung launching factories in Hungary, and more being built elsewhere.

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