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These are the 2024 World Car of the Year Winners

The Truth About Cars

The WCOTY jury considered several Chinese brands this year, showing that the country’s automakers are pushing ahead at a feverish pace. The WCOTY jury considered several Chinese brands this year, showing that the country’s automakers are pushing ahead at a feverish pace. KG Mobility from South Korea also made the list of candidates.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

and Chery Automobile Co. and Chery Automobile Co. The battery-powered cars that Chinese companies are showing are intended to be much less expensive than those planned by big foreign companies. Prius hybrid. Brilliance Jinbei Automobile Co. Brilliance Jinbei Automobile Co. Great Wall Motor Co., in late 2010.

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Electric Car Watch #4: Toyota is the new Kodak

Plug In India

They were busy promoting their hybrid cars and their favorite distraction tactic - “Hydrogen Cars” While Toyota did very well with the Prius hybrid car, hedging their bets on hybrid cars in the 2020s seems to me that they seem to still live in the 90s. And I have a feeling that a large Chinese car company will acquire them.

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