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BYD sees NEV share reaching 50% in the next 3 months in China as EV price war heats up

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Wang said China’s NEV makers must embrace the industry’s shift while advancing cleaner tech. BYD Atto 3 (Source: BYD) After dominating their domestic market, Chinese NEVs are now expanding overseas. Electric vehicles pushed China past Japan to become the global auto export leader.

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Audi will phase out gas engines by 2033, reversing past stance of CEO

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Duesmann said that “Audi is ready to make its decisive and powerful move into the electric age,” finally accepting the challenge of ditching gas engines for electric ones. Audi, a German company, owned by Volkswagen Auto Group, has sold the e-tron and the Q2L SUV for the powerful Chinese EV market.

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Global auto production may hit 80+ million units this year; hybrids below 2% of total output

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China, for instance, wants to put 5 million plug-in hybrid-electric and fully electric vehicles on its roads by 2020, which could account for more than 40% of the global EV fleet that year. Although several countries have issued targets for future EV fleets, it remains to be seen whether these goals can be met.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

fully electric car. In California, 20% of our electricity comes from zero CO2 renewables (sun, wind, geothermal), another 20% from zero CO2 hydro, and only 20.1% As more renewables come online, battery electrics just keep getting cleaner and greener. Still, for all the faults, this is a very promising vehicle.

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Can Electric Vehicles Speed Up As The Economy Slows Down?

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last month, but battery electric vehicle sales decreased by only 58.1%. In Germany, statistics from the Federal Motor Transport Authority reveal that total car registrations in March fell by 38% while fully electric cars actually grew by 56% and hybrids by 208%.

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