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Is this low-cost Chinese electric surfboard too good to be true?

Electrek

Well, at least until today’s find: a cheap Chinese electric surfboard that has earned it the dubious honor of becoming this week’s Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week. more… The post Is this low-cost Chinese electric surfboard too good to be true? appeared first on Electrek.

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Ford low-cost EV platform to compete with Tesla being designed by “skunkworks team:” CEO

Teslarati

In a recent earnings call, Ford CEO Jim Farley revealed that over the past two years, a specialized EV team from the automaker has been developing a new, modular electric vehicle platform focused on cost reduction. Amidst this change, Ford will be stepping up with its Gen 2 electric vehicles. It was a startup.

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Awesome Alibaba: Low-cost backyard construction equipment, batteries included

Electrek

Regularly readers of my Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column will know that I usually dig around Chinese shopping sites to find the wackiest and coolest little EVs in the world. That’s resulted in finding everything from electric submarines to mini electric Jeeps.

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Renault and VW may partner on low-cost BEV minicar

Baua Electric

Last week, news hit that Volkswagen, Renault, and Stellantis were weighing possibly joining together to make cheaper electric vehicles – fearing it’s their only option. Renault is eyeing 2026 for the launch of the full-electric minicar Twingo , with a target price below €20,000. I have production capacity. I have the platform.

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Tesla & Chinese EV Makers Putting Lot of Weight on These Low-Cost EV Batteries

CleanTechnica EVs

Electric vehicles often differ based on different battery technologies. US-based electric automaker Tesla has set the trend for years. According to Yang Jie at Wall Street Journal, “A less-expensive battery technology championed by Tesla Inc.’s s Elon Musk rose to dominate the world’s largest auto market last year.”

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Ford is building a low-cost EV platform with some of the ‘best EV engineers’ to rival Tesla

Baua Electric

Ford (F) assembled a “super-talented skunk works team” to build a low-cost EV platform. It will be used to launch several new software-defined electric models. Ford’s leader said on the company’s earnings call that the company made a bet in silence two years ago to develop a low-cost EV platform. billion last year.

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Europe may slap retroactive tariffs on Chinese EVs

Baua Electric

Possible “remedies” on the table include retroactive tariffs on Chinese EVs. Back in October 2023, Europe launched its formal investigation into the Chinese EV industry, as European companies are struggling to compete with the cheap, high-tech Chinese imports, made by low-cost labor, entering the European Union.

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