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BorgWarner supplying dual inverters and iDM220 integrated drive module to Chinese OEMs

Green Car Congress

BorgWarner will supply dual inverters for two premier Chinese OEMs. The project with the other major Chinese OEM is planned for 2023 models. Additionally, BorgWarner’s dual inverter provides propulsion, energy generation and re-capturing of energy in hybrid powertrains. iDM220 integrated drive module.

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Survey: Younger US drivers are more open to Chinese EVs

Baua Electric

drivers are more open to driving vehicles from Chinese brands than their older counterparts, according to a new AutoPacific survey. But concerns about how Chinese brands manage data privacy were high regardless of age. No vehicles from Chinese brands are currently sold in the U.S., Younger U.S.

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BYD Delivers Over 3M Plug-in Vehicles In 2023, Beats Tesla In Quarterly EV Sales

Electric Cars Report

In 2023, BYD achieved a total yearly sales of 3,024,417 new energy vehicles, which includes battery-only and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, a YoY growth of 61.8%. The Chinese company said it had sold a record 526,000 battery-only vehicles in the final quarter of 2023, up from 431,603 all-electric BEVs in Q3.

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Li Auto launches Li L6 premium plug-in hybrid SUV

Electric Cars Report

Chinese new energy vehicle maker Li Auto launched Li L6, a five-seat premium family plug-in hybrid SUV. Li L6 offers spacious interior and excellent configurations, with […] The post Li Auto launches Li L6 premium plug-in hybrid SUV appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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2024 BYD Sealion 6 PHEV review: Is this the new Chinese medium SUV that knocks over the Toyota RAV4 hybrid?

EV Central

Firstly, it lands the Chinese maker in Australia’s biggest sales segment and, as a plug-in hybrid , it is BYD’s first ICE-powered , CO2-emitting vehicle to go on sale here following the launch of three BEVs since 2022 – the Atto 3 , Dolphin and Shark. By Chinese standards the lane-keeping system is quite subtle in its interventions.

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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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BYD, Toyota jointly to develop battery electric vehicles for Chinese market

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The two parties will jointly develop sedans and low-floor SUVs as well as the onboard batteries for these vehicles and others with the aim to launch them in the Chinese market under the Toyota brand in the first half of the 2020s. In 2008, BYD became the first company to sell mass production of plug-in hybrid electrified vehicles (PHEVs).

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