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Electric cars cheaper than gas ones by 2020, says Chinese battery supplier

Green Car Reports

Envision Energy, a Chinese company that bought Nissan's former AESC battery business, says it will be able to make battery packs for less than $100 per kilowatt-hour in the next two years.

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Stellantis production affected by cyberattack on Chinese supplier

Teslarati

Multiple car brands under Stellantis were affected by a cyberattack on Chinese supplier, Yanfeng International Automotive Co. Stellantis has been working hard to transition from producing internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles. billion in the Chinese company.

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The US and EU take different approaches to the threat of Chinese EV imports – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Chinese automaker BYD recently surpassed Tesla as the world’s leading seller of EVs, and it’s only one of several Chinese-owned brands that are already selling cars in the US and the EU. Some fear that Chinese firms could do an end run around such barriers by producing EVs in places like Mexico and Brazil.)

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Northern Graphite closes acquisition of two graphite mines; 3rd largest non-Chinese graphite company

Green Car Congress

The acquisitions will provide Northern with 40-50,000 tonnes per year (tpy) of graphite production capacity in Québec and Namibia, which will make it the third-largest non-Chinese natural graphite producing company. and a CDN$23-million equity offering lead by Sprott Capital Partners LP.

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BYD reveals cheaper e2 electric crossover starting under $13,000 to undercut ICE cars

Electrek

BYD is launching another lower-priced electric model. The Chinese automaker introduced the new BYD e2 Honor Edition, starting under $13,000, in its latest move to steal market share from gas-powered cars.

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Big Auto is begging governments to let them go bankrupt as Chinese EVs loom

Baua Electric

The auto industry is electrifying, and all new cars will be electric in the relatively near future. BMW, VW and Renault asked European regulators to push back the 2035 gas car phase-out , despite that this timeline has already been loosened. Chinese EV sales have started taking off overseas , particularly in Europe.

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The Wild World Of Chinese Mini EVs

CleanTechnica EVs

I love electric vehicles, but they’re sure not cheap. For many people, a clean used EV is all that they can afford, and that usually costs almost as much as the cheapest new gas-powered cars. Understandably, this keeps many people with low incomes out of the EV game, and it keeps many people globally (who […].

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