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BYD overtakes Honda & Nissan as the 7th largest automaker

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China’s BYD overtook Honda Motor and Nissan Motor in car sales between April and June 2024. The Chinese automaker’s international sales contributed heavily to its quarterly success. The Chinese car manufacturer is steadily working its way up the ranks.

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IDTechEx: despite efforts to reduces rare-earth use, percentage of permanent magnet-based EV motors rising

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While there has been much publicity and technical development towards rare-earth reduction in vehicle motors, in practice the market is seeing an increase in the number of permanent magnet motors. Separating the materials requires huge amounts of carcinogenic compounds like sulfate, ammonia and hydrochloric acid.

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Report: Mitsubishi to Partner with Honda and Nissan

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Mitsubishi and Nissan have been part of an alliance with Renault for years now, but the two are now reportedly considering teaming up with Honda as well. Nikkei Asia said that Mitsubishi has signed a non-disclosure agreement with Honda and Nissan. The Sony-Honda Afeela hasn’t yet hit the streets, but the Honda Prologue has.

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Honda electric SUV coupe for China previewed with concept

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Honda on Saturday revealed a concept car previewing its first mass-market electric SUV. Unveiled at the 2020 Beijing Motor Show, the Honda SUV e:concept indicates the styling direction for the first Honda-branded mass-produced EV for the Chinese market.

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Honda and Nissan are Teaming Up to Accelerate EV Development

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Honda’s partnership with General Motors yielded the Prologue EV and Acura ZDX, and the Japanese automaker is now looking to team up with Nissan to do more of the same. Both see the agreement as a way to remain competitive and manage costs as they work to stave off intense competition from Chinese and South Korean automakers.

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BYD raises its annual sales target: Morgan Stanley report

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The Chinese automaker attributed its positive outlook to a surge in plug-in hybrid sales, but its electric vehicles (EV) sales aren’t too shabby either. BYD overtakes Honda & Nissan as the 7th largest automaker Morgan Stanley noted that BYD has a new car-carrying ship due to come online by the end of the year.

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First car using Nidec’s E-Axle traction motor system unveiled

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The new electric car brand Aion S—recently unveiled at Auto Guangzhou 2018 by GAC NE, GAC MOTOR’s new energy vehicle arm—will be the first line of cars to adopt Nidec’s fully integrated traction motor system (E-Axle) ( earlier post ). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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