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Ford believes its low-cost EV platform will go head-to-head with China

Electrek

The American automaker believes it may hold the key to competing with Chinese EV makers. Ford shared a few more details about its upcoming low-cost EV platform and how it plans to keep pace with China. Can Ford really compete with China’s electric vehicles?

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At The 2024 Paris Auto Show, The Focus Is On Price

CleanTechnica EVs

The theme at the Paris Auto Show this year is lower priced electric cars that can compete with low cost offerings from Chinese manufacturers. The post At The 2024 Paris Auto Show, The Focus Is On Price appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Tesla hacker reveals a new Model Y with 6 seats is in the works

Electrek

Now, Green notes that his findings point to the new version likely not being only for the Chinese market. There had been several rumors about the 6-seater Model Y in the past, but they were almost exclusively in China and referenced a potential longer wheelbase Model Y that never made it to production.

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How the transition from graphite to silicon anode batteries will revolutionize the EV industry

Charged EVs

The EVs they are making are extremely high-quality, very low-cost, and really putting a lot of pressure on non-Chinese automakers. It has embraced the benefits, both from a government perspective and from a consumer perspective, and they’re adopting EVs so fast it is blowing everybody’s mind.

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Chinese researchers develop new alloy for on-board hydrogen production for fuel cells

Green Car Congress

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tsinghua University have used a gallium, indium, tin and bismuth alloy to generate hydrogen, when placed in contact with an aluminum plate immersed in water. Al is a favored hydrogen generation material because of its relatively low cost, low density, and abundant geological reserves.

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Toyota, 5 Chinese companies establish R&D JV for commercial vehicle fuel cell systems in China

Green Car Congress

Toyota Motor and five Chinese OEMs—China FAW Corporation Limited (FAW); Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFM); Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., GAC Group); Beijing Automotive Group Co., BAIC Group); and Beijing SinoHytec Co., — signed a joint venture agreement for the establishment of United Fuel Cell System R&D (Beijing) Co.,

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Another Chinese EV brand targets Australia market with low-cost electric hatchbacks

The Driven EV News

The post Another Chinese EV brand targets Australia market with low-cost electric hatchbacks appeared first on The Driven. Another affordable EV maker to launch models in Australia in late 2024, thanks to the owner of Peugeot, Fiat, Jeep and more.

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