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

Teslarati

We developed a super-talented skunkworks team to create a low-cost EV platform. Ford’s Gen 2 EVs could also be strong competition for Chinese OEMs , which are attempting to break into the western automotive market. . “We’re also adjusting our capital switching more focused on to smaller EV products.

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Renault and VW may partner on low-cost BEV minicar

Baua Electric

Renault confirmed today that it is in talks with Volkswagen to build a BEV minicar for the European market. Even Tesla is feeling the burn at this point, with a 20% share low this year wiping out about $150 billion from its market capitalization, more than double VW’s value, Bloomberg writes. Get started here.

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Comment on Tesla scraps plans for low-cost car amid fierce competition from Chinese EVs, report says by John Hanna

CN EV Post

You are evidently unfamiliar with Tesla's development history, including the fact that the cheaper mass market vehicle and the Robotaxi were conceived as a two-birds-with-one stone use case, using the small-vehicle platform for both purposes.

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Europe gets more Chinese electric motorcycle options, and they’re looking nicer, too

Electrek

Just before the world changed a year and a half ago, we noted that a wave of low-cost Chinese electric motorcycles was soon headed for Western shores. The newest addition to the Asian lineup headed to the European market is the 125cc-equivalent Dayi E-Odin electric motorcycle.

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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. Ford is “secretly” developing a low-cost EV platform Following Tuesday’s Q4 and full-year 2023 earnings results, Farley explained that Ford is adjusting its capital while switching gears to focus on smaller EVs. billion this year.

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impact of chinese semiconductor manufacturers over business

Baua Electric

Chinese semiconductor manufacturers have a significant impact on various aspects of the global business landscape. Competitive Landscape: Chinese semiconductor manufacturers contribute to the competitive landscape by providing alternatives to established players in the industry.

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

CleanTechnica EVs

s Elon Musk rose to dominate the world’s largest auto market last year.” According to Yang Jie at Wall Street Journal, “A less-expensive battery technology championed by Tesla Inc.’s ” The batteries are lithium-iron-phosphate batteries — often referred to as LFP batteries. […].

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