Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

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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Teslarati

JUNE 16, 2023

Toyota Motor Company is expected to receive an $853 million subsidy from Japan’s industry ministry to expand its electric vehicle (EV) battery production. Toyota has ambitious EV battery production plans for the future. Toyota plans to produce low-cost battery cells with 621 miles of cruising range before 2030.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Manganese is a crucial element in nickel cobalt manganese (NMC) cathodes and can be used to improve the range of electric vehicles at a relatively low cost. Automotive companies are increasingly turning to manganese-intensive forms of battery chemistry due to lower cost structures and improved performance.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 13, 2024

Nissan and Honda are considering teaming up to introduce more affordable EVs to compete with Chinese automakers like BYD. The aim is to reduce EV prices as the automakers look to Chinese automakers with low-cost models like BYD. The partnership could include a new EV platform.

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Teslarati

MARCH 24, 2024

Although competitive Chinese automaker BYD isn’t yet slated to enter the U.S. market, the company’s recent release of a city EV with a price tag under $10,000 has some worried for when it and other low-cost companies do. The automaker also reached a production milestone of 200,000 Seagull EV units in November.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 29, 2024

BYD is now set to begin production at its new EV plant in Thailand in the third quarter as it looks to accelerate overseas sales. BYD set to begin EV production in Thailand in Q3 After showcasing its full range of brands at the Bangkok Auto Show this week, BYD said it will kick off EV production in the country in Q3.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2016

A team from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a novel, environmentally friendly low-cost battery. Compared with conventional LIBs, this battery (AGDIB) shows an advantage in production cost (~ 50% lower), specific density (~1.3-2.0

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Shanghai Electric Power will lead investments in constructing hydrogen refueling stations and an electrolytic hydrogen production process using renewable energy as well as propelling a hydrogen production project through Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC).

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

This project will expand Anovion’s existing manufacturing capacity in Sanborn, NY—notably the only qualified US source of battery-grade synthetic graphite commercially shipping product today. This project (“Phase 3 Expansion”) will expand the production capacity of the Vidalia AAM facility from 11,250tpa to at least 45,000tpa AAM.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 5, 2024

Now, after years of anticipation, cars equipped with sodium-ion batteries have begun rolling off production lines. Many Chinese automakers are developing sodium-ion batteries. CATL has shown some sodium-ion prototypes, but hasn’t yet announced mass production plans.

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APRIL 28, 2023

Yes, that's an example of low-cost, high-impact marketing NIO needs. Instead of all that junk in the trunk, give some NIO Life food products, which they can share with their friends and coworkers as they show off their new car, telling them all about battery swapping, and how they have an exclusive membership.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2021

With this joint development, both companies aim to promote the commercialization of Toyota’s Automated Mapping Platform (AMP) in the China market to better serve Chinese customers. Momenta pursues a two-leg strategy of autonomous driving for mass-production passenger vehicles and full autonomy for mobility service vehicles.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

To boost sales and fend off low-cost Chinese rivals, Kia will introduce a new lineup of affordable EVs in addition to hybrids starting this year. Since its major re-brand in 2021, Kia has made noticeable changes in its products, design, and marketing efforts. million in 2030.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Researchers from the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences reported on the development of a route to improve bio-butanol production with a focus on: increasing butanol ratio in the solvent through metabolic engineering of Clostridia spp.; Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao (Chinese journal of biotechnology).

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Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

To boost sales and fend off low-cost Chinese rivals, Kia will introduce a new lineup of affordable EVs in addition to hybrids starting this year. Since its major re-brand in 2021, Kia has made noticeable changes in its products, design, and marketing efforts. million in 2030.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Chinese vehicles are improving significantly and becoming safer and more efficient. Due to new Chinese laws and regulations, charging technologies that enable faster charging with direct current (DC) are increasingly being installed in Chinese vehicles. —Wolfgang Bernhart, Partner at Roland Berger.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2020

Researchers from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a photocatalyst for the selective decarboxylation of fatty acids to produce diesel- and jet-range molecules under mild conditions (30?°C, Industrial low-value fatty acid mixtures—e.g., C, H 2 pressure ?0.2?MPa).

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Baua Electric

APRIL 17, 2024

VW to slash costs in China with new EV platform After BYD ended its 15-year run as China’s selling car brand last year, Volkswagen is looking to regain relevance. The collaboration will allow our Smart EV products to be both technologically competitive and cost competitive,” Mr. Xiaopeng He, CEO of XPeng, said. SAIC-VW ID.3

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2024

US chip-making giant NVIDIA is expanding ties with several Chinese automakers, including BYD , as the race for the best software and features heats up. BYD, Chinese EV makers select NVIDIA Drive Thor NVIDIA announced the partnership with BYD during its GTC conference on Tuesday. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Co Ltd (JAC) and Ricardo are collaborating on a project to develop the Ricardo HyBoost concept ( earlier post )—a combination of low-cost technologies to deliver improved performance and fuel economy which featured recently in the Ricardo Centenary celebrations —into volume production on a JAC vehicle.

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Teslarati

APRIL 27, 2023

Chinese automaker Geely is adopting Tesla’s gigapress die casting technique to its Zeekr 009 six-seater, multi-purpose van (MPV). Gigapress machines would allow Toyota to ramp production quickly at low costs. Tesla was the first to cast the rear underbody of a vehicle with a massive gigapress from IDRA.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Researchers from Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have developed a new hybrid resistance spot-laser welding process to join aluminum to steel.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Presently, Farasis has two production bases in China: Ganzhou and Zhenjiang. Since 2017 Farasis has regularly ranked first in terms of shipments of NCM-based Li-ion pouch cells to the Chinese automotive market. In July, Farasis established a new manufacturing base in Zhenjiang with a planned annual capacity of 20 GWh.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 3, 2023

BYD’s sales of pure electric cars lag against Tesla’s, but in terms of raw NEV volumes, the Chinese automaker is far ahead of the American EV company. Amidst these circumstances, Chinese automaker BYD, which is arguably Tesla’s largest rival in China, seems to be taking a backseat in India.

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Teslarati

JUNE 27, 2022

Chinese electric vehicle sales have hit 31 percent of the overall market, with 25 percent being pure EVs, a substantial growth year-over-year. In raw numbers, over 403,000 new electrified vehicles hit the Chinese market in May, growing 109 percent compared to the same month in 2021.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 10, 2024

Kia to launch new low-cost models, including Carens EV During its recent CEO Investor Day , Kia unveiled its new roadmap to becoming an electrification leader. The move comes as Kia looks to fend off low-cost Chinese automakers like BYD. The new models were revealed during Kia’s first annual EV Day in October.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

Ford F-150 Lightning production (Source: Ford) Despite rising Mach-E sales, Rick Wainschel, vice president of data and analytics at Cloud Theory, told Automotive News there are some “dark clouds” lingering. CEO Jim Farley said the automaker is developing a low-cost EV platform to keep up with Tesla and low-cost Chinese automakers.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The project involved researchers from UH, along with those from Sam Houston State University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Texas State University, Carl Zeiss Microscopy LLC, and Sichuan University. Catalysts Hydrogen Production Solar' Longb Liao, Qiuhui Zhang, Zhihua Su, Zhongzheng Zhao, Yanan Wang, Yang Li, Xiaoxiang Lu, et al.

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APRIL 9, 2024

Tesla had planned to launch a low-cost entry EV rumoured to be dubbed the Tesla Model 2 as soon as the second half of 2025, with production already assigned to the car-maker’s plant in Texas. READ MORE: Tesla Model Y cheaper than ever! Top selling electric car slashed up to $8500; could it outsell the Ford Ranger?

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Europe is installing more solar panels than ever before, thanks to a flood of cheap Chinese solar panels, driving installations by 40% last year. But it comes at a hefty cost: Local solar manufacturers are on the brink of a total collapse that could happen within weeks.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

Chinese automaker Chery is planning to make cars in Spain, where the EV market is at just 12%, half that of Portugal and France. Spain’s Industry Ministry said in a statement that the agreement would be formalized in the next few days, with Chery planning to start production in Barcelona, according to Reuters.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2023

These deposits contain these valuable REEs on par with conventional REE deposits, but with much less of the low-value lanthanum and cerium that must be removed by separations. Based on this data, the Brook Mine could rank among the more promising deposits on a worldwide basis, including Chinese HREE deposits.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

BYD Atto 3 (Source: BYD) Europe and the US say that Chinese EV development is running wild and unchecked and on the verge of overwhelming the global market with, well, EVs the rest of the world can’t compete with. China last year overtook Japan as the world’s biggest car exporter ­– but most of those were ICE vehicles sold to Russia.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2022

From IDTechEx’s review of the most promising eVTOL companies, 21 have presented timeline information about when they are looking to begin commercial eVTOL production, plans which are highly dependent on flight certification. Several companies have said they are a couple of years into what they think will be a five-year certification process.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

Chinese automakers like BYD are already stealing market share, but Kia is in talks over a new EV plant in Thailand that could help position itself as an early leader. The nation is seeing a surge in EV sales with hefty incentives, tax breaks, and other measures to promote domestic production. billion in EV investments.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 5, 2024

According to a local media report, Volkswagen is delaying volume production of the affordable electric car. Volkswagen’s ID 2all EV production is being delayed A report from the German magazine auto motor und sport claims that Volkswagen’s ID 2all will go into mass production in May 2026 rather than 2025.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Steel production could be made with almost no carbon emissions through $278 billion of extra investment by 2050, according to a new report from research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). Hydrogen and recycling are likely to play a central role in reducing emissions from steel production. Source: BloombergNEF. BAU is business-as-usual.

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