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The $10,000 BYD Seagull EV is scaring the U.S. auto industry

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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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Tesla Model 2 abandoned? Multiple sources say $25,000 electric car dead, Elon says it’s all lies

EV Central

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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University of Houston team demonstrates new efficient solar water-splitting catalyst for hydrogen production

Green Car Congress

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' 2013) “Efficient solar water-splitting using a nanocrystalline CoO photocatalyst.”

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Ford seeks smaller, lower-cost EVs to rival $25,000 Tesla, China

Baua Electric

Ford EV plans for Europe Fewer large Ford EVs, emphasizing smaller products Farley noted that Ford is going to spend less capital on larger EVs, with fewer of them, focusing those on “geographies and product segments where we have a dominant advantage like trucks and vans.” The automaker reported that it sold 71,808 EVs in 2023.

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Is Hyundai’s IONIQ 6 the ultimate EV? Fast charging, long-range, and affordable price

Baua Electric

The race for lower-cost electric cars Automakers are rushing to introduce new low-cost EVs. According to a new Bloomberg Businessweek report, Ford plans to launch a new low-cost EV platform. Tesla’s CEO said he reviews the production line plans “every week.”

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Oversold Lithium could be about to rally

Green Car Congress

Last year’s 12 percent slide by the Bloomberg Commodity Index —spurred by 20 percent-plus declines by industrial bellwethers like West Texas Intermediate crude, steel and platinum—came in the wake of two years of modest gains. In terms of feedstock supply, SQM and Albemarle had laid out plans for increased production rates.

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Mad Power thoughts

EV Info

And in any case, an inflexible approach to regulation has caused the cost of new nuclear to balloon – despite it being perhaps the most obvious solution to our long-term energy needs. Then came the shale gas revolution, pioneered in Texas. Northern England would now be as brimming with home-grown gas as parts of Pennsylvania and Texas.

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