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Tesla Model Y RWD now available in South Korea

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The Tesla Model Y Rear Wheel Drive (RWD) is now available in South Korea. The announcement was made through social media, with the official Tesla Korea Twitter account posting a short video about the all-electric crossover. Those interested to check out the Tesla Model Y RWD in South Korea can click here.

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Current issue of fka/Roland Berger E-mobility Index drops US to 4th place

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The index—now in its tenth year—facilitates a comparison of competitive positions of the relevant automotive nations (the US, Germany, China, France, Italy, Japan and South Korea) in the field of e-mobility, based on an objective assessment of those countries in three key areas: technology, market and industry.

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BEV adoption reaches ‘tipping point’ in 31 countries: Bloomberg

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By comparison, BEVs surpassed this milestone in the U.S. could become one of the first countries to take over three years to go from 5 percent to 25 percent this year, along with South Korea. in 2021, in Canada in 2022, and in China in 2020. Globally, BEVs were at a 14.5 Credit: Bloomberg The U.S.

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Benchmark Minerals: Europe’s EV gigafactory capacity pipeline to grow 6-fold to 789.2 GWh to 2030

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Benchmark’s Tier One producers of automotive-grade lithium-ion battery cells—as of its February 2022 assessment—are: Panasonic (Japan); Samsung SDI and SK Innovation (South Korea); Envision AESC, CATL, and BYD (China). This is a more than 6-fold increase on what is expected for 2022.

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New fka and Roland Berger E-Mobility Index finds China best prepared for electric mobility among all automotive nations

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The joint country comparison combines the three key areas of technology, industry and the market and enables an objective examination of the status quo in the field of electric mobility in China, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, South Korea and the USA.

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China is exporting so many EVs that it needs more ships – a lot more

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By comparison, Japan tops the list with 284 ships, followed by Norway, which has 102. South Korea comes in third with 72 and the Isle of Man, which has 61 registered ships, in fourth.

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Cirium: 21 years of airline passenger traffic growth wiped out in 2020

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In comparison to last year, passenger traffic is estimated to be down 67% in 2020. On the ground, Atlanta was the world’s busiest airport, handling more than 245,000 arriving flights during 2020, while the world’s busiest air route in both directions was within South Korea, between Seoul and the island of Jeju with 70,700 flights operated.

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