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Toyota cuts 2023 EV sales forecast by nearly 40% in latest questionable strategy shift

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Although Toyota expects record growth this fiscal year, it’s cutting its EV sales forecast by nearly 40%. In Toyota’s latest questionable strategy shift, the company will lean into hybrids to “avoid the price competition” in the EV market.

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Nornickel presents market review of nickel and platinum group metals

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Russia-based Nornickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper, presented its eleventh review of the nickel and platinum group metals (PGM) markets based on the fundamental analysis of world economic and industry data. Mt to 3.22 Mt (7% year-on-year growth).

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Fitch Solutions forecasts nickel demand for EV batteries to grow 29.2% per year to 2030

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This estimate is a significant increase from the market analysis firm’s 2018 forecast, due to upwards revisions in its EV sales forecasts. Fitch bases its forecast on the underlying assumption that NMC 811 cathodes will rise to 80.0% of NMC market share by 2027—effectively raising the average nickel content.

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Tesla Sales Forecasts For 2021 — Updated

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In April, I published a couple of Tesla sales forecasts for 2021, and then I followed that up with one more at the beginning of June. With Tesla’s Q2 sales numbers now in, let’s revisit some of those forecasts. First of all, Troy Teslike has updated his Q3 forecast by about 8,000 since mid April […].

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Adamas Intelligence forecasts global passenger EV market to deploy 762.9 GWh onto roads in 2023; December rule of thumb

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million passenger EVs (HEVs, PHEVs, BEVs) will be sold globally (+/- 10%) in 2023, translating to a sales-weighted average pack capacity of 38.7 This was due to a spike in EV sales in December 2018 in China in advance of subsidy rollbacks that provided a false signal for the year ahead. Additionally, Adamas projects that 19.7

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Comment on Xiaomi exec disputes Citi's forecast for Xiaomi EV sales in 2024 by Hctr Lnds

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What this US-based firm knows about EV sales when US yearly sales is equal to one month EV sales in China. They should focus on their own EV market first.

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EV Sales Forecasts For Europe, Tesla, & More — CleanTech Talk

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In part two of this interview with Rodney Hooper of RK Equity, I started off by asking about his forecasts for EV market share in Europe. of vehicle sales in Europe this year (well above his US forecast of 15% by 2025). He expects that plugin vehicles will account for 18.5% At that percentage, we’re […].

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