MG Is Back From The Grave In Full Frontal Attack On European Car Market

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 19:02:26 +0000

After the bankruptcy of the iconic British carmaker MG/Rover, the MG brand name was sold to a Chinese company. A few years ago, it was bought by SAIC Motor Corp. (formerly Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation). This is about the brand name, the logo, the goodwill, claims to its history, the models, and intellectual property. The production facility was used for a few years, but ultimately all production was relocated to China

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Tesla Model 3 Sales = ~4× Nissan LEAF Sales, World’s 2nd Best Selling EV Outside Of China — November EV Sales Report

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 08:02:04 +0000

We may have some more high-selling blockbuster electric vehicles in 2020, but 2019 had one electric vehicle that was in a league of its own, the Tesla Model 3. Through November, the Model 3 had almost 3× the sales of the world’s 2nd best selling EV, the BAIC EU-Series, and it had more than 4× the sales of the world’s 2nd best selling non-Chinese

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“Model 3 & The Disciples” — China EV Sales Report

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 12:00:53 +0000

When you find yourself in times of trouble, Model 3 comes to thee Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in this hour of darkness, it is standing right in front of thee Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

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Tesla Model 3 = 1/8 Of World’s EV Sales In 2019

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 02:30:45 +0000

Tesla accounts for 1 out of every 6¼ global plug-in vehicle sales. The Tesla Model 3 alone accounts for 1 out of every 8 global plug-in vehicle sales, 13% of the global market

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China EV Sales Report — GAC Aion S The Only Ray Of Light In A Depressed Market

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 21:40:59 +0000

There seems to be no end to the incentives blues, with the Chinese plug-in market plunging 46% year over year (YoY), and this time both powertrain technologies crashed at the same speed (-47% for BEVs, -46% for PHEVs), a worrying drop, considering the overall market was down just 6% Yo

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Volkswagen Announces Pre-Production At Chinese Electric Vehicle factory

Credit to Author: Tim Dixon| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2019 21:30:21 +0000

Volkswagen has announced that it has started pre-production of the Volkswagen ID at its first purely EV-focused factory in China

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Tesla Model 3, GAC Aion S, & BMW 530Le Shine In Depressed Chinese EV Market — EV Sales Report

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 02:21:12 +0000

There seem to be no end to the end-of-incentives hangover in China, with the Chinese plug-in market dropping a steep 27% year over year (YoY), and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) crashing 45% YoY last month. Additionally, BEVs finally got dragged into the red ink, dropping a harsh 20% in September. The overall auto market was not so catastrophic, sliding down just 6% Yo

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China EV Sales Report — Baojun E-Series New #1 In Receding Market

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 07:27:53 +0000

The end-of-incentives hangover deepened in August for the Chinese plug-in vehicle market, with the market dropping a steep 12% year over year (YoY) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) crashing 51%. Amazingly, fully electric vehicles (BEVs) managed to grow, by 4%, a small increase over the 1% growth rate of July, which means BEVs are currently the only ray of light in the Chinese auto market (the overall market also dropped, by 8% YoY)

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The Best Electric Vans — CleanTech Talk with Tomek Gać

Credit to Author: Winter Wilson| Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2019 06:07:39 +0000

In this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zach Shahan sits down with Tomek Gac, Co-Founder of Tesla Shuttle and founder and CEO of Quriers.pl and Energia Słonca, to discuss the successes, challenges, and future of electric delivery vehicles

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Chinese EV Sales In July: After The Subsidy Storm

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 07:10:08 +0000

After an end-of-incentives derived surge in June, July saw the expected hangover, with the Chinese plug-in vehicle market dropping 7% year over year (YoY), and the 70,000 units of last month representing less than half of the deliveries of the previous month. Plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) sank 22% YoY in July, their worst drop in over two years, while, amazingly, fully electric vehicles (BEVs) still managed to grow, if only by 1%, despite the gloom all around them (the overall market also dropped 4%)

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