Ford’s Skunkworks EV Platform Could Spawn Next-Gen Fiesta, Puma: Report Plus, we discuss BYD and Uber’s partnership to deploy electric taxis across the world. By Suvrat Kothari Critical Materials - Jul 31 2024 -
Tesla Was Still The World's Largest EV Maker In Q2, Ahead Of BYD However, the difference between the two shrunk and BYD has Tesla in range. By Mark Kane Sales - Jul 22 2024 -
Trump Hates EVs, But Welcomes China To Build Cars In The U.S. The former President expressed a surprise openness to Chinese brands at this week’s Republican National Convention. By Suvrat Kothari Industry Outlook - Jul 19 2024 -
American Test Of $30,000 Chinese EV: 'Pretty Damn Good' The BYD Dolphin is a relatively affordable electric hatchback that we won't get in the U.S. anytime soon. By Tim Levin China - Jul 19 2024 -
More Proof That Tariffs On China's EVs Won't Work Forever Facing tariffs from the European Union, Chinese giant BYD is just building a factory in Turkey instead. Plus, Honda banks on EV growth. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Jul 17 2024 -
BYD Global Plug-In Car Sales Hit New Record In June 2024 The company grows mostly thanks to plug-in hybrids. By Mark Kane Sales - Jul 1 2024 -
Chinese Brands Will Sell A Third Of The World's Cars By 2030: Study The threat of Chinese EVs is very real, with one consulting firm calling it a "rude awakening" for legacy car companies. By Tim Levin China - Jun 30 2024 -
Plug-In Hybrids Overtake EV Growth. But There Are Some Catches A new report suggests that testing cycles and electric-only range need to improve vastly to draw climate benefits from PHEVs. By Suvrat Kothari Industry - Jun 24 2024 -
Say Hello To North Korea’s First EV. It’s Not What It Seems Enter the Madusan EV, which claims 450 miles of range—better than any of Tesla’s current EVs. Let's unpack that. By Iulian Dnistran News - Jun 21 2024 -
BYD, CATL Working On LFP Batteries That Could Be Fully Recharged In 10 Minutes That’s the idea, at least. But whatever the outcome, it’s clear that battery technology is moving extremely rapidly. By Iulian Dnistran Battery Tech - Jun 19 2024 -
Maybe The Used EV Market Is Just Becoming More Normal Is the used EV market "crashing," or just into business as usual? Plus: Polestar expands, and so do Chinese cars in Mexico. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Jun 17 2024 -
Report: BYD Will Supply LFP Batteries For Tesla's Shanghai Megafactory BYD's FinDreams battery unit will supply lithium-ion cells for Tesla's made-in-China energy storage systems. By Mark Kane Energy Storage Systems - Jun 15 2024 -
'Tesla’s Future Relies On His Presence': Musk's $56B Pay Vote Down To The Wire How the Tesla shareholder vote tomorrow will go seems to be anyone's guess. Plus: more on the EU's China tariffs, and GM's Cruise is back. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Jun 12 2024 -
This Is The Most Direct Threat Yet That Elon Musk Could Quit Tesla We also discuss GOP lawmakers’ move to blacklist CATL and Gotion and how the possibility of Chinese EVs entering the U.S. is far from over. By Suvrat Kothari Critical Materials - Jun 7 2024 -
BYD Reportedly Sold 5,000 Qin L PHEV Sedans In First Three Days The $13,500 PHEV sedan has been a serious hit in China, and will likely allow BYD to hit its 3.6 million units sold goal for 2024. By Kevin Williams China - Jun 5 2024 -
BYD Global Plug-In Car Sales Exceeded 330,000 In May 2024 The volume is at a near-record level, growth is healthy and exports more than tripled. By Mark Kane Sales - Jun 4 2024 -
Someone Drove A BYD PHEV 1,497 Miles Without Stopping For Fuel Journalists are already beating the BYD Qin L's claimed 1,300-mile range. They're just doing it slowly. By Kevin Williams China - May 30 2024 -
BYD’s Latest Plug-In Hybrids Can Go Up To 1,300 Miles The Seal 06 and Qin L are the first models to get the company’s 5th-generation PHEV tech. By Iulian Dnistran News - May 29 2024 -
The Sub-$21,500 BYD Seagull Is Coming For Europe In other news, Tesla is slashing Model Y production at Gigafactory Shanghai as sales slump and competition heats up. By Suvrat Kothari Critical Materials - May 24 2024 -
Chinese EV Companies Are Falling Behind On Their Bills Nio took nearly 300 days to clear its dues in 2023, compared to 197 days in 2021. By Suvrat Kothari China - May 20 2024 -
BYD Shark, A Plug-In Hybrid Ford Ranger Rival, Launches In Mexico The BYD Shark marks the Chinese automaker’s foray into the popular pickup truck segment. Will it ever come to the U.S.? By Suvrat Kothari Official - May 14 2024 -
BYD Global Plug-In Car Sales Increased 49% In April 2024 Overseas rechargeable car sales almost tripled year-over-year to a new record. By Mark Kane Sales - May 2 2024 -
Here’s Why BYD Is Charging Twice The China Price For EVs Sold Abroad BYD wants to rake in the big bucks by adding significant markup to its EVs sold in Europe or the Americas. By Andrei Nedelea China - Apr 30 2024 -
Even Chinese EV Companies Are Struggling BYD's first-quarter profits were down 47% thanks to a serious EV price war in the Chinese market. By Andrei Nedelea China - Apr 30 2024 -
