T&E analyses the impact of provisional tariffs on China-made EVs, as well as the likelihood of gigafactory investments going ahead. This is a summary. For more, download the full analysis. Following the anti-subsidy investigation, the European Commission has proposed additional import duties on China-made battery electric vehicles (BEV), ranging from … [continued]
BYD’s growth has been astounding in recent years, especially if you go all the way back to the severely limited and laughed-at BYD e6! With the company starting off with that EV, it was hard to imagine it would have the brightest of futures, but as the company has evolved … [continued]
A new competitive assessment by global technology intelligence firm ABI Research has found that BYD is the leading Electric Vehicle (EV) Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), just beating Tesla for the top spot. The assessment provides an in-depth and unbiased examination of the products offered by 18 OEMs across a wide range of criteria. The companies evaluated … [continued]
Throwing the EV world for a bit of a loop, plugin hybrids are on an uptrend in China. Aside from the surprising explosion in popularity of the Li Auto models, BYD is selling a lot of plugin hybrids. In fact, plugin hybrid sales grew 70% in June 2024 versus June … [continued]
EVs Now 22% of World Auto Sales Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 15% in June 2024 compared to June 2023. There were 1.5 million registrations. BEVs were up by just 4% YoY, but plugin hybrids jumped 41% YoY, selling over 500,000 units, a new record. In the end, plugins … [continued]
Waymo has been leading the way on robotaxis in the US. However, it hasn’t exactly been using the cutting edge in electric vehicle technology. It has relied on relatively old Chrysler Pacific plugin hybrids and, more recently, Jaguar I-PACE electric SUVs. Until now. Oh, well, it still relies on those, … [continued]
We’ve grown accustomed in Latin America to outrageous headlines claiming 500%, 700%, and even 1,100% growth year on year. But as good an omen as these numbers are, once you read the articles, you realize this amazing growth has only been possible because of a very low departing base: for … [continued]
Our friends at WysokieNapiecie.pl visited China a few weeks ago to get more information on the EU tariffs on Chinese EVs, and they’ve provided the following content for CleanTechnica. It includes some information on the tariffs which you’ve probably already seem, but it also includes some information and context that … [continued]
There are discussions ongoing between Chinese government officials and European Union (EU) officials and admin regarding tariffs on battery-electric cars produced in China. However, in the meantime, the tariffs went into effect today. In the announcement, the European Commission started off with the following: “Today, nine months after the initiation of an … [continued]
We’ve already written about the top selling electric car models in the world in the month of May. Now let’s look at the brands and OEMs selling the most electric vehicles. Top Selling Brands In May, #1 BYD, now deep into pricing out the ICE competition (and quite a few … [continued]
