China
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Byton has confirmed that it restarted operations at the plant in February and is now making its electric SUV for pre-production crash-testing.
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Tesla sales took 30% of China's EV market in March
Production in China helped bring Tesla to its strongest first quarter ever and nearly a third of the Chinese EV market.
Stephen Edelstein -
Polestar 2 electric car production starts in China; US deliveries still due this year
Volvo's Polestar electric-car brand says that it's still planning to deliver its potential Tesla Model 3 rival to Europe and North America starting this summer.
Bengt Halvorson -
Report: Tesla considering battery format change in China
Tesla is reportedly not just changing its cell chemistry for China but also, at least in one model, moving away from cylindrical cells.
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With Geely, Daimler sends Smart electric-car brand to China
Geely and Mercedes-Benz will contribute toward a new Smart headquartered in China, and manufacturing its cars there.
Bengt Halvorson -
BMW iX3 electric SUV sets a new path for brand's EVs—starting with China
The U.S. is still part of the plan for BMW's fully electric iX3, which will be built in China starting in 2020.
Bengt Halvorson -
GM has introduced an electric car called the Chevrolet Menlo, produced jointly with SAIC, to the Chinese market; it's not related to the Bolt EV.
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Seven China-connected electric-car companies: Headed for boom or bust?
Dozens of automakers have been vying for the grand scale of the Chinese car market, some with ties to the U.S. Which ones are for real?
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Renault City K-ZE goes on sale in China for $8,700
The very small, very cheap Renault City K-ZE is aimed at urban environments in China—and India.
Byron Hurd -
Tesla gets official nod from China with tax exemption
The Chinese government has given Tesla an exemption from a purchase tax, applying to all of its current vehicles.
Bengt Halvorson -
Polestar opens its own factory to build flagship plug-in hybrid
Polestar breaks farther away from Volvo with the opening of its own production base, a Chengdu facility that will make the Polestar 1 plug-in hybrid coupe.
Bengt Halvorson -
The godfather of EVs in China has turned his attention to hydrogen cars
Battery electric visionary now says that the benefits of hydrogen fuel cells would benefit trucks, buses, and long-haul transportation.
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The upcoming Tesla pickup will be conventionally sized, to take on the Ford F-150 and others, CEO Elon Musk claimed that it will "be a better sports car" than a base Porsche 911.
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Byton readies for China production of $45K US-bound electric SUV
Upstart electric vehicle maker Byton isn’t letting its Chinese assembly get in the way of plans to sell its long-range electric SUV in the U.S. starting mid-2020.
Bengt Halvorson -
Electric car hopeful Nio closes California office amid layoffs
China's Nio, which aimed to build its own electric vehicles in China and sell some in the U.S., has decided to close some of its U.S. operations.
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Electric Honda HR-V and plug-in hybrid Kia Forte debut in Shanghai
The Shanghai auto show was full of new plug-in vehicles to meet that country's coming demand for electric cars. Two new plug-in models from mainstream automakers included the all-electric Honda X-NV SUV and the Kia K3 plug-in hybrid. While both of these models have U.S. counterparts—the Honda...
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Karma gets farther from Fisker with 2020 Revero GT, electric car concept
Karma Automotive has shown three vehicles at the Shanghai auto show to give a glimpse of its future—potentially in the U.S. as well as China.
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Geely's Geometry electric-car brand shows Tesla Model 3 rival for China
Chinese automaker Geely is launching a new electric-car brand in China designed to take on Tesla. Geely already owns Volvo, but plans to open a new electric car brand called Geometry with lower priced model designed first for China. It calls the first model the Geometry A, a small sedan the size of...
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Last month the troubled electric car hopeful Faraday Future was given (another) new lease on life, via a new joint venture with The9, a Chinese online game company, that will produce a new model for the Chinese market based on Faraday’s nearly mothballed FF91. It’s now a lot clearer what that vehicle, to be produced as soon as next year, is. It isn’t a version of the FF91 but a van-like MPV—that Faraday Future teased in a photo released yesterday. DON’T MISS: Faraday Future gets new money from gaming company to build in China, and the US Faraday Future’s...
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Tesla reports sales down, citing delivery challenges in China and Europe
Tesla claims that its Model 3 electric sedan again in the first quarter of the year outsold all other mid-size sedans from what it considers premium brands—selling 60 percent more units than the closest runner-up. That’s the good news from the California electric car maker, in a...
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Faraday Future gets new money from gaming company to build in China, and the US
The shame of Faraday Future's financial struggles is that it has what looks to be a viable new electric car, not just on paper, but ready to roll on the road—in prototype form—that may never actually make it to market. On Sunday, the company revealed a new joint venture with a...
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Tesla breaks ground on China factory for Model 3 and Model Y
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter Sunday night that the company would break ground on its new Chinese factory on Monday. Musk said the plant, known as Gigafactory 3, will produce up to 500,000 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles for China and other nearby markets when it is completed in 2020...
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Chinese electric sports car Qiantu K50 might be made in U.S., with Coda connection
There's quite a list of Chinese automakers that are relatively unknown outside China yet have grand plans to enter the U.S. market. The latest is China’s Qiantu Motor, which has developed an all-electric luxury sports car called the K50, The K50 went on sale in China earlier this year and...
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Tesla Autopilot milepost, Kia electric strategy, China's EV spying: Today's Car News
As the 2018 LA Auto Show winds down, we explore some questions that came out of it, starting with why Kia plans two electric models with the same long-range battery. Tesla announced at the show that its cars have now covered a billion miles driving on Autopilot. Electric cars in China send a lot...
Eric C. Evarts