China is well known as the world’s leading electric vehicle (EV) market. More than half of the world’s EV sales have occurred there in recent years. It is a standard of the rapid, uplifting EV revolution. In 2023, 25% of auto sales in China were sales of full electric vehicles. … [continued]
Every major geography will be electrifying virtually all domestic freight shipping in the coming two to three decades. However, the starting conditions matter between India, Europe, China, and the United States. This assessment sprang out of a bit of news and discussion related to it today. China’s Windrose Technology and … [continued]
In a letter to President Biden this week, US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) argued that Chinese EV imports, backed by the Chinese government, threaten the US auto industry. Insisting that such “cheating” poses severe risks to the US auto industry and its workers, Brown asked the President to ban these … [continued]
Chinese EVs are coming to Europe in waves but many of them stay parked in port facilities for months waiting for transport inland.
AutoFlight has officially delivered its first Prosperity eVTOL aircraft to a customer, an Advanced Air Mobility operator in Japan The Japanese company is planning demonstration eVTOL flights at the 2025 Osaka World Expo Delivery marks the world’s inaugural delivery of a civilian ton-class eVTOL (electric-vertical-take-off-and-landing) aircraft News comes just days … [continued]
T&E’s paper looks at electric vehicle imports into Europe and what an effective response on both EVs and batteries might be. The sales of battery electric cars in Europe have been growing quickly, with 2 mln cars sold across Europe in 2023 alone. But given China’s edge in battery technology … [continued]
Analysis In the short run, tariffs can help EU carmakers — but they need to ramp up electrification to survive. Almost a fifth (19.5%) of electric vehicles sold in Europe last year were made in China and this is on track to reach a quarter (25%) in 2024, according to new … [continued]
Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, even in the slowest month of the year — due to the Chinese New Year celebrations. Due to the fact that festivities occurred this year in February, and last year they were in January, the market had an apparently … [continued]
China has launched a preemptive strike at the WTO against any sanctions the US may be planning for its electric car exports.
The Dacia Spring is the by far most affordable battery-electric vehicle on sale in Europe, typically starting under €20,000, but where are its competitors?
