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ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Electrified car registrations pass 100K units in Europe for 1st time in March; total reg down 3.6%; Model 3 top EV
- Date: 30-04-19
- Category: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- Source: Green Car Congress
The European car market registered its seventh consecutive month of decline in March 2019, according to figures from JATO Dynamics. Ongoing political and economic uncertainty, including lack of clarity around Brexit, alongside consumer preoccupation with diesel bans in cities, meant that overall demand continued to decline.
View full storyELECTRIC VEHICLES: BYD profit leaps on demand for electrified vehicles
- Date: 29-04-19
- Category: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- Source: Auto News
Chinese electric-vehicle maker BYD, backed by U.S. investor Warren Buffett, reported a 632 percent jump in its first-quarter net profit, buoyed by strong demand for its new energy vehicles.
View full storyELECTRIC VEHICLES: Climate change: Electric car target 'needs to be sooner'
- Date: 29-04-19
- Category: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- Source: BBC
The UK government's plan to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2040 is too tame, advisers will say.
View full storyELECTRIC VEHICLES: At Shanghai auto show, a dim future for most China EV startups
- Date: 26-04-19
- Category: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- Source: Auto News
Hundreds of new companies have popped up across China to develop electric vehicles with the dream of becoming the next Tesla.
View full storyELECTRIC VEHICLES: Umicore Plummets as Electric Car Slowdown Prompts Profit Warning
- Date: 23-04-19
- Category: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- Source: Financial Times
Umicore SA dropped the most in more than a decade after warning profit will miss analyst estimates this year as demand slows for electric vehicles in China and South Korea, weighing on the Belgian company’s battery materials sales.
View full storyELECTRIC VEHICLES: The uphill road - battery limitations to test China's electric vehicle ambitions
- Date: 16-04-19
- Category: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- Source: Reuters
It took one 330 kilometre trip from Chongqing to Chengdu in his Nio ES8, a seven-seater all-electric SUV, for its owner Wang Haichun to be consumed with buyer’s remorse.
View full storyELECTRIC VEHICLES: The $18 Billion Electric-Car Bubble at Risk of Bursting in China
- Date: 14-04-19
- Category: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- Source: Bloomberg
An iPhone assembler, e-commerce emporium and real-estate developer typically don’t compete in the same business -- except when it comes to electric vehicles in China.
View full storyELECTRIC VEHICLES: Lack of electric car charging points 'putting off drivers'
- Date: 05-04-19
- Category: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- Source: BBC
A "patchy" network of charging points is discouraging UK drivers from embracing electric cars, analysis suggests.
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