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Norwegian EV party to end in May – Tesla already a wallflower
Out of the way! The electric party is about to be over in EV-wonderland Norway. In May, the 50,000th EV is expected to be sold in the country of just 5 million. This means the end of the extremely...
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Auto Industry 101.4: Selling EVs to China. A how not to
Ni hao The 4th installment of Auto Industry 101 won’t be a lecture on how to successfully export an electric car to China. There isn’t enough empirical data for this: No-one so far has successfully...
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So Tesla is taking our advice, and does a Chinese JV. Or so they say
Tesla’s presumptive JV partner Lifan (formerly Hongda) is known for its liberal approach to intellectual property Tesla Motors is “sizing up Chongqing-based auto manufacturer Lifan Group and Chang’an...
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Auto Industry 101.5: Takeover prices. (Prepare to be disappointed.)
Geely paid $1.5 billion for all of Volvo In this 5th installment of Auto Industry 101, we talk about the price for your toils and troubles of starting a car company. This short course is written due to...
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Uncheatable real world emissions testing was torpedoed by EPA and industry
Vehicle emissions regulation is one of the greatest success stories ever to come out of activities involving engineers and governments: the air is vastly cleaner than it was in the bad old days, and...
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#Dieseldämmerung: Reveal of industry-wide diesel cheating impending, sources...
In one or two weeks’ time, a sudden end will come to the much communicated story that diesel cheating is an isolated matter, only performed by criminals at Volkswagen. Dailykanban received information...
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Unresolved mysteries of the 4th gen Prius
Its design is an acquired taste – the 4th gen Prius in Fuji Last week, Toyota trucked a group of journalists to the Fuji racetrack for a heavily embargoed test drive of the new Prius. On the design of...
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New diesel cheater to be exposed
Germany’s environmental organization Deutsche Umwelt Hilfe (DUH) is expected to expose another diesel cheater. Says DUH: The organization scheduled a press conference for tomorrow, Tuesday, November...
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#Dieseldämmerung: DUH tests Renault Espace with “frightening” results
As expected by the Dailykanban, German environmental group Deutsche Umwelthilfe today said cars by French automaker Renault are exceeding EU NOx limits in an alarming way. In measurements (report...
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Volkswagen: “CO2-gate? Just kidding you.”
This morning, Germany’s usually well-informed Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung had a gem of a headline: “CO2 manipulation at VW vanishes into thin air.” According to the report, it was largely a false...
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Nissan’s Two-Pronged Attack On Obsolete Diesel
EU carmakers race to replace discredited diesel engines with something more palatable, and today’s flurry of electric car announcements at the Paris auto show are testament. Japan’s Nissan embarks on...
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Renault Beats Tesla And GM To The Punch With 250 Mile Range EV “Available Now”
There is one thing Tesla can be proud of: Automakers around the world are getting off their duffs. Today, French carmaker Renault announced at the Paris auto show that its fully electric “ZOE will be...
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Docs Reveal: Tesla’s Production Capacity Limited To Less Than Half Of Its...
Capacity constrained: Monitors at Eisenmann paint shop in Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant. A similar shop is at Tesla (Picture: Bertel Schmitt) When Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced plans to produce...
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China To Automakers: “Make EVs, Or Die.”
China is putting a gun to the heads of its automakers. “By 2018,” the Wall Street Journal reported today, electric vehicles “must account for 8% of the maker’s production, and the percentage will rise...
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China NEV Weekly, Episode 3: Electric sports cars, electric Trucks
Welcome to Episode 3 of the China NEV Weekly, where we look at the latest New Energy Vehicles from China. Today with electric sports cars, trendy electric minis, and big electric trucks. Yes, trucks....
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Don’t even think it: No, China is not caving in to Tesla
Customs checkpoint at the Xiamen Free Trade Zone. Picture courtesy brics2017.org When you read this, you probably have heard that China is doing away with its requirement that foreign automakers need a...
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Portrait of the Con Artist as a Stung Man
Rolling Stone’s recent profile of Elon Musk revealed Mr. Musk’s plans to shape the world. But much more than this it revealed how the world has shaped Mr. Musk. The panegyric to this man of genius...
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China NEV Weekly, Episode 4: Pickup Your BingGo
Welcome to Episode 3 of the China NEV Weekly, where we look at the latest New Energy Vehicles from China. This week with pickup trucks, a Hozon, and we are going to play bingo! Kawei EV7 The Kawei EV7...
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China NEV Weekly Episode 5: Bangle and the World Cup
Welcome to another episode of China NEV Weekly, with the latest New Energy Vehicles from China. This week with Chris Bangle, the World Cup, and a fake Picasso. Weltmeister AG2020 Weltmeister is a new...
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China NEV Weekly Episode 7: Las Vegas, Lifan, and LvChi
Happy New Year! No time to waste: we continue with a new episode of China NEV Weekly, bringing you the latest New Energy Vehicles from China. This week, we start in Las Vegas: Byton Concept Byton...
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