So Europe went from suggesting decoupling from China to de-risking and now this?
That was the older model.
To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal
Henry Kissinger
Its is basically non news. It makes more sense for automakers to have stock on hand then to keep their customers waiting.
https://jalopnik.com/so-many-unsold-teslas-are-piling-up-that-you-can-see-th-1851526312
Conflict materials can be avoided with LFP batteries that are basically only made in China.
I suppose those high octane petrol advertisements would count?
But do you use the equivalent of a Nokia 3210 phone?
This latest version is somehow laggy on my poco X3 while smooth on my unisoc tablet.
Does rule 6 not apply here?
I used the autofill function in voyager. Not really sure what happened with the punctuation.
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Trolleybuses have been replaced by metro systems in many parts of the world over the past several decades. Going back to trolleybuses makes little sense.
Tesla does not make Lithium iron phosphate batteries which the RWD model uses.
There are some other U.S.-market EVs that contain Chinese batteries, like the Ford Mustang Mach-E and the all-wheel-drive variant of the Toyota bZ4X
There is more information in the article than just the headline.
This is for the S series lineup. Samsung still have their A series and M,F,C series in other markets.
According to this reddit post many European car brands are offering massive discounts to compensate for lack of sales.
https://www.reddit.com/r/electricvehicles/comments/1d9d2fv/as_china_shifts_to_evs_dealers_forced_to_offer/
China is already at around 50% of new cars being plugin electric
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/05/26/44-plugin-vehicle-market-share-in-china-april-2024-sales-report/