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US Gas Car Sales Down 1% While Electric Car Sales Up 8%

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 02:09:17 +0000

It’s time again to look back on quarterly US auto sales, comparing Q3 2024 to Q3 2023, Q3 2022, Q3 2021, Q3 2020, and Q3 2019. In other words, we’re going way back to try to get a good picture of auto sales trends in the country. Of course, a … [continued]

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Tesla Is Secretly Recalling Cybertruck Batteries

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:48:13 +0000

Something interesting has been going on with Tesla Cybertrucks. Tesla has been quietly replacing their battery packs, seemingly a lot of them. At least since September, Tesla has been swapping out Cybertruck battery packs for new ones when they are brought in for other maintenance issues. The first report we’re … [continued]

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Xiaomi Wants To Become A Top 5 Automaker Globally

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 04:59:59 +0000

Xiaomi sales have been absolutely stunning in 2024, but the company’s CEO, chairman, and founder wants to go far beyond this and make Xiaomi the 5th largest automaker in the world! In its first 9 months, the company sold a stunning 130,000 electric vehicles. Can it increase that many times … [continued]

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Why Isn’t Hyundai Motor Group Circling the Drain?

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 02:40:32 +0000

Paul Wildman and I have collaborated on articles charting the difficulties of the top three car makers: Toyota, Volkswagen, and Stellantis; and the effect of these difficulties on their respective national economies: Japan, Germany, France, and Italy. Recently, I suggested to Paul that we look at Hyundai/Kia, as they do … [continued]

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Plan To Sell Scout Vehicles Directly To The Public Has California Volkswagen Dealers Hopping Mad

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:01:52 +0000

Volkswagen is moving forward with plans to begin manufacturing a whole new class of vehicles under the Scout Motors brand. Scout was originally a sub-brand of International Harvester, with all the technological sophistication that name implies. The company started as a manufacturer of farming equipment and machinery, which means its … [continued]

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The Media Has It Wrong: 92% Of Electric Vehicle Owners Worldwide Would Definitely Buy Another EV

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 18:29:19 +0000

To our electric vehicle (EV) owners: If you found yourself with the choice to buy another EV or return to an internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV), which would you do? Well, if you are like most participants in a recent study, you’d replace it with another EV. Those are the … [continued]

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