Most Car Sales (54%) in China Are Now Plugins! Full Report

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 02:57:16 +0000

Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, with plugins scoring a little more than 1 million sales (in a 1.9-million-unit overall market). That’s up 38% year over year (YoY), and the second best month ever, while the overall market is down 1% YoY. Looking deeper at the … [continued]

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BYD Partners With Loxea To Launch The ATTO 3, Dolphin, & Seal in Kenya

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:05:51 +0000

It seems like we get news of BYD entering a new market around the world every week now, so it’s hard to keep up! However, it’s great for the overall mission to accelerate adoption of electric vehicles around the world. Just the other week, BYD officially entered the Zambian market … [continued]

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Australian EV Market Dips in August, New Zealand Steady

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:41:09 +0000

Battery electric vehicles only achieved a 5.9% penetration of the new vehicle market in Australia in August. This is 5,892 out of 100,786 total light vehicles sold. It was 6,743 in July. Perhaps it’s time to admit that there is a slowdown and a pivot to PHEVs. Strangely, the more … [continued]

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Uruguay EV Sales Report June: BYD Dominates, Unreal Growth Brings BEV Market Share to 15%! 

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 19:26:57 +0000

We’ve grown accustomed in Latin America to outrageous headlines claiming 500%, 700%, and even 1,100% growth year on year. But as good an omen as these numbers are, once you read the articles, you realize this amazing growth has only been possible because of a very low departing base: for … [continued]

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BYD’s Electric Car Price Cuts Upset BYD Buyers in Thailand — Investigation Ensues As Factory Inaugurated

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:45:25 +0000

I wrote a few weeks ago, based on some ears on the ground, about cheap electric cars from BYD seemingly disrupting the auto market in Thailand — like, not just reaching good sales levels, but actually disrupting the market and pushing auto brands out. This even extends into the used … [continued]

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6 Months with a BYD Dolphin Premium

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 22:28:53 +0000

By Kurt Conway, as told to David Waterworth (with any further notes from me in italics). Continuing our series of owner reviews. You can read about my own impressions of the BYD Dolphin here. Kurt tells me: I have always been intrigued by electric vehicles ever since Nissan released the … [continued]

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EV Sales Report: Brazil Races Ahead, Bringing 1,100% BEV Growth in April

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 03:51:10 +0000

Good news keeps coming from the Carioca country. When EV sales skyrocketed in late 2023, there were fears this was a temporary increase because automakers were running to bring as many cars as possible to market before the tariffs kicked in this year. This wasn’t the case, and because the … [continued]

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The BYD Dolphin Is Now The Lowest Priced EV In South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 16:04:56 +0000

Sales of electric vehicles have been very slow in South Africa, but the industry is starting to show signs of growth. Sales of battery-electric vehicles came close to breaching the 1,000 units per year mark in South Africa for the first time ever. Last year, 931 battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) were … [continued]

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Latin American EV Market Heats Up as Chinese Automakers Enter with Newer, Cheaper, Better Options

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 10:01:35 +0000

A bloodbath is coming. The exact timeline we don’t know, not yet at least. But the omens are here already … [continued]

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More Affordable Electric Cars Are Starting To Arrive In More Places Around The World

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2024 04:47:56 +0000

$25,000 seems to be the magical number when it comes to the upfront purchase price of EVs to get things … [continued]

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