Leader & Laggard of the Week: Ford & Germany

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2023 01:16:04 +0000

A large part of our role in the media is to highlight cleantech leaders, and another large part is to bring to light climate and cleantech laggards. With that in mind, we’re starting a new series — a weekly look at a company, person, organization, or country that stood out in a good way and […]

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The Year of Change: Snippets from the EV Situation in Latin America

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 23:30:29 +0000

Long distances, oilfields, and low salaries abound south of the Rio Bravo. If you ask me, it’s mainly these three conditions that have marked Latin America as one of the laggards in the EV transition. Alas, all bad times should come to an end, and recent developments in the region start to show not a […]

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BYD Launches Dolphin In Thailand At Price Parity With Popular ICE Vehicles!

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:39:39 +0000

BYD in partnership with Rever Automotive has launched the BYD Dolphin hatchback at the 44th Bangkok International Motor Show. That’s not all the good news. There’s more good news! Rever Automotive has announced that the Dolphin will start at 799,999 Baht, which is about $23,256 after government incentives. This is close to some of the […]

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Electric Vehicle Progress in Africa

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:54:41 +0000

Africa is leapfrogging centralized coal-fired power for electricity generation, but what progress is being made in the uptake of electric vehicles? Green shoots are appearing. I have written previously about buses and boda bodas, but what other vehicles are being provided for the 45 countries and more than one billion people of this vast continent? […]

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Stainless Steel Swimming Pool & Spa Technology Firm Polytherm Becomes 1st Fleet Customer For BYD ATTO 3 In Austria

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 01:45:25 +0000

Polytherm BYD ATTO 3 electric vehicles fleet in AustriaPolytherm GmbH, an Austrian family business with more than 100 employees and a growing vehicle fleet, has just taken delivery of some BYD ATTO 3s. Polytherm specializes in stainless steel pools, swimming pool technology, and spas. It also works on refurbishments for old swimming pools. Polytherm Managing Director Hermann Weissenecker says, “The BYD ATTO 3 […]

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BYD Now In Middle East, Launches 4 BEV Models In Jordan

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 22:41:03 +0000

BYD has been accelerating its overseas expansion program, strategically partnering with local entities in each market to swiftly launch its range of BEVs in those markets. Jordan is the latest market to be added to BYD’s network. Jordan has also become the first market in the Middle East to get BYD passenger vehicles. In Jordan, […]

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The BYD Atto 3 Is The Top Selling EV In Israel So Far This Year, With 42% Of The BEV Market

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 16:05:52 +0000

BYD Atto 3The BYD Atto 3 made an impressive debut in Israel late last year. It quickly moved up to the top of the BEV sales charts in November, which was very impressive given the fact that this was only its second month since it had been launched in the country. The Atto 3 is continuing its […]

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Octopus Electric Vehicles To Buy 5,000 Vehicles From BYD In UK

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:35:12 +0000

Last week BYD announced that the Atto 3 SUV is now available for orders in the UK and that deliveries start this week. The first BYD ‘Pioneer’ stores will open imminently and are situated along the spine of UK including Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, and Milton Keynes. BYD’s Atto 3 has scored a Five-Star Rating in […]

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Tesla Bear Charlie Munger’s Bet On BYD

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 23:04:25 +0000

Where are all the Teslas?The Tesla vs. BYD debate has been hotly discussed on Wall Street in the past several months, especially watching the two compete in the world’s largest auto market. While the Chinese market remains an important one for Tesla bulls, BYD outsells Tesla there and some bears are betting on BYD as the future leader of […]

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