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Redesigning the wheel is great, as long as the thing you’re changing actually needs it. Automakers are primary offenders in this area, changing the gear selector and many other long-consistent components.
PARIS — China's premium electric vehicle maker Nio is on track to unveil a new model under a mass-market brand by the end of this month and a second smaller EV to be sold in Europe next year for less than $30,000, a senior executive told Reuters on Monday.
Chinese Xpeng opened orders for the G6 SUV coupe in the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. It is the third Xpeng-branded car offered in Europe. The Xpeng G6 undercuts the Tesla Model Y, aiming to get a part of its market share. However, it has already lost the war against the Model Y in the domestic market.
No good deed goes unpunished—and that includes trying to slow climate change. By cutting greenhouse gas emissions, humanity will spew out fewer planet-cooling aerosols—small particles of pollution that act like tiny umbrellas to bounce some of the sun’s energy back into space.
BEIJING/SHANGHAI — Chinese automakers and shippers are ordering a record number of car-carrying vessels to support a boom in EV exports, data showed, putting China on course to amass the world's fourth-largest fleet by 2028.
The report comes after an announcement in September 2023 that the European Union had launched an investigation into unfair subsidies boosting the success of Chinese EVs in EU markets, followed by the news in March this year that the EU had collected “sufficient evidence” to potentially impose retroactive tariffs.
Chinese electric carmaker Xpeng, backed by Volkswagen, is expanding into its fifth European market after Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark. On Thursday, it announced plans to commence sales in Germany this May, starting with the G9 SUV and P7 sedan. Xpeng aims to secure a 3% market share for new energy vehicles by the end of this year.When sales of the two models begin, Xpeng will be operating in 24 locations.
Xpeng entered Germany today, its fifth European market, following Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark. The Guangzhou-based EV maker left its entry-level cars in China and introduced two upper models: the Xpeng G9 flagship SUV and the Xpeng P7 sedan. Sales and test drives will start in May.