Battery Electric Vehicle News / Enjoying the Transportation Revolution

JKenH

Ok I’m getting as bored with this as the rest of you probably are. I’ve said what I wanted to say. I’ll leave it there. 

Grumpy_chap

Lots of  TESLAs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60978211

Martyn1981

Can't explain why, but this article simply tickled me, perhaps it's because it's such a silly 'record', or because the photo shows a whole building length of chargers. Vive la difference.


Tesla opens its ‘longest’ Supercharger station in the world

Tesla has opened its “longest Supercharger station in the world” through a growing partnership with a French supermarket company.

There are larger, bigger Supercharger stations in the world, but apparently, there are none longer.

EVandPV

BREAKING: BYD discontinues production of fuel vehicles as it shifts entirely to NEVs

BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDY, HKG: 1211), China's largest new energy vehicle (NEV) maker, has officially ditched fuel vehicles altogether.

In line with its strategic development needs, BYD has stopped production of fuel vehicles since March 2022, the company said in an announcement on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange today.

https://cnevpost.com/2022/04/03/byd-discontinues-production-of-fuel-vehicles-as-it-shifts-entirely-to-nevs/amp/

Grumpy_chap

Grumpy_chap said:

Lots of  TESLAs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60978211

Elon must be bored.  He bumped the success news of his business off the landing page of news sites by buying a big chunk of a social network site.  
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60979656

Does that make him a Twit?  If not, what is the correct noun for "a user of Twitter"? 

shinytop

Grumpy_chap said:

Grumpy_chap said:

Lots of  TESLAs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60978211

Elon must be bored.  He bumped the success news of his business off the landing page of news sites by buying a big chunk of a social network site.  
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60979656

Does that make him a Twit?  If not, what is the correct noun for "a user of Twitter"? 

Just replace the 'i' with an 'a' 

JKenH

Tesla Shocks German Consumers With A €7,000 Price Hike For Base Model 3

https://www.carscoops.com/2022/04/buying-a-base-tesla-model-3-in-germany-will-now-cost-an-additional-e8000/

Coastalwatch

While still producing plug in hybrids it would seem that BYD's CEO is placing his/their faith in new energy vehicles only, accepting there will be a long transition.

I don't know if any other manufacturer has taken such a decision or whether they are the first in the motor industry to do so and possibly initiating the start of a domino effect?

BYD quits the combustion engine

BYD announced that it had stopped the production of fuel vehicles “in line with strategic development requirements”. In the automotive sector, the manufacturer wants to concentrate only on the business with new energy vehicles – i.e. plug-in hybrids and purely electrically powered vehicles – according to the stock exchange announcement.

At least in the passenger car market, the step is manageable for the manufacturer. In February, BYD sold 90,268 passenger cars, of which 87,473 were NEVs – 96.9 per cent of all BYD cars already had an electric motor in the drivetrain. In the stock exchange release, BYD also announced the figures for March: The manufacturer sold 106,658 New Energy Vehicles, of which 106,118 were passenger cars and 540 commercial vehicles. The pure combustion vehicles are already listed as zero in the March statistics.

The reports at the time were commented on by Wang Chuanfu, CEO and president of BYD. Wang stated that the general trend that New Energy Vehicles will replace pure combustion vehicles “is already set” – alluding mainly to the regulatory situation. However, he went on record to say that he expected a long transition period within NEVs from plug-in hybrids to pure electric vehicles.

https://www.electrive.com/2022/04/04/byd-quits-the-combustion-engine/

Martyn1981

UK car sales for Mch, and BEV's are up nearly 80% (YoY). Tesla(s) tops the chart for most popular model (of any car type) for the month. Great to see BEV's making the news (hopefully) again.

Car Registrations

JKenH

Martyn1981 said:

UK car sales for Mch, and BEV's are up nearly 80% (YoY). Tesla(s) tops the chart for most popular model (of any car type) for the month. Great to see BEV's making the news (hopefully) again.

Car Registrations

Tesla took the 1 and 2 spots overall with the MY and  M3 respectively and are 6th and 7th overall YTD.