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Chinese Automakers Seek to Sell Affordable EVs in the US
Fully-electric cars have a price problem in the U.S.; they simply cost too much. The high price of EVs is hurting adoption, and cheap Chinese EVs could exploit this problem, according to Axios. Chinese EVs could end up being the budget alternatives that the U.S. needs in order to accelerate the EV transition in the…
Brazil’s Sugar-Cane Cars Outperform EVs
Politicians, Big Ag, and major automakers like Toyota and Volkswagen are all conspiring in Brazil to maintain ethanol’s lead at the expense of EVs. Brazil’s flexible-fuel cars, which can run on a mix of ethanol and gasoline, have long been the most popular vehicles on the market, but these “sugar-cane cars” are…
Americans Rejecting EV Revolution: What If?
I’ve always questioned the idea that Americans could get fully on-board with electric cars. Living through Covid, where Americans more or less chose/are choosing to ignore a pandemic and do little to nothing in response didn’t make me more confident that they’d be inclined respond when faced with extinction. Americans…
Mazda Explores EV Production in Mexico without Haste
Good morning! It’s Friday, July 14, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know.
U.S. Lack of Interest in Electric Vehicles
The problem with EVs was once limited supply, but it has now become demand. In the U.S., EVs are sitting on dealer lots for far longer than their gas-powered counterparts and piling up as buyers mostly continue to overlook fully-electric cars, as Axios reports. Despite carmaker lineups filling out with new EV models …