Automotive & EV
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BYD Targets 30% Annual Growth vs Toyota’s Flat Sales
SHENZHEN, July 17 — The story of BYD’s global ambitions is, at its heart, a story about arithmetic.…
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Toyota retains top automaker title with 11.23 million vehicle sales in 2023
TOKYO, July 17 — Toyota Motor Corporation, the Japanese automaker that has held the title of the world’s…
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BYD rises from battery maker to world’s top EV seller in 20 years
SHENZHEN, July 17 — One of the more intriguing industrial transformations of the past three decades started not…
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CAFE Penalty Rate Faces First Major Update Since 1975
WASHINGTON, July 17 — The figure that matters for automakers: $14 per 0.1 mile per gallon. That is…
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Formula 1’s 2026 power unit rules hand McLaren first grid penalty
LONDON, July 16 — Lando Norris will take a 10-place grid penalty after McLaren confirmed the use of…
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16,000 yearly crashes linked to sudden unintended acceleration
WASHINGTON, July 16 — The driver’s foot hits the pedal. The car lunges forward. The brake pedal goes…
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Electronic Throttle Control Replaces Mechanical Linkages in Modern Cars
MANILA, July 16 — The quiet revolution under the bonnet of modern cars is one many drivers may…
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Tesla’s Asian Autopilot Remains Level 2, Not Fully Autonomous
SINGAPORE, July 16 — For families across Asia considering a Tesla, the promise of a car that can…
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Lithium-Ion Battery Costs Drop 87% Since 2010, Fueling EV Revolution
TEHRAN, July 13 — The cost of lithium-ion battery packs has fallen by 87 percent since 2010, according…
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Tesla delivered 1.81M vehicles in 2023 amid rising competition
LONDON, July 13 — Tesla delivered 1.81 million vehicles globally in 2023, a 38% increase from the 1.31…
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Wang Chuanfu’s BYD Makes China World’s Top EV Maker
SHENZHEN, July 13 — Wang Chuanfu, the founder and chairman of BYD, has built one of China’s most…
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Diesel’s Future: Efficiency, Regulations, and Alternative Fuels
WASHINGTON — Diesel engines have long been the workhorses of global commerce, powering everything from delivery trucks to…
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China Dominates 2023 Global EV Market: 60% Production & Sales Share
BEIJING, July 13 — How did a country that barely sold electric cars a decade ago come to…
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British Engineer Frank Whittle Patented Turbojet in 1930
LONDON, July 10 — On the surface, the history of the jet engine reads as a clean British…
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Rudolf Diesel’s 1892 Patent Revolutionized Engine Efficiency
AUGSBURG, July 9 — The mechanics here are deceptively simple, yet they rewrote the physics of power. The…
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Volkswagen bets $100 billion on electric vehicle future
WOLFSBURG, July 9 — Against this backdrop of a rapidly electrifying global automotive industry, the Volkswagen Group finds…
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BYD’s Wang Chuanfu: Chemist-Turned-CEO Behind China’s Leading EV Maker
BEIJING, July 9 — Wang Chuanfu, the founder and chairman of BYD Company Ltd, has built one of…
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Elon Musk Drives Tesla to Become World’s Most Valuable Automaker
LOS ANGELES, July 9 — For a man who started with a modest investment in an electric car…
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Tesla Faces Rising Challenge from Chinese EV Giant BYD
TEHRAN, July 9 — The global electric vehicle race has narrowed to two giants, and the contest between…
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How Jet Engines Work: From Whittle to Turbofans
LONDON, July 8 — The jet engine, the machine that shrank the world, has a history that reads…
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Highway Safety Statistics: Fatal Crashes on New Jersey Freeways
DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J., July 8 — Early findings suggest that a single-vehicle crash in Gloucester County late Sunday…
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German automakers face stiff competition in China’s evolving market
FRANKFURT, July 7 — Against the backdrop of a rapidly shifting global automotive order, Germany’s car industry—long the…
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EV Transition Reshapes Jobs, Oil, and Global Economy
DETROIT, July 6 — The shift to electric vehicles is reshaping lives and livelihoods across the American automotive…
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How Lithium-Ion Batteries Became the Engine of the EV Revolution
BEIJING, July 6 — The lithium-ion battery, first commercialised by Sony in 1991, has become the defining technology…
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