European Car Sales Set To Accelerate As China Threat Looms. “Average selling prices now seem to be peaking” “There’s many a slip twixt cup and lip” says the old English proverb, or you may prefer “don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched”, but the Chinese auto industry hasn’t yet moved in and shut down the […]
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Europe Needs A Radical Electric Car Course Correction
Europe Needs A Radical Electric Car Course Correction. “Europe is 3 to 4 years behind the key small to medium sized volume market segments. There’s not enough product and it’s too expensive” The European auto industry is making the wrong kind of electric cars and unless it makes a quick U-turn, oblivion beckons. If Europe […]
Renault, Stellantis Could Win From China Tariffs
Renault, Stellantis Could Win From China Tariffs. “we do not accept this distortion from the inside of our market, we do not accept this from the outside” Renault and Stellantis would gain if the European Union imposed tariffs on Chinese electric car imports, while Volkswagen’s mass market brands would benefit but its operations in China […]
The Only Way Is Up F or Volkswagen.
The Only Way Is Up F or Volkswagen. “we believe VW ceded its first-mover advantage in EVs with execution in key areas below our expectations” Volkswagen’s share price has fallen about 40% over the past year and investors wonder if the huge conglomerate might need to take drastic measures to stay afloat. But investment researcher […]
U.K Returns New ICE Car Ban To 2035 Amid Protests, Praise
U.K Returns New ICE Car Ban To 2035 Amid Protests, Praise. Toyota-the move will have all round benefits, and renewed its plea for the widest range of technologies to be available to consumers Many of Britain’s auto manufacturers and importers railed against the government’s decision to return the ban on the sale of new gasoline […]
China Says EU Electric Car Probe Protectionist
China Says EU Electric Car Probe Protectionist. “We hate to say it, but this sounds like more EU sore losing” China said the EU’s move to investigate whether its sales of electric cars to Europe might require anti-dumping action were “protectionist”, while Germany and France backed the investigation with varying degrees of enthusiasm, and some […]
WintonsWorld Electric Car Tests October 2023
WintonsWorld Electric Car Tests October 2023
Tesla Hit By Range Claims, But It Still Beats Most Other EVs
Tesla Hit By Range Claims, But It Still Beats Most Other EVs. “Range falls off a cliff at high speed. For an electric car, the extra energy required getting from 60 mph to 75 mph is astonishing and virtually doubles energy consumption” Reuters revealed some disturbing range and service problems at Tesla but Elon Musk’s […]
Could Aston Martin Be Ready To Thrive, Not Just Survive?
Could Aston Martin Be Ready To Thrive, Not Just Survive? “Better than consensus across all key metrics confirms stabilization at Aston Martin although gross margin improvement remains slow” For a while it looked as though financial ruin might deprive legendary movie spy James Bond of his traditional Aston Martin getaway wheels, but according to a […]
Ferrari Money-Making Machine Shows No Sign Of Faltering
Ferrari Money-Making Machine Shows No Sign Of Faltering. “Ferrari has been slow to react to the EV trend and risks losing out to competitors like Porsche and Lamborghini” It won’t be long until the signature V-12 screech saying, look at me, here I come in my Ferrari, is replaced by the modest whir of electric […]