Etiqueta: Renault

Europe's car industry faces an acute demand shock from Chinese overcapacity & US tariffs. Instead of bailouts & regulatory rollbacks, member-states should co-ordinate buy-European EV subsidies & revive internal demand.

Carmakers say disruption to chip supplies could affect production amid calls for diplomatic solution to dispute

Nissan Europe is forming a CO2 pool with BYD in order to achieve its 2025 fleet targets and avoid EU penalties. Until now, the Japanese manufacturer had been

Chinese car brands, now available in France, still have only a modest foothold in corporate fleets. However, some, leveraging their considerable resources and technological lead in electric vehicles, make no secret of their ambitions for expansion.

September saw plugin EVs take 35.5% share of the UK auto market, up from 29.4% year-on-year. BEVs grew in volume by 29% YoY, PHEVs grew 56%.

Bumper September sales for fast-growing Chinese car brand BYD mean the UK has become the firm’s second largest international market.

MEUDON, France (Reuters) -Renault's low-cost brand Dacia on Monday unveiled a prototype electric mini-car that could cost less than 15,000 euros ($17,625), potentially providing a competitive alternative to low-cost Chinese electric vehicles. The "Hipster Concept", which could go into production if the European Union agrees to create a new small car category, is tiny, only 3 metres (9.84 ft) long and weighing less than 800 kg (1,763.7 lb). The shortest car on the market in Europe today, Leapmotor's T03 city car, is 62 cm longer.

August sales figures are in and BYD outsold Tesla in Europe for the second month in a row as the US company continues to struggle.