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Australian Electric Vehicle Sales Hold Steady at 15% in September
September 2025 saw over 11,500 new battery electric cars (BEV) and almost 4,500 plug-in hybrid electrics (PHEV) sold into the new car market in Australia. That’s a combined 15.7% market share of overall new car sales. The increase over the past few months is holding. The total market was 102,000 … [continued]
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BYD Launches The Highly Anticipated Dolphin Surf In South Africa, Opening Electric Vehicles To The Mass Market
Three years ago, I wrote an article titled “South Africa Needs Cheaper Electric Cars ASAP!” following a study that showed over 70% of South Africans would be interested in switching to electric if they had the option to buy an electric vehicle that costs less than R500,000 ($30,000). South Africans … [continued]
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GM Works to Fix the Spark EUV’s Botched Arrival with Local Assembly in Brazil & Lower Prices in Colombia
Just as BYD started churning out Seagulls from its new plant at Camaçarí, General Motors announced the arrival of a competitor in the affordable EV segment, the re-branded Chevrolet Spark EUV. The timing was not ideal. Brazil’s leniency towards EV imports just ended (tariffs for EVs were raised to 25% … [continued]
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BEV Listings in South Africa’s Used Vehicle Market up 63% Year on Year (January to June 2025)
Growing the pool of BEVs available on the used vehicle market will help catalyse EV adoption, as more people are in a position to purchase a lower priced, used BEV than brand new ones. As South Africa does not allow the importation of used vehicles, this growth can only come … [continued]
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BYD Enters Argentina
Apparently, we jumped the gun a couple of days ago writing about the markets where BYD has been expanding. It’s been growing in Nepal, Malaysia, and Cambodia, and it has also begun exporting vehicles from Thailand to Europe. Now we also have news that it has entered Argentina. It has … [continued]
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