EV Sales Nosedive in EU; World’s Fastest Charging EV – Autoline Daily 3781
This is autoline daily the show dedicated to enthusiasts of the global automotive industry China has the world’s fastest charging EV the refreshed version of the zer1 was able to add 264 km or 164 miles of range in just 5 minutes topping out at a peak charging rate of 546 KW that’s
A little bit faster than the Le Auto megaan which is able to charge at up to 521 KW but it must have been able to maintain that rate for longer because the megaan charged faster from 10 to 80% it did it in just over 10 minutes and 30
Seconds which is about a minute faster than the1 Zer which is part of gie went with a catl Shen Zing 95 KW hour battery pack that features temperature control technology to allow it to charge that fast but both the Zer and the Le AO require new Ultra fast charging stations
To achieve those times in the case of Le Auto it’s building out its own network with chargers up to 480 Kow not like the 520 plus kilowatts it achieved in its recent test and Zer is also building out its own network which will eventually include Chargers capable of 600 KW but
Its current units Peak out at 360 so it’s going going to take a while to spread but it is interesting to see charging times getting closer and closer to how long it takes to fill up a tank of gas and I suspect for most people 164
Mil in 5 minutes would be more than enough sales of electric cars took a nose dive in Europe in the first quarter of the Year automakers sold a bit over 246,000 bevs which was nearly 73,000 fewer than last year a drop of almost 23% the Volkswagen group saw the largest
Decline down 43% while stellantis was down 40% and Tesla saw its sales drop 29% this data comes from EU ev.com a website that tracks vehicle registrations in Europe and serves as an indicator of how sales are going unlike the US market which is seeing a Slowdown
In the growth of electric cars Europe is experiencing an outright drop in sales European car buyers are turning away because of high EV prices and seem to be waiting for lower price models and this will be particularly alarming for European automakers because the rest of the car market is showing signs of
Recovery so EV sales are going against market trends meanwhile in China it’s a different story after a slow start to the year sales of electrics took off in March though all all the data has yet to come in Bloomberg reports that sales of new energy Vehicles which includes bevs
And pavs were up 33% to 820,000 units but here’s a word of warning on the EV Market in China of the 129 different brand selling electric cars 109 of them have less than 1% market share which almost certainly suggests that they’re losing money we’re also waiting for all
The auto makers in the US market to report their first quarter sales but it looks like the market is growing analysts expect the SAR or seasonally adjusted annual rate to come in around 15.8 million Vehicles up from 14.9 million a year ago therefore forecasting q1 sales at 3.8 million Vehicles up 6%
From last year but down 3% from the fourth quarter growing levels of inventory along with more incentives is what they think is helping to move the metal we want to know what drives you’re testing OTA connected car Diagnostics remote testing Intrepid Control Systems is here to help you work from anywhere
Intrepid Control Systems driven by your data Toyota is cutting down some of the silos that typically help prop up Legacy automakers it finally completed its new R&D and Technical Center in Japan that it started working on in 2018 the vehicle Development building has been built to feel and look like the pits at
The nurburg ring so members from all functions including planning and design development and engineering and prototyping and evaluation can gather in one place and develop cars together along with other new technologies and two specialized test tracks Toyota thinks this will help it make better cars no this isn’t a late April Fool’s
Joke Hyundai is calling off an aluminum deal due to a campaign from K-pop fans that were concerned about the environmental impact from producing the metal in 2022 Hyundai signed a deal with Indonesia’s adro minerals to supply it with aluminum but a climate activist group backed by kpot fans launched a
Campaign to end the deal because they’re concerned about the amount of carbon emissions created from smelting aluminum with coal power obviously Hyundai Cav to the pressure and called it off speaking of Hyundai its Robo taxi is good enough that it could get a US driver’s license the automaker showed its autonomous
Ionic 5 undergoing a road test in Las Vegas from a certified DMV driving examiner and of course it passed with flying colors Hyundai says the AV was subjected to the same Maneuvers required for a human being to get a US driver’s license motional which is the name of
The AV joint venture of the Hyundai group and the technology company aptive currently operates a fleet of autonomous ionic fives in Las Vegas and this video is all about generating more trust with its Vehicles traffic deaths in the US declined last year but they’re still above prepandemic levels according to
The national highway traffic safety administration 4,990 people were killed in car crashes last year down from over 42,500 in 2022 or a 3.6% drop it’s the second straight year that traffic deaths have dropped in the US they surged during covid lockdowns because with less cars on the road more drivers were
Speeding and driving under the influence and while traffic deaths are falling Nitsa said in a separate report that pedestrian and cyclist fatalities are on the rise in 2022 pedestrian deaths increased .7% to 7,522 the most since 1981 and 1, 105 cyclists were killed in 2022 a 133% increase and the most since
At least 1980 Liberty Media is adding another trophy to its portfolio Liberty which owns the commercial rights to Formula 1 announced that it’s acquiring dorna or the company that owns the Moto GP motorcycle racing in series The Deal valued at $4.5 billion is expected to be
Completed by the end of the year Liberty bought F1 in 2017 and since then the sport has exploded in popularity and no doubt Liberty is hoping to duplicate that success with Moto GP though it doesn’t get a lot of attention car accidents with deer are a big problem and the numbers are
Staggering in Europe about 300 people are killed in accident with deer every year and 10,000 are injured in the US deer hits cause 200 human fatalities and 10,000 injuries in Australia they have a similar problem but with kangaroos which have about the same height head size and
Ears as a deer and they kind of look the same too so Volkswagen of Australia is trying to develop an electronic sound generator integrated right into the VW logo on the front of a car to scare kangaroos away from the road they call it the rub badge working with the
University of Melbourne it uses an app in GPS data to turn on when a car drives into an area with a lot of kangaroos the rub badge emits sounds similar to animals that prey on kangaroos like dingos as well as warning Cries From Birds and the thumps that kangaroos make
With their hind legs to warn other kangaroos the sound projects as a high focused beam out in front of the the car and when the sound hits a kangaroo it warns them of approaching danger the rub badge is still being tested but VW hopes it will apply to deer and other animals
And by the way we want to thank our viewer Robert scabaras sorry if I mispronounce your name but we want to thank you for bringing this to our attention we have a very engaged group of viewers in Australia so good on you mates and if you happen to see something that you
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0:00 New World’s Fastest Charging EV
1:45 EV Sales Nosedive in EU
2:50 China NEV Sales Recover in March
3:27 U.S. Q1 Sales Looking Good
4:20 Toyota Builds Radically Different R&D Center
4:58 K-Pop Fans Torpedo Hyundai Aluminum Deal
5:33 Hyundai AV Passes Human Driver Test
6:14 U.S. Traffic Deaths Down, But Above Pre-Covid Levels
7:16 Liberty Media Buying MotoGP
7:48 VW Tech Scares Kangaroos Away from Cars
Story Links:
World’s Fastest Charging EV: https://carnewschina.com/2024/04/02/zeekr-001-fastest-charging-ev-in-china/
EU EV Sales: https://eu-evs.com/
China NEV Sales: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-02/chinese-ev-makers-post-strong-showing-in-march-after-slow-start
U.S. Q1 Sales: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-02/auto-sales-boosted-by-deals-cheaper-suvs-as-americans-turn-frugal
New Toyota R&D Center: https://global.toyota/en/newsroom/corporate/40604217.html
K-Pop Fans Torpedo Hyundai Aluminum Deal: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/hyundai-motor-ends-indonesia-aluminium-deal-after-climate-campaign-by-k-pop-fans-2024-04-02/
Hyundai AV Passes Driver’s Test: https://www.hyundaimotorgroup.com/news/CONT0000000000144539
U.S. Traffic Deaths Down: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-traffic-deaths-down-36-2023-above-pre-pandemic-levels-2024-04-01/
Liberty Media Buys MotoGP: https://www.reuters.com/sports/formula1/us-based-f1-owner-liberty-media-announces-motogp-takeover-2024-04-01/
VW Tech Scares Kangaroos Away from Cars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9klRlKoEQk
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