Afonso
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Founder of @EV_CARBA and @PT_CARBA | Daily Newsletter: carba.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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Had the chance to speak about the Chinese carmakers in Europe amid Leapmotor’s A10 launch. Full video below! 🎥 @Leapmotorglobal @CNEVhome
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Rivian Draws $1 Billion Volkswagen Loan at 6.03%, Secured by JV Stake — EV $RIVN $VWAGY via @EV_CARBA eletric-vehicles.com/rivian/…

Rivian Draws $1 Billion Volkswagen Loan at 6.03%, Secured by JV Stake | EV

Rivian has received a $1 billion, 10-year loan from Volkswagen Group at a fixed rate of 6.03%, secured by its half of the EV maker's software joint venture, a regulatory filing showed on Wednesday.

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Chinese Carmakers Reach About 12% of Argentina Sales as EV Import Cap Rises — EV $BYDDY $GELYF $STLA via @EV_CARBA eletric-vehicles.com/byd/chi…

Chinese Carmakers Reach About 12% of Argentina Sales as EV Import Cap Rises | EV

Chinese carmakers took about 12% of Argentina's new light-vehicle registrations in September, led by BYD in ninth place, according to EV calculations based on data from dealers' association ACARA.

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Rivian Promises ‘Brand New Demos’ at Autonomy & AI Day in San Francisco — EV $RIVN via @EV_CARBA eletric-vehicles.com/rivian/…

Rivian Promises 'Brand New Demos' at Autonomy & AI Day in San Francisco | EV

Rivian is promising "brand new demos" at its second Autonomy & AI Day on December 9, which it will hold at its Fell Street space in San Francisco, according to an invitation seen by EV.

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Rivian Georgia Plant Footage Shows Start of Stamping Pits, Officials Say — EV $RIVN via @EV_CARBA eletric-vehicles.com/rivian/…

Rivian Georgia Plant Footage Shows Start of Stamping Pits, Officials Say | EV

Drone footage of Rivian's Georgia plant site shows two large excavations that local officials identified as the beginnings of stamping pits, the foundations for the presses that will form the...

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The Type 01 is finally here after the controversial 2024 rebrand. 400 miles, about $172,500. eletric-vehicles.com/tata-mo…

Jaguar Launches £130,000 Type 01 EV With 400-Mile Range | EV

Jaguar's Type 01 will sell for £130,000 ($172,500), reach 62 mph in 3.2 seconds and travel up to 400 miles on a charge, The Telegraph reported on Tuesday, in an article published before the EV's...

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Rivian’s Software Chief Posts Halloween Anagram Hours After Tesla’s Rollout — EV $RIVN $TSLA via @EV_CARBA eletric-vehicles.com/rivian/…

Rivian's Software Chief Posts Halloween Anagram Hours After Tesla's Rollout | EV

Rivian Chief Software Officer Wassym Bensaid posted a 25-letter string on X on Tuesday that rearranges into "Halloween Mode October Ninth", about two hours after Tesla began rolling out its own...

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China Highway EV Chargers Deliver Record 28 Million kWh on National Day — EV $BYDDY $GELYF $XPEV $NIO $XIACF $LI via @EV_CARBA eletric-vehicles.com/chargin…

China Highway EV Chargers Deliver Record 28 Million kWh on National Day | EV

China's expressway EV chargers delivered a record 28.05 million kWh on the first day of the National Day holiday, up 60.4% from a year earlier, although about half of that increase reflects a larger...

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Baird, StoneX Maintain Lucid Ratings After Q3 Deliveries — EV $LCID via @EV_CARBA eletric-vehicles.com/lucid/b…

Baird, StoneX Maintain Lucid Ratings After Q3 Deliveries | EV

Baird and StoneX both left their ratings on Lucid unchanged on Tuesday after the EV maker's third-quarter deliveries missed estimates, with Baird keeping a $6 price target and StoneX pointing to weak...

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China NEV Weekly Orders Fall 52% on Year in Holiday Week, Goldman Says — EV $BYDDY $GELYF $XPEV $LI $XIACF $NIO $PSNY via @EV_CARBA eletric-vehicles.com/general…

China NEV Weekly Orders Fall 52% on Year in Holiday Week, Goldman Says | EV

Weekly orders for new energy vehicles in China were 52% lower than a year earlier in the week that took in the start of the National Day holiday, Goldman Sachs said in a note, as the country's car...

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Tesla Korea Registrations Rise 36% in September on Six-Seat Model Y L — EV $TSLA via @EV_CARBA eletric-vehicles.com/tesla/t…

Tesla Korea Registrations Rise 36% in September on Six-Seat Model Y L | EV

Tesla registered 12,372 vehicles in South Korea in September, 36.4% more than a year earlier, and led the country's import market for an eighth consecutive month, data from the Korea Automobile...

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Jaguar leaked ahead of today's unveiling. Someone (media) messed up. @EV_CARBA eletric-vehicles.com/tata-mo…

Jaguar Type 01 Image Leaks Before Reveal, Brand Said to Seek Takedown | EV

An image presented as the production Jaguar Type 01 circulated online on Monday, about a day before the electric grand tourer's scheduled unveiling in New York, and one website that published it said...

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Jaguar Type 01: New York Permit Shows Two-Day Shoot of Debut Model — EV via @EV_CARBA eletric-vehicles.com/tata-mo…

Jaguar Type 01: New York Permit Shows Two-Day Shoot of EV Model | EV

Parking near the New York venue for the Jaguar Type 01 reveal was suspended from Monday for a two-day film shoot registered under the car's internal codename, a city notice posted online by an...

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September was Tesla's strongest month since 2022. 👏 $TSLA
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Tesla’s German Registrations Hit Highest Since 2022, Passing BYD for Year — EV $TSLA via @EV_CARBA eletric-vehicles.com/tesla/t…
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Tesla’s German Registrations Hit Highest Since 2022, Passing BYD for Year — EV $TSLA via @EV_CARBA eletric-vehicles.com/tesla/t…

Tesla's German Registrations Hit Highest Since 2022, Passing BYD for Year | EV

Tesla's registrations in Germany more than tripled in September to 12,552 vehicles, the highest monthly total since December 2022 and enough to move the brand back ahead of BYD for the year.

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UK Weighs Tariffs on Chinese EVs as Brands Top 25% of September Sales — EV $BYDDY $GELYF $XPEV $STLA via @EV_CARBA eletric-vehicles.com/nio/uk-…

UK Weighs Tariffs on Chinese EVs as Brands Top 25% of September Sales | EV

The United Kingdom is preparing options for tariffs on Chinese-built electric vehicles, The Times reported on Sunday, a shift that would end Britain's position as the largest European car market...

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Rivian to Replace R2 Over Continued AC Compressor Issues, Owner Says — EV $RIVN via @EV_CARBA eletric-vehicles.com/rivian/…

Rivian to Replace R2 Over Continued AC Compressor Issues, Owner Says | EV

Rivian is replacing a customer's R2 with a new vehicle after finding further problems with its air-conditioning compressor, and its engineers will keep the vehicle to study it, the owner said, five...

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Lucid US Sales Jump in September, Motor Intelligence Says — EV $LCID via @EV_CARBA eletric-vehicles.com/lucid/l…

Lucid US Sales Jump in September, Motor Intelligence Says | EV

Lucid sold an estimated 1,038 vehicles in the United States in September, up 24.0% from August, as the Gravity SUV reached its highest monthly total and the Air sedan fell to its lowest, according to...

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Rivian Spinoff ALSO Starts Delivering E-Bikes After Months of Delays — EV $RIVN via @EV_CARBA eletric-vehicles.com/rivian/…

Rivian Spinoff ALSO Starts Delivering E-Bikes After Months of Delays | EV

Also, the micromobility company spun out of Rivian, has begun delivering its TM-B electric bike to customers in the US, about six months after the spring date it first promised.

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Lucid Cosmos Seen Testing on California’s Highway 101 — EV $LCID via @EV_CARBA eletric-vehicles.com/lucid/l…

Lucid Cosmos Seen Testing on California's Highway 101 | EV

A camouflaged Lucid Cosmos prototype has been photographed on US Highway 101 south of San Jose, the first sighting of the midsize SUV in which the images themselves show a location outside Arizona.

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