At the end of 2024, the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, announced that mass production of the electric version of the Grande Panda will begin in the third week of January 2025. That didn't happen
China's BYD has overtaken Tesla to become the world's leading electric car maker after surpassing $100 billion in sales in 2024
Tesla electric cars are usually driven by more affluent and environmentally conscious people. But since the boss of the car manufacturer Elon Musk threw himself into the right wing, many drivers will no longer hear about Tesla. Sales are falling
Volkswagen is closing plants for the first time in history, jobs are disappearing, and Chinese manufacturers are increasingly dominant - is there any salvation for the German auto industry?
Even on super-fast chargers, an electric car must spend at least 15 minutes, more realistically twice as long, which is incomparable to the two or three minutes it takes to fill a tank with gasoline, diesel or liquid petroleum gas
In the Bou Azer mine in Morocco, cobalt is mined, which is essential for the production of electric cars. BMW signed a contract worth 100 million euros with the mining company Managem. And the miners don't get paid, they don't get paid their contributions, those who get sick get fired. The German company is silent
Fiat's "Grande Panda" will be a bestseller, CEO of Stelantis Carlos Tavares is convinced and praises the "lithium agreement" between Serbia and the EU. Because the battery represents 40 percent of the costs of electric cars, which are expensive, and the costs are significantly reduced if the entire production chain is completed in the same economic space
High tariffs on Chinese battery electric vehicles in the European Union will be introduced from July 5, the European Commission (EC) decided, citing that China is showering its car manufacturers with huge amounts of subsidies that lead to artificially low prices and unfair competition.
Volkswagen plans to invest up to five billion euros in the American company Rivian. What is the goal of that investment? And what Volkswagen is planning in the electric car market
The diesel era is over for Volvo, which plans to produce only electric vehicles from 2030
New electric vehicles are conquering markets on all continents. The US has already imposed a punitive tariff of 25 percent on them, while the European Union is considering a similar measure
This year, without explanation, the state reduced the amount for subsidizing the purchase of electric vehicles. Admittedly, private individuals are also eyeing the construction of energy infrastructure, even though there are hardly any electric cars in the country. And those who are there also pour "dirty" electricity from thermal power plants
In 2030, Mercedes planned to market exclusively electric cars. The plans have now been corrected. The concern from Stuttgart forecasts a significantly smaller share of e-cars in the total traffic. And a drop in profits
Chinese electric cars can be seen on the streets of all continents. Their price is artificially lowered by huge government subsidies, which creates problems for European producers on the market. Brussels has serious objections
Lithium has become a key raw material for the automotive industry. The EU overlooks that the demand for lithium will grow 2050 times by 17, that this raw material will become more important than oil and gas. In order not to depend on imports, the Europeans want to encourage lithium mining and production on their own continent.
Hybrid and electric cars are already on our streets. That's why it's important to educate service technicians for this type of car, because ignorance can cost someone their life, warns the Serbian Car Service Association.
China is on track to overtake Japan to become the world's largest exporter of cars by the end of the year, according to the latest report by Moody's Analytics.
The reasons for the weak representation of electric vehicles in Serbia are primarily of an economic nature. Environmental awareness takes a back seat if the average consumer doesn't have enough purchasing power to afford these cars
Manufacturers of electric cars are satisfied with how sales have been going in recent months, but agree that the population is not yet ready for the crucial step of switching to their use. The most common myths about them are that they are too expensive, that the batteries don't last long, and that they can cause more fires than gasoline ones.
A team of experts from Stuttgart "covered" part of the road with special magnetic strips that are used to charge e-cars in the middle of driving. It is a big step forward compared to the previous variants of static car charging in parking lots
Almost overnight, several Chinese electric car manufacturers dominated the domestic market. While rivals from Germany are still looking for a solution to survive in the fight, from China they say that they will rule this industry.
If Serbia, as Vučić and Brnabić said, would earn hundreds of billions of euros from lithium, then why did they deprive the people of such well-being, without the people expressing their opinion about it?
Entrepreneur Elon Musk is a visionary, a showman, an iconoclast, a man who is changing our world. In one of the texts, "Time" compares him with Thomas Edison and Andrew Carnegie. On earth, he controls one third of the electric car market, but his real business plans are related to space
In his address to the nation, Vučić tried to disgust the "decent people" with the opposition and environmental activists, said that Serbia would become a "European miracle" if domestic lithium batteries and electric cars were produced there, and announced that the police on Saturday, December 4, would not prevent road blockages. A tone of quiet menace permeated the entire presentation
