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Toyota has been one of the few firms that has not opted for the electric car. For now it is doing well

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If you do not compromise 100% with something and diversify your strategy, you always have the opportunity to One of the business branches Be the best cove in the market. That diversification is key For companies, with technology being a great example Of this, but it also works in the motor world. As? Well, with propulsion systems. And who has understood it perfect is … Toyota, who has been dominating the market for five years. Its strategy has been precisely that: not put all the eggs in the same basket. Cruise speed. On January 30, and how we read in ReutersToyota confirmed that, for 2024, they sold 10.8 million vehicles. It was the confirmation of the domain in the ranking of the car manufacturer that sells the most worldwide for five consecutive years. Thus, the group has been dominating the market since 2020 (included), when it managed to snatch the first place to a Volkswagen that had dominated the previous five years. Europe. If we focus on our territory, the company sold 1,217,132 vehicles between Toyota (the vast majority) and Lexus. In a statement, confirmed that its sales increased by 4% compared to 2023, with electrified options as absolute protagonists with 902,922 units sold. Potholes. Volkswagen stayed at just over nine million units sold, but if something shares the two companies is the bump in sales they have experienced. For the Germans, a decrease of 2.3% while looking to reduce expenses and strengthen their position in China (a key market for them). In the case of Toyotal, the fall was 3.7% compared to the previous year. Not all markets behaved the same and, for example, in Japan, misfortune was considerable. The company saw a drop of almost 20% at home due to different causes. On the one hand, the partial suspension of the Prius production, a Toyota icon, due to natural disasters. On the other, controversies and certification problems of subsidiaries such as Daihatsu. Eggs in separate baskets. Beyond this, that Toyota has consolidated again as the main manufacturer has to do with its strategy. While half the world is obsessed with the electric car, there are countries like Japan that They are still betting on hybrid. This has forced companies such as the aforementioned Toyota, but also Honda, Nissan or Mazda They move with lead feet On the way to total electrification. At the same time, Toyota has several versions of its cars, so we can buy vehicles exclusively with combustion, but also hybrid, plug or 100% electric hybrids. The C-HR 2024 is hybrid or plug-in, but we also have diesel, gasoline models, others that allow you to choose between diesel or gasoline, diesel and electric, 100% electric and even hydrogen, such as the Mirai. In short, they have opted for everything and, while there are some strategies that seem that they will not work in the future, such as hydrogen due to a low implementation of ‘hydrogeneras’ and controversial for alleged unfulfilled promisesgiving all options and offering models with electrical or combustion motorizations, is working. Reputation. On the other hand, it is undeniable that the company enjoys a privileged reputation. If we excites “more reliable car brands”In a search engine, the Japanese are in the top positions, being Toyota and Lexus two of the outstanding names. That good advertising has been pulled in recent years with their cars, which plays in their favor at the moment when someone has to decide for one or another brand. China is a hard bone. Now, as Reuters points out, where the Japanese are not having such a clear domain is in a market that is consolidating as one of the main ones: China. While in the United States and Europe sales have gone stern for the bet in hybrids, in China sales fell 6.9%. The competition in China is fierce, with a multitude of national brands that are looking to expand and others such as the European ones seeking, and need, set in that market. We will see what happens this 2025because, precisely, China is now the one that is expanding and Competitors like Byd or mg, also with many motorization options and aggressive pricesthey won’t put it at all easy. Image | Toyota In Xataka | Toyota wanted to make the star technology and the alternative to the electric car. They already doubt that it is possible

After tariffs to the electric car, China has a “Troy horse” to win the European market: combustion

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At the end of October last year, the European Union applied the Chinese electric car tariffs. From that moment, the cars that entered the European ports had to face rates that depended on the company that exported the vehicle. We must wait to see how the industry faces this change at a time when China was betting hard on Europe. But what is clear is that, beyond the electric car, China has a plan B to follow flooding the European Cars Union: The combustion engine. Tariff mess. They are not really “tariffs”, but “compensatory rights”, according to The European Commission. As much as they are, they are levies that apply to importation with one objective: protect their own market. Each manufacturer has an additional tariff and 35.3% is not the same to SAIC cars, 18.8% to Geely or 7.8% to Tesla. Before applying tariffs, China marked the goal of following Invading Europe with their carsbut regardless of increasing exports, the Asian giant took other measures. For example, one Research against European Porka very consumed product in the country that matters from Europe and that would affect several countries, especially Spain. It could also rareproduct that dominates and is vital for the development of practically all industries. Neighborhood discussion. These pressures have paid off, and an example is Spanish. Spain, initially, was in favor of the European measure, but after China’s threats, The Spanish position was relaxing. Germany too I was on that ship Because your trade with China It is key in this segment. On the contrary that France, fearful that Byd or Mg take away market share of their Peugeot, Citroën or Renault, which have little presence in China. The Troy Phev. However, something key in this whole issue is that tariffs have the Chinese electric car as a goal. That is, the 100%electric, leaving aside other electrification variants that remain important in a European market with countries where the loaders are not so developed. And, there, it is where China has a weapon to continue filling the territory of own production cars. Plug -in hybrids, or Phev, are an alternative strategy of the country. Not being taxed with the same tariffs, manufacturers can expand in the European market showing its technology, design and competitive prices. An example is cars that are plug -in hybrids in practice, but electric in theory. Jaecoo 7, for example, has gasoline and plug -in hybrid versions The limits of hybridization. He Mazda MX-30for example, it is a car that always prioritizes electric mode. It does not pull the combustion engine until it lacks enough energy in the battery to move the car, but the combustion engine is not dedicated to moving the wheels when it has to act, but to produce electricity that is stored in the battery, this being this the one used to move the wheels. Catl, Eminence in battery technologya few months ago a Battery with an autonomy of 400 kilometers and fast charge. But not for a 100%electric, but for a hybrid. It is like a 2.0 plug that, in practice, has a combustion engine, even if it is not used for the conventional purpose. Pure and hard combustion. In addition to technology, the point in favor of Chinese manufacturers is the price. Brands like byd and Mg have entrance hybrids to significantly lower prices than those of the competition. But there is life beyond electrification and, although China is Pushing Strong by the passage to these “new energies” inside and outside their borders, if you have to adapt to avoid tariffs, they can do it with several models of pure and hard combustion. He MG ZS Combustion It is an example. It was one of the gasoline cars best selling in Spain During last year. There are more players in this market, and omoda is an example. He arrived in Spain last year And it has expanded rapidly with dealers in which there are electric, hybrid and combustion cars. Jaecoo also has cars exclusively with combustion, such as Jaecoo 7and that is where the potential of Chinese companies is to gain market share by alternative roads to that of the Full Electric. Don money. Apart from the strategy for hybrids, when tariffs were already on the horizon, it was speculated with strategies by China to manufacture in Europe and dodge these tariffs. The idea was to assemble the critical pieces of cars in Chinese factories, disassemble it and take it to European factories, where they would reassemble to shape the final car. A kind of Lego that was not official and that, from Europe, it was said that it would not serve to dodge tariffs. But it is clear that what is working so that some countries have relaxed their position are economic pressures. Apart from the threats already commented, Chinese companies have been getting important plants to make cars. For example, Chery was done with the Nissan factory in Barcelona (What he gave A second life to Ebro). But during the last votes, They delayed their plans. And not only in Spain, Also in Italywhere they were going to make important investments. Meanwhile, Chinese companies continue to erre with their strategy to fill Europe with their cars. Despite tariffs, we see that giants like Byd continue to get ships huge that allow to continue maintaining the rhythm of exports. It is a very juicy market with Germany betting on electrification, Norway being the King of Cotarro and territories as the Netherlands in which China has land to conquer. Image | Engin Akyurt In Xataka | The EU has insisted on making the jump to the electric car: ten advantages of staying in a plug -in hybrid

The electric car is an overwhelming success in China. So much so that it makes no sense to call it like this

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The adoption of electric car in China It is far from what we have been watching in Europe for some time. Specifically, with a market share of 20% compared to just 6% in the EU, despite the efforts of manufacturers to electrify their fleets. This It has been growing firing for yearsthanks to direct subsidy policies, tax exemptions and, above all, a colossal investment in infrastructure. The world’s largest network for electric car recharge is there, with more than 8 million load points Ay Byd as a sales leader. The rhythm is being so vertiginous that, for some, the term “electric car” is beginning to become obsolete. The next step is the intelligent electric car. Catl word. Catl is the largest battery manufacturer globally, and one of the main weight names in the world of electric car. It provides batteries for many of the manufacturers, and at the annual meeting of the Davos Economic Forum put on the table A new term: ‘EIV’. Currently, we refer to electric vehicles such as EV (Electric Vehicle) but Pan Jian, Co -president of CALT, states that the term EIV begins to gain strength. The message is clear: the electric car is ceasing to be, simply, an electric car. Intelligence. Beyond marketing strategies, the reality is that the electric car is rotating much more than a car moved by electricity. Manufacturers like byd are planned to invest 13.6 billion dollars in IA development For electric cars. Others, such as Xiaomi, focus efforts on offering driver and Aito assistance systems, a company participated by Huawei, have given several lessons to European manufacturers about The autonomous parking. China leads the integration of intelligent technologies into electric vehicles, and the focus on software (in front of the chaos of some European manufacturers), It is a good proof of this. Upward forecasts. By 2025, It is expected that China sells a total of 12 million electric. To know if it is much or little, you can use the fact that in Europe less than one million were enrolled in Europe. Despite The obstacles that Europe wants to put to China In its price war, the country is enough and left over its local brands both in its land and outside it. Image | Byd In Xataka | NEW BYD ATTO 2: already available in Spain the bet of ByD in the electric car segment of 25,000 euros (or less)

The United States also had a plan to jump into the electric car. Is willing to dismantle it and bet on gasoline

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When we think on the way to implement the electric car and point to Europe as a great architect with measures such as a prohibition from 2035 that now, It seems that it is in the airmany times we forget what is happening in the rest of the world. In China, it is evident, The State has put all the meat on the grill to move to the electric car and, along the way, try to lead an industry (or at least, be relevant) in which they were disappeared outside their borders. In Japan, on the contrary, Everything is committed to hybrid and electric sales are almost testimonial. But what happens in the United States? On the other side of the Atlantic, in the United States they barely bought 1,301,411 electric carswhich means a market share of 8.1%. A low figure that is marked by a VERY PORFFICIENT CARGERS NETWORK that delays its adoption and, at the same time, A lower fuel price than Europewhich Reduce the gap between the cost per kilometer of gasoline and electricity. However, the country has also taken steps to favor the electric car and, ultimately, cause this technology to occupy a large part of the market. As? Pressing manufacturers, of course. Pressures that Donald Trump now wants to disassemble and that is about to see what consequences it has on the market. The United States had a plan Europe is not, much less, the only region that presses car manufacturers to move to the electric car. Yes, the decision to prohibit combustion engines from 2035, the new active emission regulations since this month of January that forces us to electrify much of the fleet and the objectives for 2030 are not, much less, subtle However, in the United States they also had their own plan. The country opened the subsidy tap Under the mandate of Joe Biden. It was to reward with juicy tax advantages to those who produced their cars in the United States. And also those who, partially, did it in Canada or Mexico. Was known as Inflation reduction law. To these tax incentives aid for the purchase of electric cars were added. If the vehicle had been produced under the premises of the previous law, the buyer could receive up to 7,500 dollars If it was a new electric car or $ 4,000 if it was used. But also Another threat was waiting on the horizon. Joe Biden’s government wanted the average consumption of cars sold in the United States not to exceed 3.9 liters/100 km from 2027. In 2032, the average should be reduced to 3.56 liters/100 km, figures In both cases that would force a severe electrification of the fleet. All this aspires to demolish the new government of Donald Trump. The chosen man is Bernie Moreno who aspires from the United States Senate to end the tax aids to purchase, Relaxate emission obligations to manufacturers and prevent states like California, who has assured that will continue delivering aid to purchase If from the state government they retire, can act independently. In Bloomberg They point out that Moreno’s agenda does not have them all to get ahead. The economic environment highlights that it needs the support of the entire Republican group to take their plans forward and that some senators can be contrary to the idea because in their own states there are factories or planned productive plants of electric cars. To all this we must add the impact that the scheduled tariffs can have to the vehicles that arrive from Canada and Mexico. Although despite a first attempt They have put them in pausethe intention of the new president of the United States remains to tax 25% the products that come from there. This would mean, in accounts of Bloombergmore expensive each unit in 3,000 dollars. The measure is especially worrying for General Motors, which exports to the United States from Canada and Mexico 40% of the cars you sell In the country. The company, however, says that it will not transfer its production to the local market unless it is guaranteed that the measure will be extended in the long term. The same assures from BMW, which They will invest 800 million dollars in a plant in Mexico. In it New York Times They also point to the car market as one of the great affected by these tariffs. In this case they estimate that large vehicles and trucks can become up to 10,000 dollars for each unit sold. “Most of this increase will be assumed by consumers and concessionaires,” says Patrick Anderson, CEO of Anderson Economic Groupto the newspaper. The big problem that tariffs present is that nobody seems to be able to determine how much time they will be active. “Car parts are products that require months or years to be equipped, validated and tested before being incorporated into a vehicle. Simply They cannot be replaced overnight“, assures al New York Times Linda Hasenfratz, president of Linamar, producer of parts for vehicles. In its opinion, it is impossible to transfer the industry in such a short time and, at the same time, the product is expensive to make the product of North America an anti -competitive space which will reduce the production of cars. Toyota and Honda (with a production that exceeds million units each in Canada) or Stellantis, which exports a third of its RAM to the United States from the neighboring country, are other greatly harmed. However, manufacturers such as Volkswagen do seem to be valuing very seriously transfer part of their production to the United States. In fact, relax emission regulations and the threat that they would have to sell their products at a much more expensive price in the country is giving reasons to the group to Transfer there part of the production of Porsche and Audiusing Volkswagen electric cars plants that now work at half a gas due to lack of demand. Eliminate tax incentives to produce electric cars … Read more

The Tesla Model and should be the change of paradigm in Europe. It has been destroyed as a best selling car by Dacia Sandero

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Europe should walk to the electric car market. The entrance of the new emission limits regulations will force Increase market share of the electric car or, in the worst case for manufacturers, to disburse large fines. In the market, in fact, electric cars begin to accumulate Below 30,000 euros or with autonomy that, for less than 40,000 euros, allows you to get rid of the plug and not open your head planning a trip to the millimeter. A first step of how the European Automobile Market could change us in 2023. Then, the best -selling car on the continent was the Tesla Model and. Elon Musk’s Super SUV was even The best selling car in the world. Of course, contemplating all kinds of technologies. It was expected, therefore, that Europe continued to advance towards the electric car and that Tesla Model and strengthened its leadership. But nothing is further from reality. Elon Musk’s car has been widely overcome by an opponent who is antithesis: gasoline and without electrifying. It is Dacia Sandero. The new king of Europe Dacia Sandero was the best selling car last year in Europe, with 270,111 units according to Dataforce. The data differ slightly from those presented by Dacia that presumes to place 309,392 units In the European market in 2024. For the words of the Romanian company, we can assume that in these last sales the business market is also contemplated. And is that the Dacia Sandero Not only has it been placed as the best -selling car in Europe between individuals. His leadership is absolute and has devastated. Dacia confirms that it is the best selling car in each and every one of its sales channels. Among individuals, Dacia Sandero has taken almost 60,000 units To Tesla Model and, who in 2023 managed to get first position in the table. The electric car has added 210,484 units, which represents a 17.4% drop in this channel. This has barely left him as the fourth best -selling car in Europe. The Renault Clio (second best -selling car in Europe) and the Volkswagen Golf (third) have exceeded 6,000 units the figure achieved by Tesla Model Y. Although it can be seen as a European failure of the electric car, the truth is that already in 2023 The only electric car that really presented battle was the Tesla Model Y. No other car among the ten best -selling models was exclusively electric. It cannot be overlooked that the electric car in Europe punctured in 2024. 1,447,934 electric cars were sold, by the 1,538,106 cars of this type sold in 2023. It is a drop of 5.9%. This, in addition, caused a drop in the market share of the electric car 14.6% to 13.6% last year, According to ACEA data. But, without a doubt, the greatest responsible for this fall was Germany. No aid to the electric car, This technology collapsed 27.4% in the market that most buys electric cars from Europe. The fall was overwhelming And without the French relay (-2.7%), the entire market was conditioned in a year where Germany placed almost 144,000 electric cars less than the previous year. That is, the total market for the electric car in Europe moved in about 90,000 units less than the previous year. However, the fall of its locomotive palpated in part (about 54,000 units, which left another 54,000 units along the way. And without a great year of France, second market, the sales catastrophe did not extend. Therefore, losing the throne in favor of Dacia Sandero are Worst news for Tesla Model and than for Europe. Elon Musk’s supervent electric car sold in Germany 45,818 units in 2023. Figures that were very far from last year, when only put 29,896 in the market. They are worse, even that those registered in 2022, when the electric car had not taken so much in other markets and in Germany added more than 35,000 units. They are not good noticas for Tesla because Model and is called to be a real alternative to combustion vehicles and is taken for granted that had no rival in the electricity market for equal size and price. However, other models have not noticed so much the fall in sales of this technology in Germany or, they have even grown. The Skoda Enyaq, for example, has gone from selling 23,498 units in 2023 to 25,262 units in 2024. The Volkswagen ID.3 has remained at 20,101 units by 22,270 units of 2023. Tesla begins to find a market unknown to the company. The rivals begin to tighten and begin to position products in a price range and size unknown to the company. Cars like him Renault 5he KIA EV3 or the Volvo Ex30 They move Between 30,000 and 35,000 euros with smaller and practical cars in city but, in addition, they can be useful in escapes outside the city or on a long trip. As long as some discomforts in the models with smaller batteries are assumed. To reverse the situation, Tesla should expect that The image soda of the electric supervent Serve as a push to electric SUV. However, we are talking about a car of about 60,000 euros that will have to battle against options that are already much cheaper in the market. While they may not have the efficiency of Tesla, they are cars that already arrive with a more settled recharge network and the tranquility of not needing immense batteries. That without forgetting that its most traditional appearance can also play in their favor with customers who value a less disruptive interior. Photo | Tesla and Dacia In Xataka | Tesla joins Byd, Saic and Geely: He has also sued the European Commission for Tariffs, according to Politico

Without aid, Spain disconnects from the electric car. 2024 promises have been broken and the roadmap is uncertain

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The electric car in Spain was not doing as well as expected. In 2024, the sale of this type of car will barely grew by 4.21% to reach 65,478 electric cars. But, despite this increase, the share of electric cars has fallen slightly to 5.36%, below the 5.56% in 2023. If we take a look at the ACEA datathe figure is in the lower part of the European market. It is comparable to Italy, where the electric car has not taken off either and remained at 4.2%. But it is very far from France, which is close to 17%, from Portugal, which is also close to 20% or from the Nordic countries, where Sweden is at 35%, Denmark at 51.5% and Norway has already almost reached the threshold. all cars sold in 2024. To understand the idiosyncrasies of each country, we must take into account the characteristics that revolve around the electric car. However, there is something that does not fail: where aid has been simple and stable over time, the electric car has finally taken off. Where they have retreated, the electric car has retreated. What is the plan for Spain? Aid for electric cars in Spain seems to be an eternal problem to be solved. The last stone in the road has arrived with the last extension of the MOVES III Plan. To understand what happened you have to look back. In the last days of 2024, the Government approves a new extension of the MOVES III Plan. For the next 20 days, the project works without surprises but a vote of one omnibus decree that contemplates these aids (and others of great significance such as the revaluation of pensions or transport aid) does not move forward. Without the approval of the Congress of Deputies, everything falls and, with it, the aid from the MOVES III Plan. Since then, the political climate seems to have forgotten about aid for car purchases. There is talk of presenting, again, the same omnibus decree without changes or of vote separately some issues but little or nothing has been said about whether renewing the MOVES III Plan is one of the priorities. It is the finishing touch to an aid project that It has been in the eye of the hurricane for a long time because it is considered cumbersome, not very agile and, above all, ineffective. The theory is good (help from up to 7,000 euros in the purchase of an electric car and a mandatory discount from the dealer of at least another 1,000 euros) but its application discourages future buyers. Each extension of the MOVES III Plan in recent years has come marked by enormous uncertainty. At the end of last December, the Government had not approved a renewal which, ultimately, has been ineffective. But the way of acting was repeated in previous extensions. However, the real problem is how aid is managed. The State has funds that are delivered to the autonomous communities. Regional organizations apply, how each one decidesthe procedure for submitting applications and delivering aid. In some cases, for example, the procedure can be carried out through the dealer and in others only the future buyer can do it. This led to a disagreement between administrations that left undelivered aid for three years and 250 million euros approved to buyers for whom there were no funds. It was July 2024. Months before, The Government had already committed to changing the MOVES III Plan and proposed aid that would be discounted at the time of purchase. The solution that the manufacturers have found is to advance the MOVES III Plan with an interest-free credit for the value of the aid that will be received and that must be returned in a marked period that usually goes up to 18 months. At that time, the buyer should have received the money and would return the credit to the manufacturer. However, a year after those promises, purchase aid had not been changed in Spain. And, what is worse, this aid has fallen and there is no plan on the table to approve it with a closed calendar. Without aid, there is no electric car The worst thing for Spain is that the data tells us that, without aid, there is no electric car. Even the countries where the most electric cars are purchased (percentage or volume) such as Norway and China have built strong sales of this type of technology with multiple and constant purchasing aids. They are not the only ones. How ACEA collectsPortugal does not apply taxes to the purchase of electric cars and reduces them by 75% if they are plug-in hybrids. It also does not apply taxes to vehicle ownership (such as the Spanish road tax) and has tax reductions for companies. In addition, it provides 3,000 euros of aid for the purchase of electric vehicles for cars up to 62,500 euros. In Sweden and Denmark there is no direct purchase aid with discounts but the acquisition of electric cars or their maintenance are kept tax-free (or with significant discounts). France, where electric cars have fallen slightly but nearly two out of every 10 vehicles sold are electric, also provides purchase aid similar to that in Spain. Spain has grown in electric cars sold in 2024 but its market share has decreased slightly Italy, with worse sales figures than Spain, provides aid for larger purchases but for cars priced below 35,000 euros (10,000 euros less than in Spain) so the eligible cars are smaller in number and attractiveness. In addition, it has greater discounts but the car cannot exceed 30,000 euros, which greatly limits the application of this aid. But where it has become clear that the car needs help is in Germany. There we have lived the first year without subsidies for electric cars. The reason, as in Spain, was not a consequence of turning one’s back on technology. It was based on a mere bureaucratic and formal issue, overturning aid to justice. … Read more

The car that hides an eVTOL in the trunk is very real and will be sold in China

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We have been imagining the arrival of the flying car to our lives. Although this concept has advanced considerably, especially in recent years, the reality is that we are still far from seeing these vehicles as something accessible. For now, most are projects in the development phase or futuristic demonstrations, and they are still far from what we imagine in movies like ‘Blade Runner’ or video games like ‘Cyberpunk 2077’. A subsidiary of XPeng, a Chinese manufacturer with a presence in Europeis pushing a pretty unique idea. Instead of betting on a design with wheels and wings, something closer to what we usually imagine as a “flying car”, Xpeng AeroHT has developed a vehicle that can deploy an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft). Sounds crazy, right? Well, the most surprising thing is that this project is already taking shape. The first demonstration of the Xpeng AeroHT vehicle before the public Xpeng AeroHT has advanced at full speed. The company first presented its project in October 2023. Back then, everything was a promise accompanied by very striking renders. But Xpeng AeroHTapparently, was serious when he said that he aspired to make his project a commercial product. Its engineers continued working to get the vehicle ready for its big day: the day of the first official demonstration before the public. This milestone took place at the 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, an event that took place in November 2024 where we learned, for example, the new new Chinese J-35A fighter. There, the founder of XPENG AEROHT, Zhao Deli, showed his company’s star in action. The vehicle stopped in front of the cameras and the crowd, deployed the eVTOL that was hidden in the “trunk” and someone climbed aboard the new multirotor. The latest from Xpeng AeroHT in testing in November 2024 Various tests were performed during the demonstration, such as linear acceleration at low altitude, spiral ascent, constant descent, and precision landing. Apparently, everything went as expected. An interesting point is that the test flight It was controlled at all times by autopilot. That is to say, although it is technically possible, the person on board the aerial module did not use the controls at any time. The latest from Xpeng AeroHT in testing in November 2024 Xpeng AeroHT says the eVTOL is capable of following planned routes automatically, returning to the starting point with a single touch and detecting obstacles around it. The manual control system is made up of a joystick that allows the user to fly with total freedom. The question at this point is what requirements the “pilot” must meet to fly this type of vehicle. We’ll have to wait to find out what local regulations say. Render of the most ambitious project of Xpeng AeroHT In any case, the company has not hesitated to ensure that users can learn to use manual control in five minutes and become experts with three hours of flight time. They do not mention whether it will be necessary to have the support of an instructor. Whether in mode manual or autonomousthe intelligent flight control and navigation system promises to ensure stability, keeping flight parameters within safe limits. And now, the big question: when can we buy the Xpeng AeroHT vehicle? The answer is that we will have to wait. The production line for this model is in production. According to the company, the works will be completed in the third quarter of this year and will allow the production of around 10,000 units per year. Deliveries should begin in 2026 in China. It remains to be seen if this product will reach other markets such as Europe. Images | Xpeng AeroHT In Xataka | XPeng believes that the solution to popularize the electric car is very simple: offer charges of 1 km per second

Sara Piffer was killed by a car – El Diario NY

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The young cyclist Sara Piffer (19 years old) died this Friday in Mezzocorona (Italy) after being run over while she was training in Italy with her brother Christian. According to the ‘Corriere dello Sport’, the Team Mendelspeck rider lost her life when a car driven by a 70-year-old man who was coming in the opposite direction, overtaking another car, took them by. The worst stop of the accident was Sara, who despite the work of the emergency services who had arrived at the scene of the incident, lost her life on the asphalt. Her brother Christian, who was training with her, was slightly injured. The X ‘Ciclismo Femenino’ account reports that this is the ninth cyclist to die on Italian roads since the beginning of the year. Originally from Trento, Sara Piffer debuted in 2022 in the ranks of Team Lady Zuliani. He made the jump in category in 2024 to Team Mendelspeck, with which in 2024 he obtained outstanding results, such as victory in the Giornata Nazionale Rosa-GP Città di Corridonia, fifth place as best young person in the Tour Féminin International des Pyrénées, the second in the Cronoescalada Festa dell’Uva or the fourth, together with his team, in the team time trial of the National Championship of Italy. Continue reading: Rohan Dennis, double world cycling champion, pleads guilty to wife’s murderArgentine cyclist dies after being hit by a carShock in Colombia: 17-year-old cyclist dies after being hit by a truck

a bug that prevents the car from moving

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He Renault 5 It is a car that is being liked. We verified this by driving it during our first impressions where we say that it is, without a doubt, one of the cars with which I have felt the most observed. And it is easy to verify with sales. The deployment in the French car market has been spectacular. During the month of December he fought face to face with the almighty Tesla Model Ywho managed to take away the honor of best-selling electric car in France for just over 100 units (4,807 units of the Tesla Model Y compared to 4,681 units of the Renault 5). The emergence has been such that with just over two months on the market it has reached close to 10,000 units and has managed to become the seventh best-selling electric car in France, according to data collected by Clean Technica. But some Renault 5 buyers have reported a worrying bug. One that leaves the car unusable because it does not allow them to move from position N. A problem that Renault is already solving The story comes to us through our French colleagues from Jeuxvideowho echoed the case via an official Renault forum in France. In it, the owner of an electric Renault 5 says that, just a week after purchasing the car, his small electric vehicle does not change gears. It is “frozen in N (Neutral) mode,” he explains in the post that you can read at this link. In it it states that the car cannot jump to D/B mode (to resume driving) or R (to reverse). Furthermore, he assures that other drivers have had the same problem, as explained to him by the person who towed the car to the workshop. Of a case collected three weeks ago, “he told me that another owner (of whom I attach a photo) had exactly the same problem“he emphasizes in the publication. In that same publication, two other drivers claim to have had the same problem. One of them assures that it was solved after half an hour and that the vehicle has to be updated. The problem is known to Renault. In fact, the company itself has offered an official response which explains that they have provided a patch to fix this bug that leaves the car unusable. If this happens, they recommend performing a complete reset of the vehicle, which can take between 20 and 30 minutes. Simply using the car again should have solved the problem. In Xataka We have contacted Renault, who have guaranteed us that they have no reports that this could have happened in any of the Renault 5s that already operate in our country. Despite everything, if we find ourselves in this situation and are not at home, Renault also explains that we can wait inside the vehicle for the reset to be completed but that we must comply with the following instructions: Make sure the vehicle is not charging. Do not use interior lights (dome lights, etc.). Do not use screen mirroring, radio or applications. Lock the vehicle using the key and/or the button on the instrument panel. Wait for the SOS LED to turn off before starting the car again Photo | renault In Xataka | Renault surprises with a bombshell: we will have an electric Renault 5 Turbo, rear-wheel drive and 500 HP

Spain will manufacture the electric car that Europe needs. And Stellantis’ commitment to Vigo and Zaragoza is the proof

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It had been a while since it was rumored but it has been a official communication from Stellantis which has settled the matter: the STLA Small multi-energy platform is awarded to Spain. The Vigo and Zaragoza plants have their future guaranteed by producing the smallest electric or electrified cars of the automotive group. In addition, Stellantis has also confirmed that it is working on a project to modernize the Villaverde plant in Madrid and give it life beyond the current production of the Citroën C4. The announcement of this award is really important for the Galician and Aragonese plant that in recent years They have feared for the future of their jobs. Furthermore, without leaving Aragon, the confirmation that Stellantis will manufacture its electrified B segment cars there is an endorsement of the joint plans that it maintains with CATL to build a huge battery plant for electric cars next to Zaragoza. The electric car that Europe needs to succeed In your path towards cleaner mobilityIn 2025, Europe will have one of its first touchstones. The new emissions regulations will force us to significantly reduce the combustion car market and increase, even if artificially, the market share of electric and plug-in hybrids. Even if this requires reducing the production of vehicles with combustion engines. Manufacturers who do not act in this way will have to face billion-dollar fines which will be calculated from 95 euros for each gram of CO2 exceeded (the fleet average must not be higher than 93.6 gr/km of CO2) and car sold. In addition to balance your production, Stellantis will pay Tesla to reduce their polluting emissions and present themselves to the European Union under the same group. With this panorama, Europe will have to take a breath and cross its fingers before checking If the customer is willing to pay what the manufacturers ask for for smaller electric cars. The reception of those of 25,000 euro vehicles will be key to understand if the goals set regarding emissions are realistic or, on the contrary, have been overestimated. In that price range, compact and smaller electric cars are the ones that will have to be attractive enough to convince potential clients. These cars are the ones that Stellantis will manufacture on the platform STLA Smalla base that allows vehicles mounted on it to achieve ranges of up to 500 kilometers. But, above all, they have the advantage of being multi-energy and, therefore, offering hybrid versions (plug-in or not) of the same car. This platform has been the one that has been awarded to Vigo and Zaragoza. It is an especially important announcement since they keep alive two plants that last year produced 890,000 vehicles (one in every three cars of all national production), according to Five Days. The economic newspaper assures that, although there is no official data, Stellantis’ investment in modernizing the Vigo and Zaragoza lines for its STLA Small will be around 900 million euros and that, in total, 5,000 million euros will be invested in our country if added to the amount of the new CATL battery plant in Zaragoza. This combo of a car production plant and batteries for said cars is great news for workers. It must be taken into account that, beyond European trends, countries such as France They are betting heavily on electric vehicles of the size that Vigo and Zaragoza will manufacture. It is not only a question of how many electric cars are sold in Spain. Furthermore, Spain is positioned as an interesting country to produce automobiles that, in addition to having a lot to gain from customers, are of special interest to manufacturers. The new regulations will force them to sell more electric vehicles, so greater competition is expected at the most reasonable prices. The award of STLA Small also confirms that Spain is making a especially competitive gap between countries willing to manufacture cars that leave very little profit margin for manufacturers. The smaller and more electrified a car is, the less profit a company can make from it, which is why Spain feared that part of the production of these cars would end up in Eastern Europe. Morocco either Türkiye. As is now happening with Stellantis, the Volkswagen Group also confirmed that Martorell will be the indicated factory to produce its smaller electric cars. An investment that also adds a billion-dollar battery plantthat of Sagunto. The energy and labor costs in Spain are being quite an attraction for manufacturers who have important conflict fronts open in Italy either Germanywhere they propose thousands of layoffs or factory closures. Photo | Stellantis In Xataka | The ghost of PureTech engines haunts Stellantis: it will pay for repairs from 2022 to 2024 if these conditions are met

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