{"id":2916,"date":"2024-10-19T18:51:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T07:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecam.org.au\/?p=2916"},"modified":"2024-10-19T18:57:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T07:57:43","slug":"in-electric-vehicle-markets-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecam.org.au\/index.php\/2024\/10\/19\/in-electric-vehicle-markets-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"In electric vehicle markets this week"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2916\" class=\"elementor elementor-2916\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-673d1f8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"673d1f8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d225da elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0d225da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In the same week two Chinese automakers launched their EVs in Australia, Bloomberg has written on the strife the German car giants are in, both in China and the rest of the world.\u00a0<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d2b35e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d2b35e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedriven.io\/2024\/10\/17\/zeekr-launches-ev-brand-in-australia-with-rooftop-test-ride-experiences\/\">Zeekr<\/a>, a premium EV car maker, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thedriven.io\/2024\/10\/17\/chinas-deepal-official-launches-its-first-ev-in-australia-the-s07-electric-suv\/\">Deepal<\/a>, a brand of China\u2019s automotive giant Changan, both had official brand launches this week, two among the <a href=\"https:\/\/thedriven.io\/2024\/08\/18\/geely-xpeng-jaecoo-skywell-some-of-the-little-known-ev-brands-charging-to-australia\/\">7 new Chinese brands<\/a> expected to enter the Australian market before the end of 2024.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-7); letter-spacing: var(--theme-letter-spacing); text-transform: var(--theme-text-transform);\">At the same time, the mainstream is beginning to take notice that the large European manufacturors, Mercedes, Volkswagon and BMW, have reached a turning point that they might not like.\u00a0 Today the Age\/SMH hardcopies republished this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2024-10-14\/bmw-mercedes-and-volkswagen-bmw-mbg-vow-evs-struggle-to-compete-in-china\">Bloomberg report<\/a> that all three reporting slumping 3rd quarter sales in China, as their traditional customer base is turning to Chinese brands with EVs that are just better cars. Collectively these three have over 40 factories in China, more than in Europe, and still control 15% of the Chinese market. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-7); letter-spacing: var(--theme-letter-spacing); text-transform: var(--theme-text-transform);\">But their share of the EV market is 10% in a market where half of cars sold are EVs.\u00a0 Where Chinese manufacturors&#8217; are regarded as understanding EVs are computers on wheels, the Europeans are seen as merely electrifying their ICE cars, so their\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-7); font-size: var(--theme-font-size); font-style: var(--theme-font-style, inherit); font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; letter-spacing: var(--theme-letter-spacing); text-transform: var(--theme-text-transform);\">competitors match their luxury interiors and beat them on technology.<\/span><\/p><p>And of course those Chinese brands are coming to global markets &#8211; you can take one for a test drive and see for yourself.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21a1c6c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"21a1c6c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60d0c0e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"60d0c0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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elementor-element-be83289 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be83289\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/energy\/ev-range-boost-battery-breakthrough\">UK-based Integrals Power<\/a> has demonstrated the performance of a new variant of Lithium ion battery with Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate (LMFP) cathode.<\/p><p>To (over) simplify the geekiness, the Lithium ion batteries used in EVs come in two flavours:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-814647b elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"814647b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1351\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1351\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Nickel Cobalt Manganese (NCM)<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1352\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1352\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP)<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1351\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Nickel Cobalt Manganese (NCM)<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><ul><li>developed later<\/li><li>lower energy density<\/li><li>~3.5V per cell<\/li><li>&#8220;lower performance&#8221;<\/li><li>So fewer kilometres for the same battery weight<\/li><li>common materials, shorter supply chaings<\/li><li>less expensive<\/li><li>predominant in Chinese made EVs, that have favoured lowering cost to meet market<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-980f5f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"980f5f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>UK-based Integrals Power unveiled independent testing of their LMFP battery ~4.1V cells, promising the affordability and durability of LFP with the higher energy density of NCM technologies.<\/p><p>The result could increase EV range by 20%, or reduce 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