It's EV News briefly for Monday 14th of October.

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Paris Motor Show this week.

Minnie launched the electric version of their John Cooper Works,

and the Cooper and Aceman versions of that.

So more power, quicker to 60.

It's got something like 50 kilowatt hour battery in that, about 250 miles

of range or so. About 40 more horsepower than the fastest mini that they make at the moment.

VW got some welcome news from China, a 5.2% increase in their EV sales this quarter,

third quarter compared to last year, and a 27% increase year-to-date on their EV sales this quarter, third quarter compared to last year, and a 27

percent increase year-to-date on their EV sales in China. B.Y.D. C. Lion 7 just launched a few

minutes ago at the Paris Motor Show. So, this is going to be one of six new models coming to Europe,

three electric, three plug-in hybrid over the next, well, in 14 months. So by the end of 2025, the Sea Lion 7 will be made in Hungary at the B.YD factory to avoid those EU tariffs.

The UK version will be made in China, right-hand drive, of course.

We haven't got the China tariffs.

We haven't followed EU.

So we get it a little bit quicker, actually.

We should get the Sea lion seven sometime this month

in october very similar to the seal about 40,000 45,000 pounds built on their e-platform three

right up against the tesler model y Ford Explorer Renault scenic all those big family cars

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