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Global EV sales up 21% in July as China records biggest jump of 2024, Rho Motion says (www.reuters.com)

submitted 11 months ago by schizoidman@lemm.ee to c/electric_vehicles@lemmy.ml

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[–] schizoidman@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What news reports did you read that lead you to believe that the EV market is dying?

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

For example: https://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2024/04/25/marketing-crash-investigation-why-electric-cars-have-veered-the-road

[–] schizoidman@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

From my understanding its mostly legacy automakers that are unable to sell EVs effectively. However EV sales overall are up from EV manufacturers like Tesla & BYD etc.

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I meant it a bit tongue in cheek. A month ago I swear I saw a half dozen articles in a week saying “THE EV INDUSTRY IS DOOMED SALES ARE DOWN.” I didn’t fully trust it.