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There is a connection with VW and

VESTABLISH­ED

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Mazda’s senior managing executive mofefincte­wr Aouklidrab­Keomgadsea­iadlotnhge­winitvhesi­ts‘woppialmrl tbenneetur.sTs’e,hwdeifntoh­erworusets­wealasrbcf­ihorrsatnt­ridenpdgo,eravtneldd­byThtheerN­atiikokoef­i beluescitn­reicssvdeh­ailcyl.es (EVs) in global sales is expected to rise to obobfe2tw0­3ee0n, f2ro5man2d­54p0erpcee­rnctent as praenvyios­uasidly,inthae com

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VOLKSWAGEN ID.3

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EV vgelhobica­llelys. sGpoalfcte­ofloivreaa­nloenlegcs­tirdiec aIDm.3o.d“eTlhseucIh­D.a3shthaes never been a succesmsoo­rrteoathGe­olGfoPllfu–s.”it is ofSGchTäIf­iesra’slsmo esnigtnioi­fnGicTaXnb­t,asdegeeinh­agsarsoltl­hede voelueetrc­sttoiroipc­necsraforr­sfm(VsaWuncc’hes how Volkswagea­nspthlaenI­Ds.4toGTuXse).Jtuhset GinTcIrena­asminegply­laetlecats­riftisedra­rnegmeabin­ecsotombee­s seen. As an aside, VW’s high-perforemle­acntcreicR­bdyi2vi0s3­io0n. is set to become fully

Can we also apply Schäfer’s comments regarding the Golf to the locally pearroldyu­tocesdayPf­olros?uWree, tlhl,oitu’sghpMerahr­atpinsatBo­ioePaSnAno­eld,o,hmfVaresia­vsncohoalw­yngiifanli­lrpgcmpodo­eniidrtnie­ntbceutodo­etrhabsoet­chfyheVoan­WPirdopGl2­oer0roas2n­uo5ndp. the third phase, it will promote the faunldly-cfolendsgi­deedrlainu­vnecshtion­fgbianttbe­rayttEeVry­s production. toMldaazdn­aewCsEcOoA­nfkeirrean­Mceatrhuam­t tohteocaol­msopEannvy­ishioand AreEaScCh,etdhaenbag­ttrereymbe­unstiwneit­shs of Chinese renewable energy group Envision, to procure batteries for EVs prTohdeucc­aerdmiankJ­earpaalnso. said it had agreed to work with seven companies, including electric component manufactur­er Rohm, to jointly develop and produce electric drive units. biCllairom­nsaokef rDsowllaor­sldtwo irdaemapre­usppbeantd­teinryg taonudghEe­Vr epnrvoidro­uncmtieont­ailnrethgu­elafaticoe­nso.f

In August, Toyota said it would invtheestU­unpitoed73­S0tabtiell­siotno Ymenakine Jbaaptatne­raineds ftorhfyubl­lryidelpee­cttroicl-veelehcitc­rliecscasr­solpikpeos­tehde UPsarSim$u4se..4Imtsborin­lilvtihaol­niHtlowitn­hodiuaulam­dls-boiuosinal­dibdaitnnt­etehrwye plant for EVs in the United States with Korean battery supplier LG Energy Solution Ltd.

OPPOSED

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HE the stylish newcomer will now be assembled right here in South Africa fbrloemd’2lo0o2s3e.lWy aesuwseeth­uenwdeorrs­dta‘ansdsetmhe­Cruonegcao­pmlapnltei­tnethkenoE­cakstdeorn­wCna(pCeKwDil)l production of the cool-looking X55 SmUaVk.eRsigt het nBoAwIC, tDh2is0pal­nandtBcAuI­rCreXn2t5l­y, fwachiilci­thy hinaCveoer­guanatfhae­sicrincaot­uinrsges.eBtuApICa’s one of the shareholde­rs is none other gtCheotara­npmotrhaen­tiuoInfnad­c(tuIuDsrCti­rn)i,gawhl huDobeaevr­setlatobrp­yilminshge­entdot in the Coega Special Economic Zone. ciDliteyal­iesrcfluor­orrenretlp­yobrteeind­gthuaptgtr­haedfeadto accommodat­e production of the bnteergwoi­nef 2rp0rmo2do­3ud. cUetlpioau­nnidntiilt­thtshesesc­neh,ceaodlnlud­Bleqeiudji­antrogXefr­l5eo5cmtur­iCnfihicta­isntwiao.inlIltibsi­esaluismno­pdooenrtts­hetedoocda­dirrdetcsh­t.alyt

TREPORTED

(cBarAmICa)kiesrthane­dsihxtahs bpiagrgten­setrCehdiw­neisthe Daimler, as well as acquiring almost 1A0s aperermcei­ntdsetra, kfoeriannM­oenr-cCehdiense-sBeecnazr. minaCkheri­ntoa,aistshemas­btloe apnadrtsne­ellrvewhii­tchleas lBoeciajil­ncgo,mpuacnhy.inBAthICe’salumxeurw­yaayrmthai­st Haval is Great Wall Motors’ luxury SUV division.

Given the notable growth that Hacahviael­vaenddinmt­ohre lroecaelnm­tlya,rCkheetr(ybhyaovfef­ering attractive­ly packaged and genapebroi­lceuetshl)ya, itstpo’setchcoecm­erdnpeclew­atrecsloya­mtuernerds­aeswrosant­nantbdtloe­emOulrafti­ertshtoims­epbrreasns­dios’nssuoccfet­shse. X55 iwnegruepg­moaordk,ewt iltohokths­eboveth icnlseidse­poanrtdpog­eurnitc,errteoafug­in.seIftedwar­tiiudllreb­esce,hainallrta­eatrceates­rrteiianss­tgioctnsoa­sbnelde ttcifohatw­elhlyaei-mrradesp’ssoetarhmt­peebrdmlie­cXied5dod5­nilfeufeeo­snrftieth2­nsa0cat2en­g3bod.eothnwesea­leolne

GROWTH

 ?? ?? It will be interestin­g to see if there’s a price difference between the imported X55 units and the locally-assembled ones that go on sale towards the middle of 2023.
It will be interestin­g to see if there’s a price difference between the imported X55 units and the locally-assembled ones that go on sale towards the middle of 2023.
 ?? ?? Mazda has set out a three-phase approach to help it flexibly address electrific­ation by 2030.
Mazda has set out a three-phase approach to help it flexibly address electrific­ation by 2030.
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oWffotlfhs­beiucrogn-ibcanseadm­me,aenfufefac­cttivuerle­yrchoandfi­rnmo ipnlganasG­toolkfi9ll is on the way.
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