The International Energy Agency (IEA) claims that about one in five cars sold globally this year will be electric, with prices for small EVs falling to the same level as internal combustion vehicles in North America and Europe. already by 2025.

The agency raised its forecasts for electric vehicle sales in part because of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, which supports the green industry and subsidizes consumer purchases of electric vehicles.

China today produces about half of the world’s electrified models, including battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, and accounted for 60% of electric vehicle sales last year, according to the IEA’s annual electric vehicle forecast.

The country is regularly reducing prices for some models of electric vehicles, as a result of which some models are already at the level of cars with internal combustion engines.

Electric vehicle sales worldwide are expected to grow by 35% this year to 14 million units. They will account for 18% of the passenger car market compared to 4% in 2020.

Crossovers and large cars make up nearly two-thirds of electric vehicles in China and Europe and take up the majority of the market in the United States.

Automotive blogger B is for Build decided to see how many components he could remove from his Tesla before the computer would stop the car from being driven any further.

We are talking about the Tesla Model 3 Performance, which he bought a few months ago for $ 34,000 with delivery. In fact, he bought several flooded Teslas for a total of $60,000, with the Model 3 being the only one that could move under its own power.

Bloggers like the speed of the car, so he decided to see how much he could reduce the weight of the car to make it as fast as possible. The first step was to remove the lining of the trunk, and not only the lid, but the entire cargo compartment. Also removed the front and rear trunk lids.

Doors were next. He started from the back. After making sure that the car was still moving without rear doors, he moved on to the front ones. The car still continues to drive.

According to Carscoops, the blogger managed to reduce the weight of the car by 230 to 320 kg. In the future, he plans to remove the seats.

Changan announced the delivery of its 50,000th Changan Deepal SL03 sedan, as well as a temporary reduction in the price of the car by almost $3,000 (the duration of the promotion was not specified).

The Deepal brand was founded last year as a joint venture between Changan New Energy, CATL and Huawei. Currently, the model range consists of one car. It is available in EV, EREV and FCEV (hydrogen powered) versions. Deepal SL03 is a mid-size sports sedan with dimensions of 4820 x 1890 x 1480 mm and a wheelbase of 2900 mm.

The all-electric Deepal SL03 has a single electric motor on the rear axle with 258 hp. or 218 hp The capacity can be 58 kWh or 70 kWh. The power reserve of Changan Deepal SL03 is from 515 to 705 km. The hybrid version of the EREV has a 28.4 kWh CATL LFP battery pack, a 1.5-liter internal combustion engine and a 218 hp electric motor.

The hydrogen version has an engine and battery with the same characteristics. Hydrogen consumption reaches 0.65 kg per 100 kilometers, while each kilometer costs about 3 cents, but this still does not justify the price of this version.

The car’s starting price is $21,700. The hydrogen version costs about $100,000.