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GM Loans EV Startup Lordstown Motors $40 Million to buy its Shuttered Ohio Factory
Dec 09, 2019 4:45 PM WSTIn an unprecedented series of events, U.S. automaker General Motors announced that it loaned electric truck startup Lordstown Motors $40 million to buy its shuttered factory in Lordstown, Ohio. GM closed the plant earlier this year after the automaker discontinued the Chevy Cruze sedan, which was built there.
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Tesla Model 3's Built in China Will Be Eligible for New Energy Vehicle Subsidies
Dec 06, 2019 3:15 PM WSTTesla announced on Friday its Chinese-built Model 3 cars would receive state subsidies, a move that will help boost Tesla’s push into China, the world’s biggest market for EVs and an important market for the California-based electric automaker.
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Italian Truck Maker Iveco Unveils the ‘Nikola TRE’, an Electric Truck Built in a Joint Venture with Nikola Motor
Dec 03, 2019 4:00 PM WSTIveco, the industrial truck unit of capital goods company CNH Industrial, unveiled its first electric truck built in a joint partnership with U.S. hydrogen-electric truck startup Nikola Motor. The Nikola TRE is designed for the European market and integrates Nikola’s advanced electric powertrain technology combined with a next-generation proprietary infotainment system.
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A Look at the Asian Companies Looking to Dominate the Global EV Battery Market
Nov 29, 2019 2:30 PM WSTAlthough electric vehicles make up just a small percentage of all cars on the road, global automakers are gearing up to build millions of EVs over the next decade and Asian battery suppliers are lining up to secure lucrative contracts with them.
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VW’s Audi to Cut 10% of its Workforce to Fund Shift Towards Electric Vehicles
Nov 26, 2019 10:30 AM WSTVolkswagen’s luxury brand Audi announced that is is cutting around 10% of its workforce to save money as the company shifts towards producing electric vehicles.
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Hyundai Shows Off a Redesigned Electric IONIQ at the Los Angeles Auto Show
Nov 20, 2019 10:15 AM WSTElectric vehicles are once again in the spotlight at this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show. The latest automaker to show off a refreshed electric model is Hyundai. The automaker debuted a redesigned IONIQ lineup, giving a boost in range to the fully-electric IONIQ.
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Lidar Startup Ouster Introduces a More Affordable 32-Channel Lidar Sensor for Self-driving Cars
Nov 14, 2019 4:30 PM WSTOuster, Inc., a provider of high-resolution lidar sensors for autonomous vehicles, robotics, security, and mapping, is introducing the OS1-32, that the company calls the world’s most affordable 32-channel lidar sensor.
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China’s BYD Receives Order for 130 Electric Buses, its Biggest Order to Date in the U.S.
Nov 13, 2019 3:30 PM WSTBYD Company Ltd., which is based in Shenzhen, China, announced that the city of Los Angeles has placed the largest the largest single order of battery-electric buses to date in the United States. The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) ordered 130 of BYD’s battery-electric K7M buses.
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BMW Announces its Next-Gen Digital Key Technology
Nov 12, 2019 11:10 AM WSTBMW announced today an update to its digital key technology that the automaker plans to introduce by the end of the year. BMW’s updated Digital Key will be enhanced by the ultra-wideband (UWB)-based release 3.0. This will offer maximum anti-theft protection and enable precise localization between the device and the vehicle.
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Tesla Unveils the First Model 3 Sedans Made in China
Nov 11, 2019 4:30 PM WSTTesla unveiled its first run of vehicles built in China late last week, an important milestone for the company as it prepares to start sales of domestically made electric sedans in China. The Deep Metallic Blue-painted Model 3s include Tesla badging in Chinese characters, differentiating them from their U.S. built counterparts.
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