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Opel Celebrates Production Milestone, Car Number 75 Million Rolls Off the Assembly Line
Opel Celebrates Production Milestone, Car Number 75 Million Rolls Off the Assembly Line

8 Nov 2022, 20:04 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The platform sibling of the Citroen C5 Aircross, Peugeot 3008 and 5008, and DS 7 Crossback is Opel's 75th millionth vehicle produced since 1899

 
Nikola Will Sell Charging Solutions to Fleet Owners With Help From ChargePoint
Nikola Will Sell Charging Solutions to Fleet Owners With Help From ChargePoint

8 Nov 2022, 17:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The partnership with the charging network will allow the electric truck maker to offer its customers the chance not to depend on public charging

 
Lordstown Motor Company Will Get Up to $70 Million More From Foxconn
Lordstown Motor Company Will Get Up to $70 Million More From Foxconn

8 Nov 2022, 14:33 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / There is also a $100 million investment in Preferred Stock, which replaces the $100 million Foxconn would invest in a joint venture with Lordstown

 
Volvo Cars Divests Its Stocks in ICE and PHEV Company to Geely Holding
Volvo Cars Divests Its Stocks in ICE and PHEV Company to Geely Holding

8 Nov 2022, 13:12 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / A former Volvo department that was in charge of developing ICE, PHEV, and Hybrid solutions that had been spun off from the company has been divested to Geely

 
Stellantis Follows the Crowd and Bails Out on Twitter Advertising
Stellantis Follows the Crowd and Bails Out on Twitter Advertising

8 Nov 2022, 11:01 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The Amsterdam-headquartered conglomerate is the latest to pause ads on the social media site as it goes through a yet-to-be-defined transition

 
Amazon Already Has More Than 1,000 Rivian EV Delivery Vans, Moving Over 5 Million Packages
Amazon Already Has More Than 1,000 Rivian EV Delivery Vans, Moving Over 5 Million Packages

8 Nov 2022, 10:49 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The company disclosed that EDVs have already delivered more than 5 million packages since they started working for Amazon in July

 
Internal Combustion Engines Have Become a Liability, Carmakers Started Outsourcing Them
Internal Combustion Engines Have Become a Liability, Carmakers Started Outsourcing Them

8 Nov 2022, 09:53 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Renault has signed an agreement with Geely to spin off its internal combustion engine and hybrid powertrains production to a new, equally held joint venture

 
Porsche Taycan Production Milestone Celebrated, Can You Guess How Many Have Been Made?
Porsche Taycan Production Milestone Celebrated, Can You Guess How Many Have Been Made?

8 Nov 2022, 09:09 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / It's not all about being fast, as the Porsche Taycan has also turned out to be very reliable, with multiple owners clocking over 100,000 km

 
Tesla Twitter Feeds Us Inside Look at New Megapack Megafactory
Tesla Twitter Feeds Us Inside Look at New Megapack Megafactory

8 Nov 2022, 03:55 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The company took to Twitter to deliver a video showing off its newest facility in Northern California that will produce the Tesla Megapack battery

 
BMW Group Relocates California Design Studio, Celebrates 50 Years of DesignworksUSA
BMW Group Relocates California Design Studio, Celebrates 50 Years of DesignworksUSA

8 Nov 2022, 03:47 UTC · By: Humphrey Bwayo / DesignworksUSA, which started as a consultancy in 1972 , became a BMW subsidiary in 1995 with additional outposts in Munich and Shanghai

 
Farizon Presents Autonomous Truck and SuperVAN, Aimed at Global Markets
Farizon Presents Autonomous Truck and SuperVAN, Aimed at Global Markets

7 Nov 2022, 21:46 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The commercial vehicle brand created by Geely plans to go international by 2024 by selling the SuperVAN in several locations.

 
Europe Will Buy Nearly One Million Chinese EVs a Year by 2025, Will It Be an Issue?
Europe Will Buy Nearly One Million Chinese EVs a Year by 2025, Will It Be an Issue?

7 Nov 2022, 20:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / cooperating with Chinese companies which intrinsically answer only to the Chinese state brings a set of dubious challenges that can't just be ignored.

 
Renault Will Only Sell Its ICE Business to Geely If It Sorts Things Out With Nissan
Renault Will Only Sell Its ICE Business to Geely If It Sorts Things Out With Nissan

7 Nov 2022, 19:39 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / With all the implications generated by the Alliance, we ask if Carlos Ghosn did not wait too long to merge the Japanese carmaker with Renault

 
Lucid Follows Tesla's Recipe and Sues Texas to Overturn Franchise Laws
Lucid Follows Tesla's Recipe and Sues Texas to Overturn Franchise Laws

7 Nov 2022, 15:12 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Lucid picks up from Tesla and sues Texas for the right to sell its cars directly to consumers, overturning the franchise dealer laws

 
Nissan Gets Into the Robotaxi Craze, Chooses China Instead of the U.S.
Nissan Gets Into the Robotaxi Craze, Chooses China Instead of the U.S.

7 Nov 2022, 12:41 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / The Japanese automaker plans on spending more money in the Asian country for the development of autonomous driving solutions. Here’s its plan

 
Toyota Beats Tesla in Interbrand's Best Global Brands 2022 Ranking
Toyota Beats Tesla in Interbrand's Best Global Brands 2022 Ranking

7 Nov 2022, 12:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / While Toyota is the 6th largest global brand, Tesla is the 12th. Mercedes-Benz also fared better than Tesla, with the 8th position

 
There's No Financial Crisis on the Horizon, Not for Lamborghini Anyway
There's No Financial Crisis on the Horizon, Not for Lamborghini Anyway

7 Nov 2022, 10:04 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / After a record-breaking first nine months, with increased operating profit, Lamborghini expects 2022 to become their best-ever year in terms of sales

 
Some Countries Insist on Creating an OPEC-Like Organization for Minerals Used in EVs
Some Countries Insist on Creating an OPEC-Like Organization for Minerals Used in EVs

6 Nov 2022, 20:59 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / With battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) growing in popularity, important minerals such as lithium become increasingly valuable. And exporters want the best price

 
Lucid Is Suing the State of Texas Over Irrational Direct-Sales Prohibition
Lucid Is Suing the State of Texas Over Irrational Direct-Sales Prohibition

6 Nov 2022, 16:06 UTC · By: Alexandru Boghiu / Adding independent dealers to its operations would not only increase costs but also break the customer feedback loop that Lucid relies on

 
Lormauto Wants to Give First-Generation Renault Twingos a Second Electric Life
Lormauto Wants to Give First-Generation Renault Twingos a Second Electric Life

6 Nov 2022, 14:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / None of the recovered vehicles will be put for sale: Lormauto will only rent them so that it can keep them running for as long as possible