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ICCT report finds US domestic EV production and investment continues to fall; only 5% of global EV investment to go to US EV assembly plants

Green Car Congress

The ICCT study finds that the United States’ share of cumulative global EV production decreased from 20% to 18% since 2010 and only 15% of the approximately $345 billion in global automaker EV investments are flowing to the US. In terms of annual EV production, Europe’s 1.1 Source: The ICCT. million nearly matched China’s 1.27

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Auto Alliance urges EPA to withdraw premature Final Determination on light-duty GHG regulations, resume Midterm Evaluation process with NHTSA

Green Car Congress

The Alliance is not arguing for a rollback of standards; instead, it is arguing for a resumption of the original Midterm Evaluation timetable (to which NHTSA appears to be adhering), that would result in findings by April 2018. The Final Determination is the product of egregious procedural and substantive defects and EPA should withdraw it.

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GM’s China JVs investing $12B between 2014-2017 to expand; GM outlines China market trends

Green Car Congress

That investment will help GM step up its pace by funding facility and capacity expansion and new product programs. Some of the $12 billion investment will fund the launch of more than 60 new and upgraded vehicles coming to market through 2018. GM will add 11 new SUVs between now and 2018. MPV sales will likely double to 2.8

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Remembering Lithium-Ion Battery Pioneer John Goodenough

Cars That Think

Starting in the 1990s, his lithium cobalt oxide cathode was used in many electronic products including camcorders, laptop computers, and mobile phones. Twenty-five years later, the battery is gaining momentum in the auto industry as a means of reducing the cost of electric cars.

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2022 Rivian R1T: a real pickup truck makes an impressive debut

Charged EVs

The startup carmaker Rivian was founded a decade ago by RJ Scaringe, but it didn’t go public with its electric pickup truck and SUV until the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show. Three years and one global pandemic later, the company is now starting to deliver production versions of its 2022 R1T electric pickup truck to paying customers.

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Opinion: Biden’s Tesla snub shows that clout, not innovation, is driving the American EV revolution

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Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter that Tesla was not invited at all, and during the event, even netizens were quick to point out that an American automaker that practically forced the entire auto industry to shift to electric cars was strangely not invited to the White House. And this, in a lot of ways, could backfire.

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