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Rivian faces gender discrimination lawsuit from former exec ahead of IPO

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Laura Schwab served as Rivian’s vice president of sales and marketing, joining the company in November 2020 after leaving Aston Martin. ” Other issues brought up in the suit involved Schwab being routinely excluded from meetings despite her extensive experience in the auto industry.

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Volkswagen extending Automotive Cloud to China and US in addition to Europe; core markets for future ID. EV

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Digital technology is rapidly changing every aspect of the auto industry—from the manufacturing process to the car itself. will be the first vehicle to use the Automotive Cloud and is to be launched in Europe in 2020. With the Volkswagen Automotive Cloud, we are working on a unique solution for our customers. model family.

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Rivian IPO: What you need to know

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Similar to fellow electric vehicle maker Tesla, which currently reached a market cap above of over $1 trillion, Rivian’s valuation target is founded on the idea that the company may see a meteoric rise in the coming years. . In comparison, its R&D cost for 2020 stood at $766 million. billion) and Ford Motor Company ($79.65

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BrightDrop: GM’s silent push into electric commercial vehicles

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Many US drivers now have a vague idea that General Motors is doing something with electric vehicles. BrightDrop offers a fascinating window into the breadth of GM’s EV plans, though even many people in the auto industry know little about it. The BrightDrop Zevo 600. Photo courtesy of BrightDrop. The BrightDrop Zevo 600.

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Top 5 Electric Vehicle Start-Ups in India

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Startups have this innate potential to take up an idea and converting it into a viable business plan then scaling it into a massive success. The company has since raised money from big players in the Indian auto industry, including Ola’s Bhavish Aggarwal, and Ratan Tata, the former Chairman of Tata Sons.

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June 2023 – Tesla Model Y was the best selling BEV in Germany

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Overall auto volume was 280,047 units, up 24.7% YoY, still far down on the pre-2020 norm (roughly 330,000). The Tesla Model Y was the best selling BEV in June, and third best seller of any auto. Full electrics grew their share at a decent rate, up from 14.4% With combined plugin EVs at 24.6%

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Setting a new standard for battery leak testing

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Wetzig and his colleague, Maximillian Reismann, authored a white paper, “Methods for Leak Testing Lithium-Ion Batteries to Assure Quality with Proposed Rejection Limit Standards,” which was accepted and published by the SAE in April 2020. You may remember, several years ago, the auto industry had a big recall of airbag inflators.

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