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Factorial Energy emerges from stealth with 40 Ah solid-state battery cell for EVs

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Taylor, the former Chairman and CEO of Panasonic Corporation of North America, played a key role in the development of the Tesla-Panasonic relationship, which resulted in Panasonic investing in the Tesla Gigafactory in Reno, Nevada. Fields and Wilson are also joining Factorial as members of the company’s senior advisory board.

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Tesla supplier Panasonic slashing domestic EV battery production

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He also alluded to the fact that the company may be looking beyond the auto industry for additional customers. ” Currently, domestic EV battery production represents around 20 percent of Panasonic’s global total, and Umeda also noted that it will not increase production at its American factories at this time, either.

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Faraday's Future bumpy; Nevada nervous, first car 'no Tesla'

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Toss in a Chinese billionaire or two, a new business model for selling transportation services rather than cars, and the brutal competition in the global auto industry, and you have the recipe for frequent and disruptive change. Company startups are, by their nature, secretive and turbulent places.

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Audi receives first autonomous driving permit issued by the State of California

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California has shown time and time again that it is a global technological leader and today marks the beginning of a new era for the auto industry. In 2012, Audi was the first automotive OEM to receive one of the red autonomous vehicle license plates issues by the State of Nevada. —California state Senator Padilla.

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Google’s technology campaign for autonomous driving

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Search engine giant Google is looking for partners within in the auto industry to help launch one of the most significant applications of artificial technology over the next several years, the self-driving car. —Allen Taub, former GM VP, Global R&D. million people/year are killed in auto accidents globally.

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Tesla requests tariff waiver for graphite amid rising demand for EV batteries

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Tesla stands as one of hundreds of auto industry players currently asking the US Trade Representative for extended tariff waivers on components imported from China. Tesla’s comments bode well for the company’s 4680 cell pilot line in Fremont and Gigafactory Nevada, both of which produce electric vehicle batteries. .

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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’s expertise on the auto industry in general, we are concerned that in its understanding of future pathways, it offers a flawed analysis and predictions based on business-as-usual,&# notes a posting on the California Car Initiative’s Web site. and Chrysler. Whatever B.C.G.’s

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