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Italian Government Upset Alfa Romeo ‘Milano’ Will Be Built in Poland

The Truth About Cars

Assembly is slated to take place at the Tychy plant in Poland. While I cannot pretend to understand Italian law, the nation has a long history of interesting sports cars and has more than earned the right of being proud of its automotive heritage. A car called Milano cannot be produced in Poland.

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Comment on Huawei and BAIC's joint brand expected to unveil 1st model at Beijing auto show, report says by GustavoMan627

CN EV Post

BAIC is opening in Poland. Even though we are looking for a bigger car, perhaps Beijing 7 or EV from China. Something is clear, as EU citizen I want a Chinese car Next Saturday I have booked a test drive.

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Stellantis-Leapmotor eSUV details revealed in sales license for China

Teslarati

Rumors hint that Leapmotor aims to release the C16 in Poland and Malaysia. Renault CEO calls for Auto European plan to protect against ‘onslaught of EVs from China’ Last month, Stellantis received approval for its joint venture with Leapmotor from China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).

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Sweden’s Northvolt raises USD 5 bn green loan to expand battery factories – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The Swedish company has got orders of over USD 55 billion from a range of carmakers, including BMW, Scania, Volvo Cars and Volkswagen Group. The company has now secured more than USD 13 billion in equity and debt to expand its operations across Sweden, Poland, Germany, the United States and Canada.

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First car using Nidec’s E-Axle traction motor system unveiled

Green Car Congress

The new electric car brand Aion S—recently unveiled at Auto Guangzhou 2018 by GAC NE, GAC MOTOR’s new energy vehicle arm—will be the first line of cars to adopt Nidec’s fully integrated traction motor system (E-Axle) ( earlier post ).

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Italy says that it’s illegal for Alfa Romeo to call its new EV the Milano

Baua Electric

Alfa Romeo Milano, the brand’s first electric car (Source: Stellantis) What’s an Alfa Romeo without a cool Italian-sounding name? The Stellantis-owned company is naming its first BEV after the famous city of Milan, but the Italian government is now playing hardball by saying that’s illegal since the car will be built in Poland.

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SK IE Technology to supply separators for EV batteries to Sunwoda

Green Car Congress

Sunwoda’s major customers for its batteries include Geely Auto Group, Dongfeng Cummins Engine Co., Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation Motor, Volvo Cars, and Volkswagen. SKIET has factories in South Korea, China, and Poland. Up to now, SKIET has been supplying separators for IT and electronic products to the Sunwoda Group.

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