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Imported Audi, Porsche, and Bentley Models Held Back Over Forced Labor Allegations

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While the impacted automakers include Porsche, Bentley and Audi, we’ve seen plenty of brands being accused of leveraging forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China, where the country is said to have forcibly concentrated the Uyghur ethnic minority. authorities could conduct a proper investigation. custom laws.

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Gigantic Chinese Nio ET9 electric car guns for German limos with advanced battery tech that adds 255km in less than five minutes

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China’s Nio has pulled the drapes off the Nio ET9 it hopes will steal sales from luxurious European brands Mercedes-Maybach, Bentley and, even, Rolls-Royce when it lands in China in 2025 priced from 800,000 yuan ($165,000). 2025 Nio ET9 is intended to be a rival for German luxury cars. Ahead of the two loungers are a pair of 14.5-inch

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Lotus claims it will be first pure EV sports car brand

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British-Chinese sports car specialists Lotus is confident it will win the race to become the first mainstream sports car manufacturer to offer an all-electric product range. Among Lotus’ sports car rivals, only Maserati has set a clear deadline for the end of ICE in 2030. 2022 Lotus Evija hypercar. 2028: Chrysler.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

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2021 Is Here: Here Are the Top 10 Electric Car Companies. Picking the Top 10 electric car makers now involves making some choices as the number of vehicles available increases. The Model S is the best-selling plug-in car in the U.S. Almost two-thirds of the battery electric cars sold in the U.S. had Tesla badges on them.

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Volkswagen launches new luxury flagship Phideon at Geneva; plug-in hybrid drive planned; first VW brand car based on MLB

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The new Phideon was developed in Germany with the assistance of VW’s Chinese partner SAIC Volkswagen. Volkswagen’s design team derived the Phideon almost directly from the C Coupé GTE concept car, which was presented at Auto Shanghai in 2015, with only minor changes. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Hyundai Motor launches new global luxury brand Genesis

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Capitalizing on its success in the fast-growing global car market, Hyundai Motor will launch six new Genesis models by 2020 and intends to compete with the world’s most renowned luxury car brands. Future Genesis models will be badged with a new wing-type emblem, redesigned from the version used on the current Genesis model.

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VW Team’s AV tool platform behind schedule till next key Audi, Porsche launches

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“There will be great cars on that platform… that gives us a little flexibility to postpone 2.0 He has appointed Bentley manufacturing prominent Peter Bosch to govern the tool unit from June 1, changing Dirk Hilgenberg, who might be given alternative duties inside VW Team. VW Team will first be aware of its Instrument 1.2

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