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Volkswagen initially investing €460M to convert Wolfsburg plant for EV production

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The compact electric car will be leaving the assembly line in Wolfsburg from 2023—initially in partial production, with full production slated from 2024. 3 ramp-up, a further all-electric model for the booming SUV segment is to boost Wolfsburg’s capacity utilization for EV production over the long term.

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Lucid’s mid-size ‘Model Y competitor’ slated for late 2026 production

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During the first-quarter earnings call held on Monday, Lucid focused on both the Gravity SUV, set to start production later this year, and an upcoming mid-size model, slated to be priced around $48,000 and start production in late 2026. “We’re already competing with Tesla,” Rawlinson said.

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Ford cutting F-150 Lightning production workforce by two-thirds

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Ford is cutting its F-150 Lightning production workforce by two-thirds as the company continues to try and ramp manufacturing of electric vehicles and work toward profitability. This amounts to 700 production employees. Right now, we’re looking at 55,000 units they’re gonna build.

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Lunaz to begin production of electric classic Range Rovers; prices begin at £245,000 excluding local taxes

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Lunaz, a creator of electric classic cars, announced the first tranche of production availability for classic electric Range Rovers. The first production tranche is currently being allocated with first customer deliveries anticipated for the summer of 2021. These cars will be available in both standard and long wheelbase.

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Aston Martin reveals production-ready Rapide E EV at Shanghai

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Last week at China’s Auto Shanghai motor show, Aston Martin Lagonda revealed the final production-ready iteration of its first all-electric production car, the Rapide E. A special edition with a production run strictly limited to 155 units, Rapide E was developed in collaboration with Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE).

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Comment on Nio signs technology license agreement with CYVN subsidiary Forseven by Kaza

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For the time being, can you do me a favor and consider the following: Re-imagine this scenario: a NIO car driving itself to a battery swap station, or to a charging pile at night when there's lot less traffic on the streets, getting itself fully charged then returning back to its parking slot and be ready for the owners new day.

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Arctic-ready version of Nissan Ariya EV unveiled for Pole to Pole expedition

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Modifications to the car have been intentionally minimal, with no changes to the battery or powertrain. One of the things that underpins all the adventures we do is that we take a standard production EV and aim to make minimal changes to clearly demonstrate its real, everyday capabilities, regardless of where you are driving it.

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