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Rivian community, ELMS electric van, Foxconn, Fisker, and Lordstown: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

The plant that built generations of Hummers is now making Chinese electric vans. And could the maker of the iPhone produce both Lordstown Motors’ electric pickup and a future Fisker EV in Ohio? Rivian is selling direct, like Tesla, but aiming for community. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Kia EV9 wins, Fisker franchises, Tesla tops BYD, leather in EVs: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

Fourth-quarter sales results released this past week showed that while Tesla led in 2023 global EV sales , the Chinese automaker BYD pulled ahead of Tesla toward the end of the year. Despite a glut of hand-raisers for its EVs, the company delivered just over 75,000 EVs in 2023, of which only about 13,000 were its future-leaning Ultium EVs.

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Faraday Future promised $1.5 billion, says FF 91 will arrive by end of this year

Green Car Reports

Starting a car company is not only very, very hard—as Tesla, Fisker, and many others testify—but requires breathtaking sums of money. Now struggling Faraday Future, the electric-car startup firm whose entrepreneurial Chinese backer is facing legal action in his home country, appears to have found a well-heeled savior.

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Honda and Nissan are Teaming Up to Accelerate EV Development

The Truth About Cars

Nissan and Honda are Japan’s third and second largest automakers after Toyota, and the partnership will involve EV parts sharing and the potential for battery design work in the future. Both see the agreement as a way to remain competitive and manage costs as they work to stave off intense competition from Chinese and South Korean automakers.

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Fisker Bid By Geely Deemed 'Too Risky' Due To U.S. Government Loans

Green Car Reports

While Henrik Fisker's departure from the company he founded has dominated the headlines of late, Fisker Automotive itself still has other problems to deal with. Top of the list is finding a buyer to help fund its future, and up until now, two Chinese companies--Dongfeng Motor Group Co.

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Fisker Automotive bankruptcy deal officially finalised

Green Cars News

Earlier this week we told you that the future of Fisker Automotive has finally been determined: and now we can confirm that the sale has been approved in a Delaware bankruptcy court. The sale of the electric vehicle maker to Chinese auto parts conglomerate Wanxiang Group was approved by Judge Kevin[.].

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Volvo-owners Geely interested in buying Fisker

Green Cars News

Troubled electric carmaker, Fisker has attracted two Chinese suitors; Geely and Dongfeng Motor Group, as the firm looks for a buyer to secure its future. Geely, the firm which bought Volvo from Ford back in 2010, is the favourite to takeover the Californian start-up, best known for its range-extended Karma sports car.

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