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2023 Detroit Auto Show Recap – Where Have All the Cars Gone?

The Truth About Cars

The press day at the 2023 Detroit Auto Show was so quiet that I ended my day two states away – sleeping in my own bed in Chicago. LA also seems to be the place for a lot of EV launches, due to California’s positioning on electric vehicles. The only coffee I saw was at Lincoln’s booth, and it was damn good. Hey, what can I say?

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Hercules EV opens $20M Series A round; targeting electric pickup in late 2022; Prieto solid-state batteries

Green Car Congress

Hercules Electric Vehicles—a Detroit-based startup—is opening a $20-million Series A investment round managed by CMD Global Partners, a boutique investment bank. Hercules is developing an all-electric sport pickup truck, the Hercules Alpha, which will be available in late 2022.

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Bollinger Motors plans $44M growth alike Detroit, developing 237 jobs

Baua Electric

was once tapped to offer Bollinger with electrical batteries on Elegance 4-6 chassis cabs, marking the tip of in-house battery construction for Bollinger. Mullen, which has confronted its personal monetary troubles, additionally purchased Troy-based Electrical Extreme Mile Answers Inc. in October. in October.

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Michigan State University introduces electric autonomous bus through collaboration with state, Karsan and ADASTEC

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Michigan State University introduced an electric autonomous bus that will serve students, staff and faculty beginning early 2022 as part of the campus’ smart mobility ecosystem. The bus represents one of the largest electric autonomous transit vehicles to be deployed on US roadways to date. The bus’s 2.5-mile

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VW unveils fully autonomous, electric Microbus I.D. Buzz concept at Detroit; all-wheel drive, 270-mile range

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Volkswagen is presenting a fully autonomous, electric Microbus concept at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Buzz is built off the Modular Electric Drive kit (MEB). BUZZ shown in Detroit can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in about 5 seconds, with a governed top speed of 99 mph. Like the compact I.D.

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Tata Technologies displays eMO low-cost city EV engineering study at Detroit Show

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Tata Technologies, a global provider of engineering services and product development IT, was selected by Michelin to display its electric MObility (eMO) engineering study EV as part of the Michelin Challenge Design display at the 2012 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit.

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BMW to introduce BMW 530e iPerformance plug-in hybrid at Detroit show

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BMW will stage the world premiere of the new BMW 5 Series Sedan and the US premiere of the BMW Concept X2 at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in January in Detroit. Positioning the electric motor upstream from the transmission allows the transmission’s ratios to be used in all-electric mode too.

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