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Volkswagen faces mounting pressure from Tesla and BYD

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Volkswagen’s global sales of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) haven’t managed to accelerate as fast as rivals Tesla or BYD, and the threat of growing EV startups also looms. The auto industry is faced with the question of whether and how we will be a global leader in the future,” Baerbock said at the event.

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Volvo suddenly shifts EX30, EX90 production to Belgium to avoid China-made EV tariffs

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Volvo CEO Jim Rowan during the EX30 launch (Source: Volvo Cars) New tariffs on EVs made in China expected The EU launched an investigation into Chinese EV subsidies as “global markets are now flooded with cheaper electric cars,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in October.

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BMW to invest $1B in Spartanburg, SC plant by 2016 to increase capacity by 50%; new BMW X7

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BMW plans to invest US$ 1 billion in the company’s South Carolina plant, boosting annual production capacity by 50% up to 450,000 vehicles by the end of 2016. The expansion will give Spartanburg the largest production capacity of any plant in the BMW Group global production network. Today’s capacity is around 300,000 vehicles.

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Polestar 3 launches in China with $29k price cut

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As initially reported by CnEVPost , when the Polestar 3 was first advertised to Chinese consumers at its global reveal event, it had a starting price of 880,000 yuan ($127,756), placing it firmly within the luxury segment. Its high-performance variant was even more expensive, starting at 1,030,000 yuan ($149,532).

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BMW launches Gen2 X5 PHEV in US: X5 xDrive45e

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The X5 xDrive45e is built at Plant Spartanburg, South Carolina, BMW Group’s largest global production plant. In the event of a collision, a period of up to 20 seconds around the moment of impact is automatically recorded and saved. 120 people currently work on the battery assembly line.

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Airless tires look like the future for robotaxis, EVs, and more

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“We are convinced at Michelin that airless is the future technology that is necessary for many reasons,” Cyrille Roget, the company’s director of scientific and technical communications, said to Green Car Reports at a recent event that emphasized sustainability and EVs. With around 1.6

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BMW’s iVision Dee Brings Sci-Fi to the Driveway

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Before I met BMW’s iVision Dee at a press preview event in Germany— prior to a public reveal at CES in Las Vegas last week—I’d never seen a car blush, let alone had one make me blush. An $810-million battery factory will spring up in South Carolina, in partnership with Japan’s Envision AESC.

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