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Honda to step up its game with new electric motorcycles and EVs

Teslarati

The legacy OEM also expects to launch the EM1 e: electric scooter, powered by Honda’s Mobile Power pack e: swappable battery in Japan, Europe, and Indonesia by 2023. North America: In 2024, the Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX, currently being codeveloped with General Motors (GM), will go on sale. Its 2030 goal is to sell 3.5

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Taiwanese smartphone giant Foxconn reveals electric ute, global sales planned

EV Central

It has purchased the former General Motors factory in Ohio and will build the Lordstown Endurance ute there, as well as the Fisker PEAR and the Indi One from California start-up IndiEV. It is also working with partners to build assembly plants in Thailand, India and Indonesia.

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GM opens new US$200M diesel engine facility in Thailand; first to produce new 4-cylinder Duramax diesels

Green Car Congress

General Motors opened a new diesel engine plant in Rayong, Thailand. The opening of the facility comes a month after GM announced that it will invest US$150 million in the reactivation of its Bekasi manufacturing facility in Indonesia for production of a new line of people movers for Southeast Asian markets. billion since 1998.

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The Wuling Air Now In Production In Right-Hand Drive!

CleanTechnica EVs

Things happen really fast in the world of the Wuling Mini EV and related models. Unlike in the traditional fossil fuel auto industry where models would have a long 7-year or so cycle before getting a major upgrade, the Wuling Mini EV ecosystem seems to have abandoned this traditional approach. It’s hard to believe that […].

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Tesla unlikely to build new factories for ‘one or two years’: report

Teslarati

Pandjaitan also said Musk was “very frank” in statements regarding new factories, adding that the automaker wanted to avoid going bankrupt like General Motors (GM) and Chrysler did back in 2009. Despite these meetings, one minister noted earlier this month that Tesla isn’t likely to expand again for at least another year or two.

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Battery metal price plunge is closing mines and stalling deals – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Nickel tumbled 45% last year, weighed down by a flood of low-cost supply from Indonesia, where new techniques to produce battery-grade material are threatening to completely upend the industry. The auto industry had shown signs of becoming an key source of funds, as companies such as Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co.

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China’s battery supply chain tops BNEF ranking for third consecutive time; Canada close 2nd, US drops to 3rd

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A lack of significant cell and component manufacturing capacity means that most of the value of these resources is realized outside of the country, although recent announcements from companies such as BASF, General Motors and Posco show an increase in battery investments.

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