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Imported Audi, Porsche, and Bentley Models Held Back Over Forced Labor Allegations

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While the impacted automakers include Porsche, Bentley and Audi, we’ve seen plenty of brands being accused of leveraging forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China, where the country is said to have forcibly concentrated the Uyghur ethnic minority. General Motors) don’t seem to fall under the same levels of scrutiny.

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GM believes ‘production hell’ is behind it with plans to build 20X more Ultium EVs in 2024

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General Motors (GM) looks to get back on track this year as executives believe EV “production hell” is behind it. Is GM putting production hell behind it? To make matters worse, GM ended production of its best-selling Chevy Bolt EV at the end of 2023, which accounted for 62,045 or over 81% of EV sales last year.

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J.D. Power: quality takes a back seat to innovation as problems reach a record high

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The study is designed to provide manufacturers with information to facilitate the identification of problems and to drive product improvement. Porsche (167 PP100) ranks second and Cadillac (170 PP100) ranks third. The study was fielded from February through May 2023.

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Volkswagen Group appoints new heads of Global R&D, Group Design, Group Product and Modular Toolkit Strategy

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Michael Mauer will lead Group Design in addition to his present function at Porsche. He moved to Saab as Executive Director Design in 2000 and was also given responsibility for Advanced Design at General Motors Europe in 2003. Ralf-Gerhard Willner will lead Group Product and Modular Toolkit Strategy.

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Hypercar Company Rimac Developing Robotaxi Service

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It also has a working relationship with Volkswagen Group ever since subsidiary Porsche Engineering Group GmbH acquired a 10-percent stake in the Croatian company. General Motors’ Cruise). However, Porsche was included in the 500-euro round of fundraising that made mention of similar services.

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On the road with EV news

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Foxconn, Porsche, Tesla, and more…. Porsche Taycan. Porsche The Taycan rules The electric Porsche is outselling both the Porsch 911 and the Tesla Model S by over a 2 to 1 margin. GM EV retooling windfall As it transitions to EVs, General Motors will save $1.5 Toyota bZ4X. Fosconn C-SUV.

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On the road with EV news

Electric Auto Association

Foxconn, Porsche, Tesla, and more…. Porsche Taycan. Porsche The Taycan rules The electric Porsche is outselling both the Porsch 911 and the Tesla Model S by over a 2 to 1 margin. GM EV retooling windfall As it transitions to EVs, General Motors will save $1.5 Toyota bZ4X. Fosconn C-SUV.

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