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Ford leverages EV production head start against rivals in latest ramp

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Ford has announced a massive EV production ramp for this year, leveraging its head start compared to its traditional rivals. Now Ford has announced its newest EV production ram, hoping to ensure its lead remains as more competitors enter the market in the coming years.

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Cadillac LYRIQ reservations sold out in just over ten minutes

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Cadillac announced earlier this week that reservations for the LYRIQ EV sold out in just over ten minutes, marking an impressive statistic for demand. Cadillac did not immediately respond to Teslarati ‘s request to clarify this statistic. “The initial response for LYRIQ has been extraordinary.

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Tesla Autopilot NHTSA probe moves forward, will be compared with OEM systems

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The documents were letters sent to automakers BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Toyota, Ford, Nissan, Setllantis, Kia, Volkswagen, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, and Subaru. The most recently posted data shows statistics from Q1 2021 and indicates that Tesla vehicles were driven 4.19 Credit: Tesla.

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Tesla Model Y overtakes Model 3 in April Global EV sales, Model 3 #1 in 2021

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The vehicle is sold in China mostly, where the Wuling-General Motors-SAIC joint venture vehicle has dominated the Chinese EV sector’s sales figures for around 8 consecutive months. Tesla is still the most popular manufacturer of electric vehicles, according to more statistics. Credit: EV Sales Blog. Credit: EV Sales Blog.

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GM reports strong Q1 Earnings, prepares to navigate semiconductor shortage

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General Motors ( NYSE: GM ) reported its Q1 2021 Earnings on Wednesday morning, showing a well-performing financial spreadsheet that was supported by the automaker’s ability to beat Wall Street’s expectations. The company expects about $5.5 billion in pretax and adjusted earnings, according to the shareholder letter.

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32.5M hours of supercomputer time to aid GM, Ford engine projects with Oak Ridge Lab

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As part of its 2014 ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge ( ALCC ) awards of processor time (totaling more than 3 billion processor hours), the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science has awarded 15 million hours on Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) Titan supercomputer to a project led by General Motors, and 17.5

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40,000 pre-built charging piles in North America, the status quo of charging piles in Europe, America and Japan

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General motors at 10 month 26 Announced Wednesday , As 7.5 Andreas, vice president of product strategic management of BMW · Auman pointed out , The charging of electric vehicle owners is mainly concentrated in three places —— home ,Office and public places.“ Department of energy , The United States currently has nearly 4.3