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Lucid Motors defeats legal challenge regarding production estimates

Teslarati

A lawsuit against Lucid Motors in California regarding the CEO’s assessment of its production capabilities has been dismissed by the judge. According to Reuters , Lucid Motors was accused of vastly over-estimating its production capabilities before the merger had been proposed or considered. What do you think of the article?

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Porsche says electric Mission X concept would be fastest road-legal car ever

Electrek

Porsche has unveiled the Mission X, a new electric hypercar concept, which the automaker says could be the fastest road-legal vehicle ever to do a lap around the famous Nürburgring racetrack… if it goes into series production.

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Failed SONDORS Metacycle motorcycle was never street legal, reveals employee

Baua Electric

I took it upon myself to learn the nuances of this vehicle as quickly as I could,” Bill explained. “So According to Bill, the issues proved to be widespread, covering everything from technical concerns to business practices and even road legality. So it was regular calls with the factory. There were shortcuts that were taken.

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Blackstone Battery production capacity to increase tenfold

Green Car Congress

Blackstone Resources AG announced that its German subsidiary Blackstone Technology GmbH will increase its battery production capacity tenfold to 500 MWh per annum by 2022 for Li-ion batteries, which contain 3D-printed battery electrodes, at Blackstone’s Döbeln site in Saxony. These include, for example, modern forklifts.

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Huawei exec who called Tesla “killing” machines fired after China legal team’s complaint

Teslarati

If there is one thing that is evident with Tesla China, it is the fact that its legal team does not hold back. Huawei allegedly received a letter of complaint from Tesla CN legal team. The comments also got the attention of Tesla China , whose legal team promptly went to work. Now he is fired for the remark.

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Tesla exec Tom Zhu triggers promotion speculation after China names new legal rep

Teslarati

Tesla global vice president and CEO of the Greater China region Tom Zhu has triggered speculations of a potential promotion after the electric vehicle maker’s operating entity in China changed its legal representative. The legal entity of Tesla (Shanghai) Co., has changed from Zhu Xiaotong to Wang Hao.

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Automotive industry develops new guidance for measuring recycled content of automotive products

Green Car Congress

The Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) and the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) have published a new guidance document, “ Measuring Recycled Content of Automotive Products.”. Source: “ Measuring Recycled Content of Automotive Products ”. Simplified process flow.