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Porsche and Boeing to partner on premium urban air mobility market; electric VTOL concept

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—Detlev von Platen, Member of the Executive Board for Sales and Marketing at Porsche AG. Boeing, Porsche and Aurora Flight Sciences, a subsidiary of Boeing, are developing a concept for a fully electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle (VTOL). —Steve Nordlund, Vice President and General Manager Boeing NeXt.

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Volkswagen brand to spend more than €9B on electrification over next 5 years; expansion of platform model

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The brand currently has two fully-electric cars in its program. Work on converting the Zwickau plant to be run exclusively as an electric mobility site is already underway, and in addition the plants in Emden and Hanover will switch to the production of electric vehicles from 2022. With the fully-electric ID.1

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Data show California BEVs at 6.7% new vehicle marketshare in Q3

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The combustion vehicle component of this market segment—PHEVs and HEVs—overall comprised 58% of the new registrations, again indicating a continuing hesitance on the part of consumers to shift to fully electric vehicles, either because of concerns over refueling and range or due to the remaining high bump in cost.

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Volkswagen says it can profitably sell a self-driving system for €7 an hour

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Since 2018, Volkswagen has been developing its Modular Electric Drive, or MEB, platform for electric vehicles. Tesla’s Full Self-Driving systems are for sale for one lump sum: currently $10,000 on top of what you pay for your car.

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Polestar 3 electric performance SUV to be manufactured in the US

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Polestar vehicles built in South Carolina will be for sale in the United States. The Ridgeville plant was opened in 2018 by Volvo Cars. The fully electric Polestar 3 will join the S60 and the next generation of electrified Volvo cars coming out of the same facility.