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VW has delivered 500,000 of its ID EVs despite supply strains

Green Car Reports

Despite supply chain issues that have affected the entire auto industry, Volkswagen claims to have reached a delivery goal for its ID-family electric cars early. 3 hatchbacks were handed over to customers in October 2020. It claims to have.

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Tesla nears million-vehicle mark in 2021, despite supply-chain challenges

Green Car Reports

Despite supply-chain issues affecting the entire auto industry, Tesla claims robust 2021 deliveries came close the million-vehicle mark.

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EC rolls out CARS 2020 action plan for European auto industry

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Antonio Tajani, Vice President of the European Commission in charge of Industry and Entrepreneurship, introduced the EC’s CARS 2020 Action Plan aimed at reinforcing the European automotive industry’s competitiveness and sustainability heading towards 2020. of around 16% of GDP to as much as 20% by 2020.

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European battery maker ACC partners with Circulor to map supply chain, carbon emissions – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The partnership comes as the European auto industry readies for a “battery passport” that will trace the content and carbon footprint of EV cells sold in Europe. Launched in 2020, ACC has announced EV battery plants in France, Germany and Italy with a 7 billion-euro (USD 7.6 billion) investment.

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ICCT report finds US domestic EV production and investment continues to fall; only 5% of global EV investment to go to US EV assembly plants

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Cumulative electric vehicle sales and production from 2010 through 2020, in major regions (based on EV-Volumes, 2021). Based on company announcements through 2020, about 5% of this global total is actively being invested in local US assembly plants. Source: The ICCT. In terms of annual EV production, Europe’s 1.1 —Nic Lutsey.

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Hyundai Mobis to invest $926M in EV systems plant in Georgia

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The plant supplies automotive manufacturers with complete cockpit modules, chassis modules, as well as bumper assemblies. Hyundai Mobis’ investment project in Bryan County reflects an acceleration in the development of the EV supply chain in Georgia’s auto industry. —H.S.

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CRU: Chinese EV sales hit hard by COVID-19 outbreak, but only for short-term

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The COVID-19 has hit the Chinese EV sector hard; CRU, a provider of business intelligence on the global metals, mining and fertilizer industries, believes that weak sales will last at least until early Q2 2020. Nonetheless, it continues to forecast Chinese EV sales growth in 2020 over 2019’s total.

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