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Tesla battery supplier Panasonic to increase battery production at Giga Nevada

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Tesla battery supplier Panasonic is accelerating plans to increase battery cell production at Gigafactory Nevada. Increasing battery production at Giga Nevada would likely help Tesla increase its vehicle production capacity and benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) electric vehicle (EV) tax credits.

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Continental and BMW Group working together to develop freeway-grade highly automated driving

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Continental and the BMW Group are pooling their development capacities to define the long-term prerequisites for series introduction of highly automated driving on European freeways. The joint research project with BMW Group addresses the enormous need for the kind of R&D required to realize the vision of automated driving.

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GM leaps ahead in lithium mining race, secures next-gen extraction deal

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EnergyX, which GM has invested an undisclosed amount of capital into, is looking to pioneer a new lithium extraction method entirely, which could place GM at the forefront of the most affordable lithium on the planet. ” However, this system isn’t without its hurdles, and for many automakers, it may appear as a risky investment.

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Toyota was the most searched auto brand in 2023, but Tesla still dominates EV queries

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On the other hand, Tesla was the most popular automaker in one state – Nevada. Even amongst the four Tesla models, there is a huge drop in searches between the more affordable Model Y and Model 3 EVs and the longer-running and more premium X and S models – more than half. Hyundai 18.6 Mercedes-Benz 15.1 million 10.

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Will the $25,000 Tesla use faster-charging CATL LFP cells?

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CATL chairman Robin Zeng mentioned this project in an interview with Bloomberg in Hong Kong on Monday, in which he also confirmed that CATL is supplying equipment for Tesla’s Nevada battery factory. Zeng also mentioned Tesla’s ongoing effort to develop a $25,000 electric car, perhaps hinting that the new cells may go into it.