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Hands-on with the ChatGPT-enabled VW ID.4, with big 2024 model year changes

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4 does currently qualify for the full $7,500 US federal EV tax credit – the only car made by a foreign automaker to qualify, due to local production in Chattanooga, Tennessee – and the credit is now available upfront at the point of sale. Like other VW Group EVs (including Audi, Porsche etc.),

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GM, finally, ramps up Cadillac Lyriq to meet demand for luxury SUVs

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Back in 2020, about 20% of Cadillac’s US dealers, some 170 to 180 dealers, took buyouts from GM rather than invest, sell, and service EVs. Lyriq is built in Spring Hill, Tennessee. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. Last year, Cadillac delivered 9,000 Lyriqs, with fewer than 2,400 in the first half.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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By some estimates, upwards to 80,000 auto workers and a similar number in the auto supply chain have already been laid off globally to support the EV transition. The automaker has already begun idling auto plants and is warning of future closures to pay for its transition to EVs and to try to keep EV prices affordable.

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