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UAW strikes: GM shuts down Kansas plant and lays off 2,000 workers

Teslarati

Jeep, Chrysler and Dodge owner Stellantis announced plans to lay off 68 workers at an Ohio facility, warning of another 300 layoffs in Indiana if the situation does not improve. Tesla only builds EVs, so unlike the “Big 3,” the automaker won’t have to phase out gas car production.

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Stellantis looks to invest $2.8B in Canada to boost electric vehicle production

Teslarati

We’re building a world-class Canadian auto industry, an innovative economy and a clean, strong future for everyone. Part of the funds for the initiative would be coming from the Canadian and Ontario governments, which are looking to invest $410.7 million and $398 million, respectively. .

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Driven: Alfa Romeo Tonale Plug-in Hybrid Q4

EV Central

By 2027 it will be building nothing but EVs with zero tailpipe emissions… and therefore have a line-up containing zero ICE-powered models. The brand, these days part of the multi-national auto-industry giant Stellantis, claims no-one else in the business will complete the transition so quickly.

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Volkswagen has ‘all the ingredients’ to succeed as the US shifts to EVs, but will it?

Baua Electric

Volkswagen’s CFO Arno Antlitz said Europe’s largest automaker has “all the ingredients” for success as the US auto industry shifts to electric. The company will build vehicles at its $2 billion facility in South Carolina. Despite this, VW is seeing reluctance for its EVs in Europe and potentially in the US as well.

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Welcome to the Year of the EV—Whatever It Will Be

Clean Fleet Report

The impact on the auto industry, particularly the still growing electric sector, could be profound. A bigger concern for industry is the impact of the pandemic on the supply chain, which has throttled back the capability of building modern cars. There may be no more “return to normal” or even a semi-normal.

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2022 Rivian R1T: a real pickup truck makes an impressive debut

Charged EVs

Instead, it’s aiming to build an authentic-truck brand among what we suspect are current buyers of Land Rovers, top-end GMCs and German luxury trucks. In fact, it sounds suspiciously like another startup EV-maker—one that, as of this writing, is worth more than the entire rest of the auto industry put together. Stay tuned.

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Best EVs of 2022: Our verdict on the new electric cars of the year

EV Central

Tesla will comfortably outsell Lexus, Honda, Jeep and others with its Model Y a chance to be the top seller among electric vehicles (December sales figures will confirm whether it overtakes the Model 3 for overall the overall 2022 sales leader ). It was also a year of EV milestones. Biggest EV surprise of 2022. Biggest EV surprise of 2022.