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Tesla stock (TSLA) rises following GM NACS deal

Teslarati

Tesla shares ( NASDAQ:TSLA ) surged over 5% on Friday amidst investors’ positive sentiments following the announcement that General Motors would be joining Ford in adopting the Texas-based EV maker’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) for its electric cars.

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2018 Chevrolet Bolt Electric Car: What It Is & Isn't, What It Means For Tesla

Green Car Reports

The great thing about the Detroit Auto Show is that it brings so many global auto industry executives together under one roof.

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China Slows On Electric Cars To Focus On Fuel Efficiency

Green Car Reports

auto industry worried that Chinese carmakers would use inexpensive cars to gain a foothold here, just as Japanese and Korean makers had done. That hasn't happened, for many reasons--one being that making cars good enough to sell here is remarkably hard. More recently, the Detroit Three worried that Chinese makers would.

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Ford selects Spain for EV production but anticipates substantial job cuts

Teslarati

In March, Ford announced that its EV unit – known as Model e – would take steps to expand its EV presence in Europe as the region is a highly-competitive market for electric vehicles. The Detroit-based automaker aims to roll out seven new EVs in Europe by 2024 with an annual production capacity of 600,000 vehicles by 2026.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. car when tech-savvy types can configure one in their garage by rewiring their existing hybrids. car Because unlike the 100 m.p.g. Yep, a truck. The Irvine, Calif.-based

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Obama on cars

Plugs and Cars

OBAMA: Well, you know, I, I think that if we decided right now that we were going to make the kind of investment I've proposed--$150 billion over 10 years--then I think at the end of the decade we could have a auto industry that has significantly reduced our consumption of oil by as much as 35, 40 percent.

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Stellantis, LG Power enforcing ‘contingency plans’ for EV battery plant in Canada

Baua Electric

billion) from LG Power and undercover contributions from federal and provincial governments, as the biggest ever within the Canadian auto sector. A spokesperson for Champagne stated on Friday that the “auto industry is crucial to the Canadian economy and to the hundreds of thousands of Canadian workers.” billion ($1.1

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