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Factorial Energy emerges from stealth with 40 Ah solid-state battery cell for EVs

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Taylor, the former Chairman and CEO of Panasonic Corporation of North America, played a key role in the development of the Tesla-Panasonic relationship, which resulted in Panasonic investing in the Tesla Gigafactory in Reno, Nevada. Fields and Wilson are also joining Factorial as members of the company’s senior advisory board.

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Tesla supplier Panasonic slashing domestic EV battery production

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He also alluded to the fact that the company may be looking beyond the auto industry for additional customers. The news comes after Panasonic shared plans in June to increase battery output at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Nevada as the site expands to accommodate additional production lines. The profit record was in part due to 27.6

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Faraday's Future bumpy; Nevada nervous, first car 'no Tesla'

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Toss in a Chinese billionaire or two, a new business model for selling transportation services rather than cars, and the brutal competition in the global auto industry, and you have the recipe for frequent and disruptive change. Company startups are, by their nature, secretive and turbulent places.

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Mercedes will take on Tesla’s FSD in China

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Mercedes made waves in the auto industry earlier this year when it became the first automaker certified to operate level 3 autonomous driving vehicles in the United States, with the first State being Nevada. This difference in design philosophy extends into the design of the software that the two companies are introducing.

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Audi receives first autonomous driving permit issued by the State of California

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California has shown time and time again that it is a global technological leader and today marks the beginning of a new era for the auto industry. In 2012, Audi was the first automotive OEM to receive one of the red autonomous vehicle license plates issues by the State of Nevada. —California state Senator Padilla.

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Tesla’s years of battery tech investments are becoming a buffer against nickel’s rising costs

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In a statement to Insider , auto industry analyst Lauren Fix noted that Russia’s control of nickel could have adverse effects for electric vehicle makers. . Thus, when Russia was hit by sanctions due to its invasion of Ukraine, the markets reacted.

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Google’s technology campaign for autonomous driving

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Search engine giant Google is looking for partners within in the auto industry to help launch one of the most significant applications of artificial technology over the next several years, the self-driving car. by Bill Cooke. We’re not perfect; the technology is nowhere near ready. The real danger is the failure of our imagination.”

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