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Geely Auto forms new premium electric car company Zeekr; SEA EV architecture

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Geely Auto Group (Geely Auto) officially announced the widely reported formation of Zeekr—a new electric mobility technology and solutions company based in China that will serve growing global demand for premium electric vehicles.

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3D-Printed Electric Car Whipped Up By Canadian Auto Parts Companies

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Canadian auto parts suppliers are putting their sustainability skills on display with the Project Arrow electric car featuring a 3D-printed chassis.

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Motherson Group collaborating with UBQ to bring carbon-negative thermoplastics into auto parts

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Global automotive Tier 1 manufacturer Motherson Group is collaborating with Israeli cleantech company UBQ Materials. The companies are joining efforts to implement the carbon-negative UBQ thermoplastic ( earlier post ) into auto parts manufactured by Motherson Group for the automotive industry.

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Ola Mobility CFO resigns amid company restructuring – ET Auto

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Kartik Gupta, Ola mobility New Delhi: About two weeks after the resignation of Ola Mobility CEO, the company’s Chief Financial Officer Kartik Gupta has also resigned from the company. Ola Mobility said that Gupta’s exit is part of the company’s restructuring exercise.

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Luminar to cut nearly 20% jobs as part of restructuring – ET Auto

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Luminar Technologies , a maker of lidar sensors for self-driving cars , said on Friday that it would cut its workforce by about 20%, as part of a restructuring plan for the current year. As of December last year, the company had nearly 800 full-time employees in the U.S., Germany, Sweden, India and China.

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Audi’s pilot project for glass recycling becomes part of standard production

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In 2022, Audi described a pilot program with partner companies Reiling Glas Recycling, Saint-Gobain Glass, and Saint-Gobain Sekurit to turn damaged auto glass into recyclable material for model production. Audi, in cooperation with its partner companies, is the first premium auto manufacturer to set up a glass cycle of this kind.

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Auto parts seller LKQ cuts 2024 sales forecast as warm weather slows demand – ET Auto

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It now expects to report organic revenue growth for parts and services between 2.5% Auto parts distributor LKQ cut its full-year sales forecast on Tuesday and missed estimates for first-quarter profit amid falling metal prices and softening demand for spares in North America. for 2024, down from its prior guidance of 3.5%

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