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Hyundai invests more in Georgia to produce hybrids

Teslarati

Hyundai Motor Co. Hyundai moves up production start date at Georgia Metaplant In the first quarter, Hyundai Motor reported an operating profit of over 3.5 Earlier this year, General Motors CEO Mary Barra talked about bringing the company’s plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) to North America. trillion won (US$2.5

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UAW President: Tesla workers are union “members of the future”

Teslarati

In a response to Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford’s statements on Monday, the UAW noted that workers at non-union automakers like Tesla and Toyota are not the enemy. I still believe the automobile industry is a major force for good in our country. Instead, they are the UAW’s future members.

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Ford’s adoption of Tesla NACS could change the EV charging landscape [Opinion]

Teslarati

Ford recently announced it would add Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) port to its future electric vehicles (EVs). Tesla NACS Background In 2022, Tesla opened its EV connector design to the world, providing other electric vehicle automakers access to it. Tesla to open 12,000 Superchargers to Ford across U.S.

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Why Tesla Model 3 should use standard model-year changes: opinion

Green Car Reports

Electric-car maker Tesla Motors has always followed a different path than the rest of the automobile industry. Among the ways it has violated industry convention is ignoring annual model changes and simply updating its cars whenever changes were ready for production.

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Toyota keeps world’s top-selling automaker crown in 2023, sells 1.12 crore cars

Baua Electric

Read more Toyota held the pole position in global passenger vehicle sales hart in 2023, while BYD grabbed the top spot in global electric car sales pushing Tesla to second position. Toyota Motor Corporation claimed to have sold 1.12 On the other hand, Tesla delivered 18.1 BYD claims to have sold about 30.2

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Feature: Top 6 Reasons Why an EV Is the Right Choice

Clean Fleet Report

One of the reasons behind the drastic increase in sales was the more affordable price range of the Tesla Model 3, a best-seller in the U.S., An electric motor produces torque that propels the car faster than conventional gas-powered vehicles. Tesla’s Model 3 paved the way to powerful, affordable EVs. Europe and China.

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Southeast Asia market will become a competitive place for Chinese and Japanese car companies

Setec Powerr

Europe, the birthplace of the automobile industry, to North America across the Pacific Ocean, has always been the top stage that Chinese car companies hope to step on. However, in October this year, all Chinese car companies were the top ten sales in China’s new energy vehicle market except for Tesla.

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