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Tesla ships more vehicles from China to North America

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Tesla is shipping another batch of vehicles from China to North America as a second ship packed with all-electric cars built at Gigafactory Shanghai is on its way to Canada. In late April , Reuters reported that Shanghai-built Tesla units would make their way to Canada. were “false” in a Tweeted response.

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This $1b EV nickel plant will be North America’s largest

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Photo by Social Soup Social Media on Pexels.com Canada Nickel Co. We’re going to see nickel demand double or triple over the next 10 years as we gear up battery production here in North America,” Mark Selby, chief executive of Canada Nickel, told CBC News in an interview. Nickel has always been seen as a strategic metal,” said Selby.

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What is Tesla’s Full Self Driving and why its China rollout matters – ET Auto

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrived in Beijing on Sunday on an unannounced visit, where he was expected to discuss the rollout of Full Self-Driving (FSD) software and permission to transfer data overseas, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. ” Still, the U.S. ” Still, the U.S. WHAT IS FSD? Tesla has sold more than 1.7

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Fisker Automotive names Tony Posawatz, former head of Volt program, as new CEO

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Part of my assignment at Fisker was to recruit a long-term CEO and I cannot think of a better person than Tony to take us forward. Most recently, he served as President and CEO of SG Automotive in China and will now pave the way for Fisker’s entry into the Chinese market later in 2012. —outgoing CEO Tom LaSorda.

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Honda plots $65 billion investment to build seven new EVs as it looks for a comeback

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It also unveiled its new “Ye Series” EVs to take on Chinese automakers like BYD. This will include personal mini-EV models in 2025. Honda also plans to secure battery materials in Canada, like cathode materials from POSCO Future M and separators from Kasei at new JV plants.

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Global auto production may hit 80+ million units this year; hybrids below 2% of total output

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The United US, Canada, and Australia are making progress, but nonetheless continue to lag behind. The Chinese are increasingly taking to the roads, with driving distances rising from 262 billion pkm in 1990 to 1.351 trillion pkm in 2009, slightly more than a fivefold expansion. l/100 km (52.3 mpg US) for 2020. trillion pkm in 2008.

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InDEED, a success

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Sponsored by the EAA and Plug In America , DEED featured events in 34 states , as well as Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Dominican Republic. Programs were conducted in English, Spanish, and Manderin Chinese. DEED event on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands.