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BrightDrop: GM’s silent push into electric commercial vehicles

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Upcoming electric passenger vehicles and light trucks from GM get most of the attention, but its new commercial EV brand is a quiet and very serious push too. Many US drivers now have a vague idea that General Motors is doing something with electric vehicles. The company has committed $800 million to that conversion.

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Stellantis investing £100 million to transform Ellesmere Port for BEV production

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Stellantis is investing £100 million (US$139 million) in Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port manufacturing plant in the UK to transform the site for a new era in electric vehicle manufacturing. The plant at Ellesmere Port will celebrate its 60 th anniversary next year, having been built in 1962, and produced its first car, the Vauxhall Viva, in 1964.

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Hyundai Motor Group outlines new powertrain strategy: Smart Stream targeting 50% thermal efficiency

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Hyundai Motor Group outlined its future powertrain development strategy at its International Powertrain Conference in Korea. At the conference, Hyundai Motor Group is displaying the first four engines and two transmissions from its forthcoming line-up of new Smart Stream powertrains. Beginning with the introduction of 1.6-liter

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KBA: Alternative drives accounted for around 25% of new vehicle sales in Germany in 2020; 13.5% with electric drive

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Alternative drives (battery-electric, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, hydrogen fuel cell, gas, and hydrogen) took up around a quarter of all new light-duty vehicle registrations in Germany in 2020, according to figures from the KBA (Federal Motor Transport Authority). A total of 394,940 new vehicles with electric drive were registered in 2020.

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Nikkei: India passes Japan to become world’s No. 3 auto market in 2022

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from 2021, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association and the Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association. Vehicles powered by gasoline, including hybrid vehicles, accounted for most of the new autos sold in India last year. Electric vehicles hardly have a presence. million units. million units.

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Ronn Motor Group launching Reg A+ Mini-IPO to fund all-electric roadster with hydrogen fuel cell range extender

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Ronn Motor Group (RMG), the developer of the Scorpion exotic sports car featuring supplementary hydrogen fuel injection to improve the performance and fuel consumption of its gasoline engine ( earlier post ) announced a Regulation A+ Mini-IPO that gives anyone the opportunity to invest in its company.

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EEA: almost all Euro car makers met specific 2017 CO2 targets on new sales, but emissions up year-on-year

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All but three European car manufacturers met their specific emission targets in 2017, based on current European vehicle test rules. Nevertheless, average carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from new cars sold in the European Union in 2017 rose by 0.4g This increase brings car manufacturers further away from their 2021 targets.

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