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Kia EV9 wins, Fisker franchises, Tesla tops BYD, leather in EVs: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

Fourth-quarter sales results released this past week showed that while Tesla led in 2023 global EV sales , the Chinese automaker BYD pulled ahead of Tesla toward the end of the year. Hyundai and Kia announce Samsung SmartThings connectivity The truck-engine maker Cummins faces a $1.7 The plan will include up to 50 dealers in the U.S.

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Chinese university develops new material to increase solid-state battery production

Electric Vehicles India

Chinese university develops new material to increase solid-state battery production. In 2017 the Fisker Inc. Hitachi Zosen a major Japanese industrial and engineering corporation has developed a solid-state battery. has announced a solid-state battery that is capable of one-minute charging but it has ended the project.

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

Green Car Congress

Fisker Automotive named former GM’er Tony Posawatz as its new CEO. Tony is the perfect CEO for Fisker. 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. Fisker also announced the appointment of Alberto Gonzalez as Vice President of Manufacturing.

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Karma Revero vs VLF Destino: same shape, different powertrains, radically different missions

Green Car Reports

In the beginning was the Fisker Karma. Then came battery cell failures, bankruptcy, a Chinese company, a departing designer, a swaggering auto exec, a big honkin' V-8 engine, and two new companies.

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GYON adds name to long list of Chinese EV startups

China EV

Most — actually all except for me — of the journalists there were Chinese, most flown over from China, it seems. The first press release was in Chinese. He also was an SVP at Chrysler, worked at GM, and after leaving DaimlerChrysler worked for Fisker and Karma in China, among others. He’s been around.

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A123 Systems to supply packs for EV from major North American automaker

Green Car Congress

and the company began delivering engineering battery packs late last year, Vieau said. -based maker of lithium-ion batteries will be producing the battery packs at the company’s factory in Livonia, Mich.,

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine with two electric motors, providing about 100km of EV range as well as the ability to travel further on petrol. Theoretically, it should be easier to engineer a right-hand drive model from the factory, although clearly the numbers have to add up for someone to push the button.

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