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GM begins deliveries of first Ultium-based EVs: GMC Hummer pickup and Brightdrop EV600

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General Motors has begun deliveries of its first next-generation electric vehicles, the GMC HUMMER EV Edition 1 Pickup and BrightDrop EV600 light commercial vehicle, both built on the Ultium Platform. BrightDrop is now delivering its first EV600s to FedEx, moving from concept to market introduction faster than any other GM vehicle in history.

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Daimler and Renault-Nissan Alliance start $1B manufacturing JV in Mexico for next-gen premium compacts

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Five years after first establishing a strategic cooperation, Daimler and the Renault-Nissan Alliance have expanded their collaboration with the start of a manufacturing joint venture in Aguascalientes in central Mexico. The new business entity COMPAS (Cooperation Manufacturing Plant Aguascalientes) is 50:50 owned by Daimler and Nissan.

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Nissan aims to sell 1 million electrified vehicles (BEV or e-POWER) a year by FY2022

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Electrify new INFINITI models from fiscal year 2021. Equip 20 models in 20 markets with autonomous driving technology. Reach 100% connectivity for all new Nissan, Infiniti and Datsun cars sold in key markets by the end of the plan. By 2025, INFINITI expects electrified vehicles to comprise 50% of its global sales.

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Dongfeng Motor to introduce more than 20 electric models under new 2022 midterm plan; battery-electric and e-POWER

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INFINITI will have 25% of its portfolio electrified in 2022, transitioning to 100% by 2025. It will focus on the company’s progressive work to boost vehicle sales by 1 million units and to lead in the area of Intelligent Mobility through: Introducing more than 40 models, from premium to light commercial vehicles (LCVs), to support growth.

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Renault-Nissan and Daimler Announce Strategic Cooperation; Equity Exchanges, Common Small Vehicle Platform, Powertrains and Light Commercial Vehicles

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The new partners have agreed upon, and will implement with immediate effect, specific projects in the areas of a new common architecture for small vehicles; engines; and light commercial vehicles. Right from its market launch, the jointly developed future models will also be available with an electric drive. Powertrains.

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Daimler/Renault-Nissan collaboration expanding

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While our initial collaboration focused strongly on European projects, we are now focusing on synergies in all key markets. The engines produced in Decherd will then be used in the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, which is produced at the Daimler plant in Tuscaloosa (Alabama, USA), and in new Infiniti products. Nissan NV350 Urvan.

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Nissan to produce Mercedes-Benz 4-cylinder gasoline engines in North America; latest step in collaboration

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powertrain assembly plant will build Mercedes-Benz 4-cylinder gasoline engines for Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz models. Thus we are systematically broadening our manufacturing footprint in this important growth market. Infiniti plans to base a premium compact vehicle on the Mercedes compact-car architecture, starting in 2014.