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GM to invest $2.2B at Detroit-Hamtramck to produce all-electric trucks and SUVs; GM’s first fully-dedicated EV plant

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billion at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to produce a variety of all-electric trucks and SUVs. Detroit-Hamtramck will be GM’s first fully-dedicated electric vehicle assembly plant. Our electric pickup will be the first of multiple electric truck variants we will build at Detroit-Hamtramck over the next few years.

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Daimler Truck and CATL expand global partnership on truck-focused batteries and supply

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The supply will go beyond 2030. In 2019, Daimler Truck AG and CATL entered into a global lithium-ion battery cell modules supply agreement for electric series trucks including the Mercedes-Benz eActros, the Freightliner eCascadia and eM2. Its European production base, located in Erfurt, Germany, is currently under construction.

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Magna investing $500M+ to expand in Michigan; two new plants, 1 expansion

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Clair (battery enclosures) and is opening new facilities in Shelby Township (powertrain) and Detroit (seating). The facility first opened in 2021 and currently supplies steel battery enclosures to a global automaker. Magna Electric Vehicle Structures will add a 740,000 square-foot expansion of its existing facility in St.

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2023 Detroit Auto Show Recap – Where Have All the Cars Gone?

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The press day at the 2023 Detroit Auto Show was so quiet that I ended my day two states away – sleeping in my own bed in Chicago. The public show is solid, but the media preview has struggled for a long time (in part because Detroit was so dominant). I hope to continue doing it once a year for the Detroit Auto Show.

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Detroit Electric signs joint venture with China’s Far East Smarter Energy Group; $1.8B investment

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Detroit Electric has signed a joint venture deal with Far East Smarter Energy Group of China, which has helped secure a total investment of $1.8 The joint venture will invest US$370 million into Detroit Electric’s European operations over the next four years.

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Detroit Electric and Integrated Energy sign MOU on EV sales and V2X project in S. Korea’s Jeju Island

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The MOU establishes a process for appointing Integrated Energy to be the dealer of Detroit Electric products in Jeju Island, South Korea. Integrated Energy and Detroit Electric foresee the potential to further deploy this V2X technology to other regions in South Korea, after a successful implementation of the initial V2X pilot program.

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UAW hit limits harm to Detroit 3 — for now

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” The hit started two days upcoming Jeep debuted the freshened 2024 Gladiator, which will probably be constructed at Toledo Meeting, on the Detroit auto display. “GM sales are likely more vulnerable in a strike, as GM’s sales pace is stronger and supply more limited, so any disruption will be a negative,” Smoke wrote.

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