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Volvo Cars inaugurates new battery assembly line at Ghent manufacturing plant

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Volvo Cars formally inaugurated a new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. Volvo XC40 Recharge powertrain. The XC40 Recharge P8 is the first of a family of fully electric Volvos. It is the company’s first fully electric car and the first Volvo with a brand new infotainment system powered by Google’s Android operating system.

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Hyundai Prophecy concept is a sleek, sporty EV—with no steering wheel

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The Hyundai Prophecy is a new electric concept car that, as its name suggests, looks toward the future. In this case, that future includes autonomous driving. As indicated by a previous teaser, the Prophecy takes a different design direction from Hyundai's previous 45 electric-car concept. Where the 45 featured retro styling inspired by the 1970s.

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Nikola executes reverse merger with VectoIQ; now to be listed on NASDAQ; BEV and FCEV trucks

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Nikola Corporation, a designer and developer of BEV and FCEV Class 8 trucks is executing a reverse merger with VectoIQ Acquisition Corp. to create a company focused on the development of next generation smart transportation. VectoIQ Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq:VTIQ) is a $230-million publicly traded Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, acquisition or similar business combination within 24 months of its IPO, which was completed 18 May 2018.

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Here are 10 of the electric vehicles GM might (or will) build on its Ultrium foundation

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Under its Design Dome, part of its Warren Tech Center and where concept cars have been prepared and vehicles—even like the EV1—have been designed and developed since 1955, GM provided a sketch to media and investors Wednesday of how its Ultium electric propulsion strategy will take form in actual production-bound vehicles. It was.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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GM reveals new Ultium batteries and flexible global platform for rapid growth of EV lineup

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At an event in the GM Tech Center campus in Warren, Michigan, General Motors unveiled the core of its new strategy to grow the company’s EV sales quickly, efficiently and profitably. The heart of GM’s strategy is a modular propulsion system and a highly flexible, third-generation global EV platform powered by proprietary Ultium batteries. GM’s all-new modular platform and battery system, Ultium.

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Fiat 500e electric-car redux: Sportier compliance for Europe, not California

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The Fiat 500e electric car will return for a second generation, but this time it will likely not be sold in the United States. After withdrawing both gasoline and electric versions of the 500 from the U.S., Fiat unveiled a redesigned 500 for the European market. This marks the first redesign of the retro city car since 2007. The gasoline 500.

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Here are 10 of the electric vehicles GM might (or will) build on its Ultium foundation

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Under its Design Dome, part of its Warren Tech Center and where concept cars have been prepared and vehicles—even like the EV1—have been designed and developed since 1955, GM provided a sketch to media and investors Wednesday of how its Ultium electric propulsion strategy will take form in actual production-bound vehicles. It was.

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Daimler Trucks launches additional electric Freightliner Customer Experience fleet

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Daimler Trucks has launched additional electric Freightliner trucks for customer testing in North America. The Customer Experience (CX) fleet from Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) consists of six heavy-duty Freightliner eCascadia and two medium-duty Freightliner eM2 106. Over a period of 22 months, 14 different customers from a range of sectors will operate the all-electric trucks within their daily transport business.

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Lucid EV brand lays out a boutique take on the Tesla sales and service model

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Although the official debut of the Lucid Air electric sedan is more than a month away—in April, at the New York Auto Show—the California company today started to sketch out one very important aspect: How it will sell and service its cars. It’s a critical and potentially resource-draining decision for a startup automaker like.

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DEME and partners developing HYPORT DUQM, a large-scale green hydrogen project in Oman

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DEME Concessions and Omani partners are partnering to develop a world-leading, green hydrogen plant in Duqm, Oman. The facility will significantly contribute to the decarbonization of the regional chemical industry in Oman, as well as providing green hydrogen and/or derivatives (such as green methanol or ammonia) to international customers in Europe, for example in the Port of Antwerp.

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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GM previews a dozen EVs, Lucid talks sales and service, Fiat 500e returns: Today’s Car News

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GM’s plan for an all-electric future just took a step closer to reality. The Fiat 500e is coming back, but maybe not to California. Lucid is aiming to sell and service its cars in some of the same ways as Tesla. And Hyundai shows an EV concept with no steering wheel. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Wednesday GM detailed its Ultium.

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GM’s Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and Buick all launching EVs this year

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Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and Buick will all be launching new EVs starting this year, GM announced at an event at its Tech Center in Warren, Michigan, where it also unveiled its new Ultium batteries and flexible globale EV architecture. ( Earlier post.). GM’s new modular platform and battery system, Ultium. The next new Chevrolet EV will be a new version of the Bolt EV, launching in late 2020, followed by the 2022 Bolt EUV, launching Summer 2021.

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Plug-in hybrid versions of Mercedes-Benz compact cars and SUVs introduced, but not US-bound

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Mercedes-Benz is adding plug-in hybrid versions of three recently-redesigned compact models—the CLA, CLA Shooting Brake, and GLA—but none of them are slated for the United States. In keeping with the automaker's naming scheme, the plug-in hybrids are designation CLA250e, CLA250e Shooting Brake, and GLA250e. The CLA Shooting Brake (a.

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New wear-resistant sintered materials from Tenneco to reduce reliance on cobalt for engine applications

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An innovative new material from Tenneco Inc.’s Powertrain business group delivers wear-resistant performance with greatly reduced cobalt content, helping engine manufacturers mitigate the limited availability and price volatility of cobalt. Micro structure (x500) of Tenneco’s newly developed sintered steel material FM-t88A with 17% cobalt content. © 2020 Tenneco Inc.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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MINI Electric Review

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The MINI Electric is the most important launch for the brand since it was introduced under the BMW group in 2001. Is it as good as its similarly priced small EV rivals? Here’s everything you need to know.

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Automotive industry calls for government to remove VAT from EVs

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The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has called on the Chancellor to use next week’s Budget to announce bold new measures to help more drivers go electric.

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GlobalData: Coronavirus leads to nosedive in global vehicle sales with lowest January registrations since 2012

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Only 6.2 million light-duty vehicles were sold worldwide in January—the lowest monthly figure since January 2012, which saw 5.9 million units sold, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company. Driving the drop in sales was the emergence in December 2019 of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China. The disease has spread rapidly and has already infected more than 95,000 people and caused at least 3,285 deaths worldwide (2,902 in China), according to the latest tally by Johns Hop

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Mazda MX-5: Pricing and specs for refreshed roadster announced

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Mazda has announced the refreshed Mazda MX-5 range will feature fuel-saving technology in the form of a new stop-start function called ‘i-ELOOP’

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Automotive industry calls for government to remove VAT from EVs

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The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has called on the Chancellor to use next week’s Budget to announce bold new measures to help more drivers go electric.

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Mazda MX-5: Pricing and specs for refreshed roadster announced

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Mazda has announced the refreshed Mazda MX-5 range will feature fuel-saving technology in the form of a new stop-start function called ‘i-ELOOP’

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World Car Awards: Shortlist revealed with Mazda leading the charge

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The World Car Finals countdown continues with today’s “Top Three In The World” announcement.

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