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Volkswagen committing $7.1B to boost product line-up, R&D, manufacturing in North America; targeting 55% BEV sales by 2030

Green Car Congress

Volkswagen also plans to upgrade its factories in Puebla and Silao, Mexico, for the assembly of electric vehicles and components (such as e-motors), by the middle of the decade. The Group is currently assessing governance and finance models, and aims to finalize decisions through 2022. Assembly of the ID.4 Assembly of Volkswagen’s ID.4

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Rivian introduces two quad-motor, AWD “Electric Adventure Vehicles”

Green Car Congress

The Rivian vehicles feature up to 400+ miles in electric range, a wading depth of 1 meter, lockable storage bins that can fit the bulkiest of gear, and the performance and precise control of quad-motor AWD. The company has facilities in Plymouth, Michigan, San Jose, California, Irvine, California, and Normal, Illinois.

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Plug In 2008

Plug In Partners

T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. The announcement, which follows Google's request for proposals from companies with electric car technologies, came Tuesday during the Plug-In 2008 conference in San Jose, Calif. Aptera, of Carlsbad, Calif., ActaCell of Austin, Tex.,

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Tesla + Toyota

Revenge of the Electric Car

. “This is like Christmas in May,&# said Saki Kavouniaris, whose steakhouse and cocktail lounge on Warm Springs Boulevard had seen business slump 30 percent since the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. plant shut down April 1. I was starting to think this place must be jinxed.

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