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Nickel expert calls on Musk, Farley, others to demand Nickel sourcing in North America

Teslarati

Surging prices of nickel, a potentially major influence in the future of the global electric vehicle market, have encouraged one mining expert in the field to call on automotive CEOs to demand more attention toward sourcing the metal in North America. There are ample, good-quality nickel projects in North America.”

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2022 GMC Hummer EV: the biggest, baddest, butchest EV to hit the market?

Charged EVs

The Hummer SUV sat silently behind Doug Parks, GM’s executive vice president of global product development, during his segments. For North America, the electric Hummer is the first of a promised 20 or so GM EVs based on the company’s new Ultium battery and powertrain technology. Everything old is new again.

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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

Green Car Congress

In his CES talk, Fields said that rapidly advancing connectivity; software and sensor technology; and big data were the enablers behind the Smart Mobility projects—eight in North America, nine in Europe and Africa, seven in Asia and one in South America. Vehicle data might enable lower insurance rates for good drivers.

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I went to China to test drive Yadea’s electric scooters, e-bikes, and A LOT more!

Baua Electric

And now that several of the models are coming to Europe and North America, Yadea’s lineup is looking even more interesting. I tested the covered version, which felt essentially like a golf cart. As it turns out, there’s a good reason why these are the best-selling little EVs in the world!

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