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Tesla defies industry trends and sees increases in brand loyalty

Teslarati

The percentage of customers who choose the same brand when they trade in or purchase their next car is a measure of brand loyalty. In a live webinar, S&P Global Mobility Loyalty Principal Tom Libby analyzed brand loyalty data trends during widespread inventory shortages from January 2020 to April 2022. .

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UK Awards 24M to 6 Low Carbon Vehicle Projects

Green Car Congress

Projects include the development of new engines for plug-in hybrid versions of Nissan, Lotus and Jaguar Land Rover cars, a lightweight electric bin wagon, development of lightweight materials for vehicle weight reduction, and new technologies using thermal energy to improve vehicle performance.

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Shock! VinFast’s VF Wild electric pickup was designed in Melbourne!

EV Central

The vision was to have an independent studio in Australia providing OEM quality work to global companies … you then have the ability to provide OEM quality design services to Australian clients, which might not have been available moving forward.” The VF 8 has also been panned in US media reviews.

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HARMAN acquiring Red Bend Software and Symphony Teleca for growth in connected vehicle space

Green Car Congress

HARMAN International announced the acquisition of Israel-based Red Bend Software, a leading provider of software management technology for connected devices, and over-the-air (OTA) software and firmware upgrading services. Under the agreement, HARMAN will purchase Symphony Teleca for a base purchase price of $780 million.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Ineos Grenadier hydrogen fuel cell – rugged and capable Land Rover Defender lookalike has hydrogen in its future following tie-up with Hyundai. Land Rover Defender PHEV – modernised Defender will also come with a plug-in hybrid drivetrain. 2021 INEOS Grenadier. RR has also committed to going wholly EV by 2030.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

Cars That Think

In early 2019, Reuters estimated that the top 29 global auto manufacturers had already pledged to invest more than $300 billion towards developing electric vehicles (EVs) and supporting technologies including autonomous driving capability. Yet, even with the global EV market share projected to grow from only about 2.6