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Group14 raises $400M in Series C; Porsche leads with $100M

Green Car Congress

To deliver to customers including Porsche subsidiary Cellforce Group, Group14 plans to break ground on its second commercial-scale battery active materials (BAM) factory in the US to stay ahead of demand from markets reliant on high-performing batteries. Our investment in Group14 is an important step for Porsche’s M&A activities.

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Silicon battery technology company Group14 closes additional $214M for $614M Series C funding round

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Group14 Technologies, a global manufacturer and supplier of advanced silicon battery technology, raised $214 million in additional financing from a consortium including Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund, Lightrock Climate Impact Fund, Moore Strategic Ventures, Oman Investment Authority, and Molicel.

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Tesla India teams reassigned to other Asia-Pacific markets

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The team in India includes Sami Jain, who previously worked for Porsche on the legacy automaker’s electrification effort. It also included David Feinstein, who has been with Tesla for years and works with global and international businesses. The Tesla India team was reassigned to Asia-Pacific (APAC) and other markets.

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Iain Curry’s best electric car of 2023: Hyundai Ioniq 5 N

EV Central

An N Grin Mode adds an additional 30kW and 30Nm for a ten second burst, upping the power to Porsche 911 Turbo S levels. Show me an empty race track and I’d pick the Ioniq 5 N over a twice-the-price Porsche Taycan GTS. Not just Australia, but globally. Months later I had similar dramas in South Korea.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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During 2014, the global plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry is poised to grow by 86% and will surpass more than 346,000 new vehicles sold, according to a new white paper—“ Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2014 ”—published by Navigant Research. H2USA, the new U.S. More than 2.2 More than 1.9

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Volkswagen Group and Tata Motors Ltd. to explore strategic alliance for joint development projects; ŠKODA to lead

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Through subsidiaries and associate companies, Tata Motors has operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand, South Africa and Indonesia. Global ŠKODA sales reached 1.3 Tata Motors Limited is India’s largest automobile company, with consolidated revenues of US$41.6 billion in 2015-16. million cars in 2016.

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Tesla’s next Gigafactory location unknown, but all signs point toward India

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While there have been rumors of deep talks in Spain , numerous meetings with French government officials, and heavy speculation regarding a relationship with Canada, Indonesia, and South Korea, it is becoming overwhelmingly clear that all signs are pointing toward India, a location where Tesla has mulled a factory for several years.

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