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Nikola Badger pre-orders, Land Rover fuel-cell SUV, Nissan Ariya EV debut date: Today’s Car News

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The long-anticipated Nissan electric crossover nears its debut. Jaguar Land Rover is working on a fuel-cell SUV. Nikola Motor Company is taking $5,000 pre-orders for the Badger, its electric truck powered partly by hydrogen. And would you send $5,000 to a company that hasn’t yet delivered a product?

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Electric motor manufacturer YASA secures $21M growth funding, opens new Oxford production facility

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YASA, a manufacturer of axial-flux electric motors and controllers ( earlier post ), has raised £15 million (US$21 million) in growth funding. A range of YASA-powered vehicles will be on display at the event, including cars from Nissan, Jaguar Land Rover and Williams Advanced Engineering.

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Other automakers follow Tesla into rare earth metal-free powertrains

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Tesla and others are looking to end the use of rare earth metals in future electric vehicle (EV) motors, with U.S., Eventually, the Japanese automaker plans to phase out the use of rare earth metals entirely through EESM development and the use of permanent magnet motors.

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Nissan announces UK production for future generation EV batteries

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Nissan will produce a future generation of EV batteries at its manufacturing base in Sunderland, UK. Nissan’s UK battery plant is one of three Nissan battery production sites globally, also providing battery modules for Nissan’s all-electric van, the e-NV200, which is manufactured in the company’s plant in Barcelona, Spain.

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GKN and EVO Electric form JV to manufacture electric motors and hybrid and electric drive systems

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EVO Electric, a developer of advanced electric drive solutions for the automotive sector ( earlier post ), has formed a joint venture with GKN Driveline, part of GKN plc, to develop, manufacture and sell Axial Flux electric motors and drive systems for use in hybrid and electric vehicles. As part of the agreement, GKN will also acquire a 25.1%

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2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R, Nissan Z Nismo, 2024 Area Rover Evoque: Nowadays’s Automotive Information

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The Nissan Z Nismo in any case confirmed its face with a teaser video confirming the sports activities automobile’s debut this summer season. JLR (previously referred to as Jaguar Land Rover) upgraded the Evoque’s infotainment machine to an 11.4-inch

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Consumer Reports finds Cadillac’s Super Cruise outperforms other active driving assistance systems; Tesla Autopilot a distant second

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In 2018, Consumer Reports (CR) began ranking active driving assistance systems, with the initial effort focused on systems from Cadillac, Nissan/Infiniti, Tesla, and Volvo. General Motors told CR that Super Cruise will be on 22 GM vehicles by 2023.