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Porsche recalls less than 1,000 Taycan units for electrical system risk

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Porsche is recalling just 749 Taycan all-electric vehicles from 2021 to 2024 due to a high-voltage battery short-circuiting risk. Porsche Taycan , Taycan 4S, and Taycan 4 Cross Turismo vehicles were identified by data analytics they may have a potential issue with short-circuiting in the high-voltage battery. I’d love to hear from you!

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Porsche launches carbon offset program in US

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Porsche Cars North America, Inc. PCNA) has enrolled all cars at its two Experience Centers—sand its fleet in the monthly subscription pilot, Porsche Passport—sin Porsche Impact. Porsche customers can choose from four different internationally certified projects to support.

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Volkswagen Group reorganizing some international production; new Poland plant for Crafter

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nia, Poland to build the successor to the Volkswagen Crafter van. The next generation of the Porsche Panamera is to be produced entirely in Leipzig. With the decision to produce the Crafter in Poland, we have laid the foundations for the strategic reorientation of our light commercial vehicles. The new Wrze?nia

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Chinese battery company takes 22% stake in Valmet Automotive; strategic partnership for EVs

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CATL is a private Chinese company developing, manufacturing and providing after-sales services of lithium-ion battery solutions for electric vehicles and energy storage markets. Valmet Automotive is an engineering-driven provider of vehicle manufacturing, convertible roof systems and consulting services.

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Volkswagen Group to add 15 more plants to Industrial Cloud this year

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In 2019, the Volkswagen Group initially started with the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand’s Chemnitz, Wolfsburg and Polkowice (Poland) plants, in line with its plans.

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Volkswagen Group to cut overall spending by ~€1B next year, but to boost investments in electric drive tech by €100M

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Examples include product start-ups such as the next-generation Golf, the Audi Q5, the new Crafter plant in Poland, as well as upfront expenditures for the modular electric toolkit (MEB). We are operating in uncertain and volatile times and are responding to this. We will strictly prioritize all planned investments and expenditures.

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