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Lucid Motors opening 20 sales and service locations in N America through 2021

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Miami Studio: Located at Brickell City Centre in Miami, FL. With a direct-to-consumer model, Lucid will offer a digitally enhanced luxury experience tailored to each customer’s purchase and ownership preferences. Los Angeles Service Center: Located at 9022 Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills, CA. Lucid Studios.

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Karma using independent dealers and company centers for launch or Revero plug-in hybrid

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The company said it has been curating best-in-class dealers in key markets in preparation for the Revero going on sale later this year. —Joost de Vries, VP of Sales & Service. Karma Miami. Wanxiang Group purchased the assets of Fisker Automotive in 2014, choosing the Karma Automotive name for the new company in 2015.

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Ford: boomers leading trend to compact utility vehicles

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Baby boomers who purchase homes from Del Webb, which caters to the 55-plus market, prefer more efficient, one-story homes; premium options these buyers specify add about 20% to the price of the home. In year-over-year retail sales, Escape is experiencing 24% growth—outpacing the national compact utility vehicle average increase of 18%.

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Lilium (LILM) receives firm order from UrbanLink to put 20 eVTOL jets into service in Florida

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Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) developer Lilium has announced a new partnership with advanced air mobility (AAM) operator UrbanLink that includes the purchase of at least 20 all-electric eVTOL jets.

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Parker Hannifin and Autocar Deliver Hydraulic Hybrid Refuse Vehicles to Florida Communities

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Parker Hannifin Corporation, in partnership with Autocar, delivered hydraulic hybrid refuse vehicles to three South Florida municipalities ( earlier post ): City of Miami, the City of Hialeah, and Miami-Dade County. The new Autocar E3 refuse vehicles feature Parker’s RunWise hydraulic hybrid drive system. Earlier post.).

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Car Charging Group acquires Blink-related charging assets of ECOtality; Access Control Group and Intertek buyers of other assets

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a nationwide provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging services, won the bid to purchase the Blink-related assets of bankrupt ECOtality. Blink Acquisition, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Car Charging Group, Inc., Earlier post.) CarCharging provides a turnkey program to commercial and residential property owners for EV charging services.

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Ford and Volkswagen expand global collaboration to include EVs, invest in Argo AI

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As part of the transaction, Volkswagen also will purchase Argo AI shares from Ford for $500 million over three years. Collaborating with Ford, Argo AI also is testing its technology in Miami and Washington, D.C., Volkswagen will invest $2.6 billion in Argo AI by committing $1 billion in funding and contributing its $1.6

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