Industry
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BMW may be planning a major shakeup for Alpina.
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Volvo EVs to gain Tesla Supercharger access, NACS connectorOwners of Volvo EVs in North America will be able to use Tesla chargers as soon as 2024.
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Lordstown files for bankruptcy, suing FoxconnLordstown is looking for a buyer for its Endurance electric pickup truck and related assets.
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Former Audi CEO Rupert Stadler sentenced over diesel scandalStadler becomes the first former Volkswagen Group board member to be sentenced over the diesel scandal.
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VW Group SSP EV platform due in 2026 with 12-minute chargingVW Group's SSP platform will eventually underpin most of the automaker's vehicles.
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Aston Martin taps Lucid for EV tech, plans electric hypercarAston Martin's first EV will arrive in 2025 with battery and motor systems supplied by Lucid.
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France's Alpine will launch in the U.S. with a pair of high-performance electric SUVs.
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F1 supplier debuts off-the-shelf carbon monocoque for road carsDash-CAE's TR01 carbon-fiber monocoque chassis is priced from under 30,000 British pounds.
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Rivian moving to Tesla charge port, Hyundai and Stellantis might tooRivian is following Ford and GM in adopting the Tesla NACS charge port instead of the CCS port.
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BMW M exec confirms death of dual-clutch, manual gearboxesBMW M will move exclusively to automatic transmissions by the end of the decade.
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VW to drop niche models, starting with ArteonThe Volkswagen brand will drop models and reduce options on remaining lines as it seeks to boost profitability.
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Mercedes' Level 3 automated driver-assist system made legal in CaliforniaMercedes-Benz's Drive Pilot system is now legal in two U.S. states.
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Ferrari plans to reveal its first electric vehicle in late 2025.
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JLR defines new brandingJLR, formerly Jaguar Land Rover, now positions Range Rover, Defender, Discovery, and Jaguar as individual brands.
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Next-gen Ford EVs to be compatible with Tesla SuperchargersFord's next-gen EVs will have access to more than 12,000 Tesla Superchargers across the U.S. and Canada.
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Lotus and Alpine part ways on joint electric sports car planNeither automaker has said they are abandoning plans for an electric sports car.
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Florida wants to pave roads with radioactive wasteOfficials in Florida are looking at using a byproduct of fertilizer production to build roads.
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Cruise robotaxi service to expand to Dallas, Houston in 2023Cruise's robotaxi service will soon be operating in five U.S. cities.
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Vietnam's VinFast is the latest in a string of EV startups to go public in recent years.
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Software issues delay Volvo EX90 and Polestar 3 electric SUVsBuyers looking to hop behind the wheel of the Volvo EX90 and Polestar 3 mid-size electric SUVs will have to wait a little longer.
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Porsche picks Intel's Mobileye for automated driver-assist technologyPorsche plans to use Mobileye's SuperVision technology to deliver cars capable of hands-free driving.
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McLaren confirms next-gen V-8 for future hybrid supercarsMcLaren's new V-8 is expected to end up in a successor to the P1 hypercar.
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Rimac ready to enter energy storage businessRimac plans to leverage its EV technology to develop energy storage solutions for industry.
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Lordstown warns of bankruptcy if Foxconn pulls investmentLordstown's investment deal with Foxconn may fall through because of the startup's shrinking share price.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran