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Stellantis is in early talks to assemble electric vehicles from its Chinese partner Leapmotor at the idled Brampton, Ontario plant, according to Bloomberg — a factory that was supposed to be retooled for Jeep production with over $500 million in Canadian gove…
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In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we take a closer look at a low-tech way to remove and lock away carbon; get a view from space of what the western U.S. heat wave did to the snow; and see what China's EV transition looks like on the ground.
Read storyGlobal Alumina-based Ceramics Market Size, Trends and Insights By Purity Grade (Standard Grade (90–95% Al₂O₃), High Purity Grade (96–99% Al₂O₃), Ultra-High Purity Grade (>99% Al₂O₃)), By Product Form (Tubes & Rods, Plates & Substrates, Crucibles & Saggers, Cu…
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Proton has confirmed it will assemble key electrified vehicle components such as the electric drive unit and dedicated hybrid transmission for its models in Tanjung Malim as part of an expansion of vehicle and powertrain […] The post Proton to assemble electr…
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Dealerships say they’re getting busier as the Iran war and the shipping crisis at the Strait of Hormuz drag on.
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Stellantis-backed Leapmotor delivered 110,155 new energy vehicles in the first three months of 2026, exceeding 100,000 deliveries for a fourth-straight quarter.
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Electric is no longer a compromise: Inside Volvo’s big bet on the EX60—and the CCO, Erik Severinson, selling skeptics on EVs.
Read storyA year after I first saw the Slate truck on a laptop, I finally sat in the driver's seat. I also asked about the price and the company's CEO change.
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Carmakers reported mixed first-quarter U.S. sales Wednesday pointing to a hit from winter storms, as the Middle East war clouds the industry's outlook compared with unusually favorable dynamics a year ago. The U.S.-Israeli offensive against Iran, launched on …
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April 1 : The head of a group representing nearly all major automakers on Wednesday called for scrapping the U.S. government's 18.4-cent per gallon tax on gasoline and replacing it with a vehicle fee to pay for road repairs.John Bozzella, who heads the Allian…
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Factory will begin building i3 saloon in August, followed by other Neue Klasse EVs from the end of 2027 BMW has radically upgraded its core Munich plant in a €650 million transformation for the Neue Klasse age, bringing in thousands of robots, completely tra…
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Li Shufu, the billionaire chairman of Geely Holding Group and the man who bought Volvo Cars from Ford for $1.8 billion in 2010, has arrived at a conclusion that many of his peers in the global automotive industry have been slower to reach: the world has too m…
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