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Chinese EV maker Xpeng teases 124 miles in 5 minutes with pivot to 800V platform

Chinese automaker Xpeng is the latest to pivot to 800-volt charging architecture, which the company claims will add 124 miles of range in just five minutes of charging. Xpeng rolled out the new charging plans as part of its 2021 Tech Day presentation, claiming it will have the first 800-volt charging network in China. The […]

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Stellantis’ 4 new EV platforms to each support 2 million cars a year

TURIN, Italy — Stellantis’ four new electrified platforms are expected to each underpin the production of 2 million vehicles a year, the automaker’s head for Italy said on Wednesday. Since the creation of the world’s fourth largest carmaker at the beginning of this year through the merger of Fiat Chrysler and France’s PSA, Chief Executive

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McLaren CEO Mike Flewitt resigns from the British supercar maker

McLaren Automotive Ltd. CEO Mike Flewitt will step down after eight years leading the closely held company, which has started a search for a successor. The Woking, England-based supecar maker said Wednesday that Michael Macht, a McLaren Group non-executive director, will oversee technical and operational functions, while Chairman Paul Walsh will lead sales, marketing and

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Uber partners with Hertz to offer 50,000 Tesla rentals to U.S. ride-hail drivers

Uber Technologies Inc on Wednesday said it is launching a new partnership with rental car company Hertz to offer 50,000 Tesla Inc vehicles as a rental option to its ride-hail drivers by 2023. Uber drivers can rent a Tesla through Hertz starting on Nov. 1 in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and Washington DC,

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FCA nears plea deal in diesel emissions fraud probe

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is nearing an agreement to plead guilty to criminal conduct to resolve a multiyear emissions fraud probe surrounding Ram pickup trucks and Jeep sport-utility vehicles with diesel engines, people familiar with the matter said. FCA lawyers and U.S. Justice Department officials are brokering a plea deal that could be unveiled in

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