Tesla has reportedly ordered some 45 GWh of Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) batteries from CATL for use mainly in heModel 3 and Model Y. The news comes from undisclosed sources, cited by the Chinese media 36kr (via CnEVPost and Gasgoo). Tesla has recently announced a global shift to LFP lithium-ion battery chemistry for all its […]
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Toyota released today a lot of details about the all-new Toyota bZ4X model, which will be launched worldwide in the middle of 2022. It’s the first out of 7 upcoming Toyota bZ (Beyond Zero) models, unveiled in concept version in April. The car is based on Toyota’s new e-TNGA platform, the first one dedicated to battery-electric
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While the overall car market in Europe is in crisis mode and decreased 25% year-over-year in September, the plug-in electric cars are continuing to expand. Last month, the total number of new passenger plug-in electric car registrations increased 42% year-over-year to 227,238, which is one of the best monthly results ever. The result of the
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Ford will offer the F-150 Lightning with a total of ten different paint color options, five fewer than what the Blue Oval offers for the regular internal combustion-engined model. The available colors are Atlas Blue, Iced Blue, Antimatter Blue, Rapid Red, Agate Black, Stone Gray, Carbonized Gray, Iconic Silver, Oxford White and Star White. And
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The redesigned Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid was revealed Thursday in an online event. It goes on sale in Japan December 16, but won’t reach North America until the second half of 2022, as a 2023 model. The 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid moves to the same platform gasoline Outlander models adopted for the 2022 model
This winter season, Nieman Marcus is getting into the true meaning of Christmas by offering a bunch of seriously expensive stuff in its annual holiday catalog. There’s usually at least one automotive offering, and this year it’s a 2022 GMC Hummer EV Edition 1 for an eye-watering $285,000. That’s $172,405 more than the regular Edition
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Lexus was late to the premium subcompact luxury game, entering the ever-expanding segment three years ago with the UX SUV. It’s offered in two versions. The UX 200 is equipped with a gasoline-fueled 2.0-liter engine powering the front wheels only; the UX 250h is a little more powerful and fuel efficient with an added hybrid
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The transition to electric mobility has started impacting the employment structure in the automotive industry as a slew of OEMs and component suppliers have announced planned cuts to their employment numbers due to the shift to electrification. European OEMs are the most proactive on this front. Outside Europe an almost equally gloomy picture is painted. Employment
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Höegh Autoliners says companies have delivered a Call to Action for Shipping Decarbonisation to the UK presidency of COP26 at the Global Maritime Forum Annual Summit in London. The Call urges world leaders to take action to align shipping with the Paris Agreement temperature goal. The Call to Action is backed by more than 200
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Daimler unit sales in Q3 2021 fell 25% year on year to 577,800 vehicles (Q3 2020: 772,700) due mainly to global supply constraints. Group revenue was flat at EUR40.1bn (EUR40.3bn) but group EBIT rose to EUR3,579m (EUR3,070m). Adjusted EBIT was also up at EUR3,611m (EUR3,479m) as was net profit of EUR2,573m (EUR2,158m). “Despite considerably lower
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