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Toyota is gaining on General Motors in the race for America’s sales crown, and the gap is now the narrowest it has been in half a decade. A new forecast from Cox Automotive, released on Wednesday, projects Toyota will sell approximately 1,250,000 vehicles in the United States through the first half of the year, up […]
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Ferrari is replacing its Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer Enrico Galliera, who has held the role for more than 16 years, with former BMW Italy CEO Massimiliano Di Silvestre. The change takes effect July 1 and comes exactly one month after the controversial reveal of the Luce, Ferrari’s first fully electric vehicle, which sent the […]
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Slate Auto revealed Wednesday that its electric pickup truck will start at $24,950, making it the cheapest new truck available in the United States. The Bezos-backed startup simultaneously opened preorders, converting more than 180,000 existing reservations into $300 nonrefundable deposits. Deliveries are expected to begin in the fourth quarter of this year. The price is […]
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Amazon’s Zoox revealed a series of design upgrades to its custom-built robotaxi on Wednesday, refining the interior comfort and exterior communication of a vehicle that still lacks a steering wheel, pedals, or any traditional driver controls. The changes are based on rider feedback from the company’s free ride programme and are timed to coincide with […]
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Honda R&D, the independent research arm of Honda Motor Company, has signed a multiyear joint research agreement with California-based QuantumScape to develop and manufacture solid-state battery cells. The deal, announced on June 18, makes Honda the second major automaker to formally partner with QuantumScape after Volkswagen. The agreement follows Honda’s completion of an in-depth technology […]
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Lucid Motors is cutting 18 percent of its workforce, roughly 1,500 employees, just four months after the EV maker laid off 12 percent of its staff. The company said Monday that it has also eliminated the second production shift at its factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, and scrapped the chief operating officer role entirely. The […]
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Waymo delivers more than 500,000 paid rides per week across 10 US cities, raised $16 billion in February, and is expanding internationally to Tokyo and London. It cannot operate in New York City. The reason is not technical, it is political. As the New York Times reported this week, opposition from local politicians, labor unions, […]
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BYD executive vice president Stella Li said the Chinese automaker has complied with all environmental regulations at its Szeged factory in Hungary, pushing back against allegations that the company violated its obligations during construction. Li made the comments at a press conference in Belgrade on Friday, where she met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to […]
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