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Let’s See The New SAIC Volkswagen BEV Plant In China: Video

SAIC Volkswagen’s new facility in Anting is envisioned for 300,000 MEB-based BEVs annually, starting in October 2020. Eyes of the world were focused mostly on the progress at the Tesla Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai, but Volkswagen‘s joint venture with SAIC recently also built an all-electric car factory in China. Let’s take a look at the… Continue reading Let’s See The New SAIC Volkswagen BEV Plant In China: Video

Tesla Cybertruck reservations hit 146,000

Tesla has received 146,000 reservations to order the Tesla Cybertruck, pulling in some $14.6 million in deposits just two days after the company’s CEO Elon Musk unveiled the futuristic and angled vehicle. Reservations require a $100 refundable deposit. How many of those deposits will convert to actual orders for the truck, which is currently priced… Continue reading Tesla Cybertruck reservations hit 146,000

Volkswagen To Focus Motorsport Strategy On Electric: Gives Up On Gas

VW ID.R electric cars “will play a pioneering role beyond 2019” and MEB-based racing cars are coming. Volkswagen announced a bold move of focusing its motorsport strategy on e-mobility and saying farewell to factory-backed commitments using internal combustion engines. The promotion of all-electric cars sounds like a reasonable strategy to us, as first EVs are… Continue reading Volkswagen To Focus Motorsport Strategy On Electric: Gives Up On Gas

Tesla Cybertruck Was Designed To Meet These 6 Specific Requirements

There’s a reason the Cybertruck looks exactly like it does. I assume that Tesla set the following requirements that the Tesla Cybertruck design must satisfy: Tough exterior. Low aerodynamic resistance to allow long-range and high efficiency. Large and comfortable interior. Variable ground clearance, low for ingress and egress and highway driving and quite high for… Continue reading Tesla Cybertruck Was Designed To Meet These 6 Specific Requirements

PSA Inaugurates EV Powertrain Assembly Line At Trémery Plant

With the volume production of drive units already underway, PSA is ready to introduce several new BEVs. PSA Group (Peugeot, Citroën, DS, Opel/Vauxhall) officially inaugurated its electrified powertrain assembly line at the Trémery engine plant in France on November 20, 2019. Electric drive units from Trémery will be used in a new wave of all-electric… Continue reading PSA Inaugurates EV Powertrain Assembly Line At Trémery Plant

@Ford: New UAW-Ford Collective Bargaining Agreement to Increase Manufacturing Competitiveness, Protect U.S. Jobs

New agreement includes $6 billion in investment in Ford’s U.S. manufacturing facilities and creates or secures 8,500 U.S. hourly jobs during the four-year contract Agreement improves Ford’s powertrain capacity utilization, while maintaining the company’s best-in-class assembly plant capacity utilization in North America Hourly employees receive pay increases, bonuses, profit sharing and other benefits U.S. labor… Continue reading @Ford: New UAW-Ford Collective Bargaining Agreement to Increase Manufacturing Competitiveness, Protect U.S. Jobs

@Ford: Statement on UAW-Ford Tentative Agreement

About Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company is a global company based in Dearborn, Michigan. The company designs, manufactures, markets and services a full line of Ford cars, trucks, SUVs, electrified vehicles and Lincoln luxury vehicles, provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company and is pursuing leadership positions in electrification, autonomous vehicles and mobility… Continue reading @Ford: Statement on UAW-Ford Tentative Agreement

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