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NewsTurkish EV start-up Togg reveals SUV digital device. Just don’t call it a car.
The Togg mobility device will be made available via direct sales instead of a dealership network when it goes on sale via ‘touchpoints’ from 2023.
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BMW San Luis Potosí receives award for best practices in socio-environmental responsibility
BMW’s plant at San Luis Potosí (SLP) has received recognition for its progress in the UN Sustainable Development Goals Challenge
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EU set to end sale of combustion engine cars by 2035 after provisional deal
The proposal specifically calls for a 100% reduction in CO2 emissions from new vehicles sold from 2035, something that cannot be achieved with combustion engines.
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Bosch to invest $260m to expand US e-motor production as order book grows
The additional investment comes just as the Charleston, South Carolina plant begins producing its first motors, as further demand arrives.
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Arrival opts for US EV van manufacture over UK, BMW to end MINI EV at Oxford
The double whammy of departures is a blow to the UK’s ambitions and investment to take a leading role in delivering solutions for zero transport mobility.
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BMW trials pioneering hydrogen burner in Leipzig paint shop
The flex-fuel burner can use hydrogen, methane or any mix of the two in paint dryers, one of the biggest sources of energy demand in car making.
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Rock Tech Lithium to supply Mercedes-Benz, deal to cover 150,000 EVs a year
Rock Tech will produce some of the battery metal from its own resources in Canada and from other mines compliant with the Initiative for Responsible Mining.
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BMW to add eight production lines in Leipzig for EV battery coating, modules and pack assembly
The automaker is intensifying its electrification efforts in Germany a day after announcing plans to produce its first EVs in the USA.
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BMW makes $1.7bn investment to start EV production in US, make batteries
The investment heralds a push towards US production of EVs for the automaker with battery cells to be made 25 miles from its Spartanburg plant.
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Stellantis, Renault see profit in new business divisions for component re-use
The initiatives aim to increase recycled content in new vehicles while establishing a closed loop for the relatively expensive and scarce minerals in EV batteries.
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Honda commits $3.5bn to battery venture with LG, $700m to Ohio EV retooling
The automaker’s Ohio plants will form the hub of an expansion into electrified vehicles but sales are not expected to start until 2026.
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Audi expands Győr, Hungary tool shop to expand luxury model output
The expansion of the tool shop paves the way to produce more Lamborghini and Bentley models as well as some exclusive Audi cars.
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Mercedes-Benz to deploy Microsoft connected factory software, eyes 20% efficiency boost
The software system will optimise manufacturing plans based on available components and enable easy monitoring of energy and water use and CO2 emissions.
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BMW opens digital upskilling, future technologies training centre at Spartanburg
Automakers and component suppliers are increasingly turning to internal training to match skills to the rapid pace of automotive’s digital and electric transition.
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Stellantis signs non-binding deal for nickel, cobalt supplies for EV batteries
The automaker would gain access to increasingly-coveted nickel and cobalt after reaching a long-term deal earlier in the year to lock in lithium hydroxide supplies.
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Martin Goede takes over VW production in Dresden as Danny Auerswald leads on key models in Bratislava
Goede will take the reins at VW’s EV plant in Dresden, knows as ‘the Transparent Factory’ while outgoing manager, Danny Auerswald, will run production of Audi and VW models at the group plant in Slovakia.
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Nissan promotes Brian Crockett to vice-president of manufacturing at Smyrna, US plant
Crockett will move to the vice-president of manufacturing role from senior director, overseeing productivity and quality.
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Hertz turns to GM and Sixt to China’s BYD for nearly 300,000 electrified rental cars
Hertz will place orders for up to 175,000 electric cars from General Motors over the next five years and Sixt will order around 100,000 BEVs and PHEVs from BYD.
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Ford to invest $700m to boost output from Kentucky plant, advances battery site
The investment will support production of the Super Duty from Ford’s high-volume F-Series of trucks.
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