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Automotive
Ford recalls additional 100K vehicles due to engine fire risk and asks owners to park cars outside
Tesla sold the highest number of Shanghai-made vehicles in June 2022 since the factory opening
Tesla to open Supercharger to other EVs by the end of 2022 in the US and install more stations
Tesla faces with 2 investigations by NHTSA into California and Florida crashes with ADAS
Cruise has a NHTSA's investigation into a self-driving vehicle crash in California
Volkswagen may offer pay-as-you-go to customers for self-driving technology; to speed up software development with trimming of Cariad unit
Volvo to leave European Automobile Manufacturers Association, a lobby group against EU's climate goal, and continue its fully-EV goal by 2030
Volvo to scale down operations in Russia and lay off local employees
XPeng released a teaser of City Navigation Guided Pilot beta version with ADAS demos
Mahindra and British International Investment to invest $250M in Mahindra's EV unit to lead Indian market
Tata Motors targets to sell 50K EVs by the end of this fiscal year
Argo AI, backed by Ford and Volkswagen, laid off 150 staff
RAW Charging to expand 10K EV charging points in the UK over next 3 years with funding raised by Antin Infrastructure Partners
US DOT announced a new regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from traffic
Lastmile_Micromobility_Logistics
Delivery Hero and Glovo are under EU antitrust investigation due to a concern of cartel
Amazon to invest in Grubhub and partner with them for a free co-membership in the US
Amazon to launch micro-mobility deliveries in London with e-cargo bikes and on-foot staff
McEasy, an Indonesian logistics SaaS startup, raised $6.5M Series A funding
Location_In Vehicle_Technologies
Volvo Group Venture Capital invested in Optibus, an AI platform for bus scheduling and route planning
Autocheck, a Nigerian automotive e-commerce startup, acquired CoinAfrique, an ad marketplace
Battery_Material
Volkswagen breaks ground for its first own battery plant in Salzgitter, Germany
Volkswagen and partners to invest €20B by 2030 in EV battery cell business
Northvolt raised $1.1B funding for expansion of its battery plants in Europe
LG Energy Solution to supply Isuzu Motors with e-truck batteries for 4 years from 2023
Vulcan Energy and Enel Green Power to develop a lithium project at Cesano, Italy
Brazil gov't to ease lithium export regulation to attract foreign investors to the country
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28% of Americans still won't consider buying an EV (TechCrunch)
Interest in EVs has grown substantially, survey shows (SmartCitiesDive)
Toyota used up all its EV tax credits on hybrids (TechCrunch)
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