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Automotive
Tesla considers to change the location of battery cells plant from Germany to the US due to the US tax breaks
Tesla to close showrooms in city center malls in China and open more in suburban
Tesla owners sued the firm due to the misfunctions of false Autopilot and FSD
Opel stopped an expansion plan to China due to geopolitical tensions, zero-Covid policies and less attractive local manufacturing
Cruise to launch commercial robotaxi service without human operator in Phoenix and Austin before the end of 2022
Ford's dealers should invest in fast charging facilities and selling standards to sell EVs
Ford's new Mustang to be remained as gasoline-fueled
Renault to maintain thermal engines for a while despite 2030 fully-electric goal
Ferrari unveiled Purosangue pricing at €390K, still a gasoline fuelled model
Stellantis to buy its 2.2% shares back from GM, previously Peugeot's warrants
Stellantis to invest in the production of own energy for its plants in Europe to minimize the impact of natural gas issue
Stellantis and Renault halt their Spanish plants operations for a while due to chip shortage
AB Volvo started to produce heavy e-trucks with a goal to be electric for a half of global deliveries by 2030
Porsche's trading on Frankfurt market to start on Sept 29 with a target up to €75B valuation
Honda says it has no plan to separate e-motorcycle unit; but to launch 10+ e-motorcycle models in next 3 years
Nissan to continue Russian factory suspension until December 2022
Einride launched its business in Germany and partners with Electrolux for charging infrastructures
Aptiv to acquire 85% stake of Intercable Automotive Solutions, a high-voltage busbar maker
Argo AI, unveiled its products and services ecosystem for commercial self-driving vehicles and look for business
TeraWatt Infrastructure, an EV charging infrastructure startup, raised $1B Series A funding
Monta, a EV charging solution provider, raised $30M funding to expand its business to the US
Lastmile_Micromobility_Logistics
After the breach of sensitive customer and financial data, Uber is investigating; all services are operational
Unagi canceled Indiegogo campaign funded by individual sponsors; launched Voyager, a new scooter model
Magna International, a Canadian ADAS company, invested $77M in Yulu, an India micromobility service operator, to launch battery swapping business
Battery_Materials
GM to invest $491M in facilities for steel and aluminum productions to be used in its vehicles
Compass Minerals partners with EnergySource Minerals to extract lithium for EV battery
Cruise to install its own-developed chips in its self-driving cars, switching from Nvidia
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Factbox: The structure of the planned Porsche IPO (Reuters)
Car electrification unlikely to erase market for ethanol, says producer (Reuters)
Loop Energy says new hydrogen fuel cell more efficient than diesel engine (Reuters)
$2.4B for state EV charging infrastructure, other projects, announced by Biden administration (SmartCitiesDive)
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