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Mar 31, 2022, 5:33 AM

Tesla Details $1 Billion Costs For New Texas Factory, Targets Year-End Completion

The company said it plans to complete construction of its general assembly, paint, casting, stamping and body shop facilities by Dec. 31.

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  car&bike Team | Mar 31, 2022

  Taiwan Looking At Chip Cooperation With Eastern European Nations

  Taiwan, home to companies such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC), has become front and centre of efforts to resolve a shortage of chips that has shut some auto production lines around the world and whose impact is now being felt in consumer electronics too.

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  car&bike Team | Mar 31, 2022

  Xiaomi To Open Car Plant In Beijing With Annual Output Of 300,000 Vehicles: Report

  The plant will be constructed in two phases and Xiaomi will also built its auto unit's headquarters, sales and research offices in the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone

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  car&bike Team | Mar 31, 2022

  Lordstown Appoints Chief Commercial Officer, Other Executives In Management Rejig

  The company said Chief Operating Officer Jane Ritson-Parsons will also take on the newly created role of Chief Commercial Officer to build Lordstown's commercial strategy for its vehicles.

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  car&bike Team | Mar 31, 2022

  Nvidia Launches New Products To Plug Cars, Factories Into Its Omniverse

  Nvidia is looking to capitalize on the intense competition among automakers to develop vehicles that can drive themselves and deliver sophisticated entertainment and information to the humans on board.

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  car&bike Team | Mar 31, 2022

  Apple Global Battery Development Chief Moves To Volkswagen

  This is the second time in recent months that an Apple executive has left for an automaker. Apple lost its head of car project, Doug Field, to Ford Motor in September.

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  car&bike Team | Mar 31, 2022

  GM To Launch 10 EVs In South Korea By 2025, No Local Manufacturing Plans Yet

  GM's South Korea unit builds about 600,000 vehicles a year, shipping many to the United States including the popular Chevrolet Trailblazer SUV, and employs about 12,000 people.

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  Reuters | Mar 31, 2022

  Automakers Funding New Tech Aimed At Making Greener Lithium For EVs

  Albemarle Corp and other traditional lithium producers say they have studied DLE technologies but feel they will not go mainstream until later this decade, given worries about high energy and water use.

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  Reuters | Mar 31, 2022

  Volkswagen CEO Warns Shift To Electric Vehicles Could Cost 30,000 Jobs

  A Volkswagen spokesperson confirmed Diess' position that Tesla and others' presence in Germany heightened the urgency of transitioning to EVs, but denied that specific calculations had been made on how many jobs could be lost in the process.

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