Electric Cars

car&bike Team

Feb 20, 2022, 5:20 PM

Strategic Investors Back Startup CelLink's $250 Million Funding Round

CelLink has developed a new method of connecting battery cells and packs, and transferring power and data across vehicle sensors, modules and electronic control units, according to the company.

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  Reuters | Feb 20, 2022

  Thailand Approves Incentives To Promote EV Shift

  The package for 2022-2025 is in line with a zero-emission vehicle policy plus a goal to ensure 30 per cent of Thailand's total auto production are EVs by 2030.

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  Reuters | Feb 20, 2022

  GM Extends EV Bolt Production Halt But Plans To Soon Resume Sales

  GM said it planned to resume production of the Bolt at its Orion Township, Michigan plant the week of April 4.

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  Reuters | Feb 19, 2022

  Foreign Automakers See Their Chance In Japan With Electric Vehicles

  While overall car sales in Japan dipped 3.2 per cent last year, sales of foreign models rose 1.7 per cent. Imports of battery EVs jumped almost three times to a record 8,610 vehicles, according to the Japan Automobile Importers Association.

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  Reuters | Feb 19, 2022

  Volkswagen In Talks With Huawei On Autonomous Driving Unit: Report

  Volkswagen Chief Executive Herbert Diess said on Wednesday he expects the car industry to see widespread autonomous driving within 25 years and that the company was pursuing new partnerships to increase its self-sufficiency in software.

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  Reuters | Feb 19, 2022

  Odd Steering Wheel And Controls Trip Up Tesla, Rivals: Consumer Reports

  Tesla new "yoke" steering wheel installed in Model S sedans and Model X SUVs is so difficult to use that it dropped the most valuable automaker's position in the Consumer Reports annual car brand rankings by seven spots

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  Reuters | Feb 19, 2022

  Nissan Plans EVs For Mississippi, Scouts For A US Battery Plant

  Nissan said it plans to assemble electric vehicles for its Nissan and Infiniti brands in Mississippi starting in 2025 and aims to have electric vehicles make up 40 per cent of its US sales by 2030.

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  Reuters | Feb 19, 2022

  China NEV Sales Drop 18.6% In January After Subsidy Cut

  China has ambitious goals in promoting NEVs as part of efforts to curb air pollution and believes the industry has matured enough to be driven by demand rather than subsidies.

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  PTI | Feb 19, 2022

  EV Charging Stations Expand 2.5 Times In 9 Mega Cities: Report

  An additional 678 public EV charging stations were installed between October 2021 and January 2022 in nine Indian cities. About 940 of India's 1,640 public EV chargers are located in these cities.

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