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- VW Partners with Another Chinese Automaker - Renault Reveals Geely-Based Grand Koleos - Mercedes Spends More on ICEs Than Planned - Little Growth for Western Automakers in China - Big Incentives Boost EV Sales - Rimac Creates New AV Company Called Verne - Volvo Delays EX30 in the U.S. - Car Payments Up Nearly 20% in 2 Years - Hyundai Shows Sub-25,000 Euro Inster

- Rivian Hits Paydirt With Massive VW Investment - Rivian Hints At 5 Future Models - Tesla Drops Under 50% U.S. EV Market Share - CDK Cyberattack Lasts Longer Than Expected - U.S. June Sales At 16.2 Million SAAR - Revealed The Last Pontiac Concept Car - GM-SAIC Use Robots for Car Testing - Bentley Unleashes Most Powerful Model Ever - CATL Flies 4-Ton Electric Plane

- Stellantis Warns It Could Abandon UK Market - ONE Gets Lifeline from Foxconn - Automakers Say No to High-Speed AEB - BYD Struggling to Sell EVs in Japan - XPeng Says 2025 is ChatGPT Moment for AVs - CDK Cyberattack Hurts Financials of Dealer Groups - BlackSuit is Hacker Group Behind CDK Hack - VW Updates Jetta - Rivian Slashes Manufacturing Costs - U.S. Consumers Want to Own Their Vehicle Data

- China to EU, Drop Tariffs…Or Else - China Car Exports Up 26% In 2024 - Russia Car Dealers Upset at Chinese OEMs - Cyberattack Still Disrupting Car Dealers - Bosch #1 Auto Supplier Last Year - Ford, Rivian and Hyundai EVs Tackle Pikes Peak - Ferrari Launches New Facility to Make EVs - F1 and Amazon Use Generative AI to Enhance Race Broadcasts - China Car Execs Turn to Livestreaming to Lure Customers

- Chinese EV Makers Got $230 Billion In Subsidies - China Sales Down, NEVs Up - Canada Considers China Tariffs - BYD to Create 10,000 Jobs in Mexico - BYD Selling Car Insurance - Bugatti’s Over-The-Top Tourbillon - Nio Unveils 4th-Gen Swap Stations - BMW Scraps $2B Northvolt Deal - ZF Airbag for Level-3 Cars - Porsche Opens Full Scale Climate Wind Tunnel

- Cyber Attack Shuts Down CDK's Dealer Management System - Dealers Profit $4,500 Per Car - European Market Struggles in May - EV Sales Pick Up in the U.S. - Huawei Has Huge AV Team - XPeng Claims Best EV Aerodynamics - Lucid Files for 'Ocean' Trademark - Ford Bringing Back Dealer Credit Program - Tesla Batteries Easily Last 200K Miles

- D3 Get Out of China, ASAP! - Akio Toyoda Sees Slipping Shareholder Support - Chinese OEMs Call for EU Import Tariffs - China Building LFP Supply Chain in Morocco - New BMW X3 Goes Hybrid Only - Land Rover Freelander Becomes China-Only Brand - To Hell with Emissions Fines, Wrangler V8 Comes Back - Ferrari EV To Cost €500,000 - Tyromer Can Recycle Any Tire

- Fisker Files for Bankruptcy - 2nd Leapmotor Car for EU Will Have Lidar - Tesla Roadster Delayed Again - GM Pushes Back Cruise Origin Production - GM's Orion Plant Could Sit Idle for 3 Years - Dacia Moving Up Segment - Porsche Creating Battery Digital Twin - Magna Gets Order for Swivel Seats - China's Charging Rates Explained - BMW Implements Giant Autonomous Robot - Sony and Honda Getting Ready to Launch Afeela

- China Approves FSD Testing for Tesla - 1 Million EV Overcapacity in N. America - Mini Hit with EU’s Highest China Tariff - China NEV Exports to Mexico Up 443% By Value - Fiat Panda Offers Hybrid and BEV Choices  - Stellantis Says ‘Back to Work!’ - Tony Roma To Head Corvette Program - 917 Dragon Armor Edition Is Wild Chinese SUV - Lucid Air Now Gets 5 Miles Per kWh

- Tesla Model Y #1 World Seller - Stellantis Pivots Sourcing to Low-Cost Countries - Fast Chargers Don’t Hurt Batteries - Ford Allows All Its Dealers to Sell EVs - Shareholders Approver Musk Pay Package. He May Not Get It - Canadian Steals Tesla Secrets - EU Warranty Costs Up Sharply - 4 Most Expensive Cars to Maintain - UAW’s Boyer Hits Back at Fain - Smart Unveils Mid-Size SUV

- 46% of EV Owners Want to Go Back to ICE - China EV Investors Shrug Off EU Tariffs - France Calls for More China Tariffs - Big Oil and Corn Join Forces to Oppose EV Regs - Honda Converts Kei Van to Pure EV - Honda and Mitsubishi Offer Battery Lease - Chinese Brands Outsell American Brands - Alpine Unleashes EV Hot Hatch - Ford Skunkworks Up to 300 Employees - BMW Refreshes 2 Series Coupe - BYD Has the Most Employees on Payroll

- EU Slaps Up To 38% Tariff on Chinese EVs - GM Slashes EV Production Target - GM Invests Additional $850 Million Into Cruise - NEVs Account For 47% Of Chinese Car Market - Used EV Prices Now Below Used Gas Cars - IIHS Survey Finds Drivers Ok with Speed Limiters - U.S. Car Buyers Claim $1 Billion In EV Tax Incentives - Renault Forms Hydrogen Mobility Partnership - Daimler Truck and Kawasaki To Develop Liquid Hydrogen Supply

- Justice Dept Investigates UAW's Shawn Fain - Turkey Slaps 40% Tariff on Chinese Cars - Japan OEMs Losing S.E. Asia to China - Russia Buys Most of China ICE Exports - Chinese OEMs Race to Beat Tesla's FSD - Hyundai Teases Compact EV - BYD Breaks Into Top 10 Global Automakers - How BMW Avoided Software Issues - OEMs Ignore South African EV Push

- Cadillac Considers a Hypercar - What’s the Next Big Body Style? - People Prefer EVs That Sound Like IC Engines - Nissan Gives Bolt Owners $1,000 To Switch - Porsche Offers EV Owners $4,500 To Switch - EU Countries Want Chinese Assembly Plants - Volvo Shifts Some EVs From China to EU - Volvo Recalls EX30 On Software Glitches - We Drive 4 Chinese EVs - Report Card Data Available For $45 - Elon Musk Channels His Inner Henry Ford

- 75% of Wrangler 4xe Buyers New to Jeep - Shareholders Tell Porsche To Back Off EV Blitz - Lyft Sees Sunny Days Ahead - Rivian Makes Massive Upgrades to R1 - Volvo EX30 Off to Good Start - Daimler Launches Military Trucks - Biden Admin Allows More PHEVs - 300-Mile BEVs Now Cheaper Than Average ICE - Stellantis Has Highest Profit Margin

- Virginia Backs Out of California EV Mandate - New York Axes City Congestion Plan - Republican Group Wants to Ban CATL and Gotion - J.D. Power Finds EV Charging Getting Better - Zoox Expanding Robotaxi Testing - Mercedes to Use Chinese AV Tech - GM-SAIC Develop AV Validation Process - ZF Packages Airbag Into Steering Wheel Rim - Mercedes Dethrones Tesla with Profit/Car - Toyota Expands Crown Lineup

- Tavares Tells Suppliers to Cut Prices…Or Else - Manchin Urges Automakers to Sue Treasury Department - Li Auto Slashes Sales Forecast…Again - Nio Gets Approval For 3rd China Factory - Volvo Kicks Off Production of Electric EX90 In U.S. - Musk Asks Nvidia To Send Chips to X and xAI Instead of Tesla - Ford’s EV and Hybrid Sales Up 65% In May - BAIC and Zeekr Get Approval to Test L3 Systems in China - BMW Unveils New 1-Series - VW Expands ID.7 Lineup in Europe - Autoline’s 2024 Industry Report Card

- U.S. SAAR Tops 16 Million for 1st Time This Year - Japanese OEMs Falsify Safety Tests - Great Wall Shuts German HQ - Great Wall Sales Slow in China - Toyota Slowly Ramps Up EV Sales - GM Appoints Ex-Apple Execs to Software Unit - BYD Moves Into the Caribbean - Polestar Scrambles to Avoid U.S. Tariffs - Ford Explorer EV Production Kicks Off - Ford to Open Michigan Central Train Station

- UAW’s Shawn Fain Is “Election Denier” - Biden To Appoint Fain To Export Council - China EV Sales Soar in May - U.S. and EU OEMs Run to China for Help - More Opposition to Elon’s $56 Billion Payday - Jeep Wagoneer To Get Ram EREV - Ford to Offer Eyes-Off In 2026 - EV Vans Can Save €8,700/Yr In Fuel  - F-150 Lightning Supertruck To Race at Pike’s Peak - Hyundai Ioniq 5 N to Race at Pike’s Peak  - Dongfeng Using Robot Workers

- Only 20% of Americans Want an EV - Ford's Hybrids More Profitable Than ICE - Renault, Geely Join Forces to Make ICEs - EU Invests in Fuel Cell Vehicles - Hyundai Sued Over Child Labor - Jeep Launches 1st EV for U.S. Market - Subaru WRX tS Gets Performance Tweaks - DS Adds Armored SUV to Lineup - Renault Turning to Chinese to Develop Cheap EVs