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- Italy In Talks with Chery To Build Vehicles in The Country - Auto Execs Say SDVs Still a Ways Off - Tesla Restarts Berlin Production - GM Loses Two Top Executives - Nissan Could Build Fisker’s Alaska Truck in Mississippi - BYD Has Ambitious Growth Plans in Europe - Toyota and Nissan Boost Wages in Japan - VW To Launch L4 Semi-Trucks in U.S. and EU

- Smaller Chinese Automakers Form Battery JV - VW Makes Big Investment in China - Blink Tripling EV Charger Production - Ford Gets Big Fine for Evading Import Tariff - IIHS Says Partial AV Systems Aren't Good Enough - Volvo Partnership Could Reduce Charging Time by 30% - Nissan Turning to Incentives to Boost Sales - EVs Too Expensive So Mercedes Keeping A-Class Longer - Rivian Provides Base for New Canadian Mail Truck

- Tesla May Restart Berlin Production Sooner Than Expected - EV Investment Remains Strong Despite Sales Slowdown - Automakers Clash Over Australian Fuel Standards - GM Restarts Chevy Blazer EV Sales - VW Starts Delivering Luxury Models Held by U.S. Customs - VW Drops Plans to Expand ID.3 Production - Porsche Reveals Updated Taycan - Mack Trucks Shows Off Mobile EV Charging System

- Rivian Delays Georgia Plant - U.S. New Car Inventory Grows To 2.8 Million Units - Huawei Rockets Up China Sales Charts - Tesla Owners Lose Class Action Lawsuit - Apple Spent $1 Billion A Year on EV Project - MG Takes on Toyota and Renault In Europe - Rimac Says Tesla Roadster 0-60 MPH Time Is Possible - VW, Honda and Nissan Launch New EVs - Generative AI to Have Huge Impact on Auto Industry

- Tesla Berlin Down Longer Than Expected - Japanese OEM Stocks Plunge on Interest Rate News - Automakers Investing Heavily in Brazil - GM Closer to Offering Military Vehicles to UAE - Volvo Dominates EV Heavy Trucks, But It's Still Small - Drunk Driver Tech Won't Work Without Public Support - Rivian Efficiency Gains Allow It to Cut Shift - 2-Seat Tesla Exempt from Vehicle Tax in France - Buy a Tesla Get Free Supercharger Miles - South Africa Gets Its 1st Chinese Luxury SUV

- Attack on Tesla Berlin Called Terrorism - BYD Cuts Seagull Price to Only $9,700 - Chinese EVs Could Hurt Toyota and Ford in Australia - EU Preps for China EV Tariffs - Sen. Rubio - Hike China Car Tariffs By $20,000 - Nissan Fleet Sales Hit 44% Of Total - Number Of EVs with 300 Mile Range Surging - U.S. EV Chargers Surpass Breakeven Point - GM Develops Silverado FCEV - Rivian R2 Details Leak

- Eco Militants Attack Tesla Berlin - VW AG Blamed for EV Ship Fire - NIO Sells More Cars, Loses More Money - Cruise Origins Piling Up at GM Grand Blanc - Ford U.S. EV Sales Up 33% This Year - Ford E-Transit Gets Bigger Battery, Updates - Warranties Cost OEMs Billions/Year - Toyota Buys Out Battery Subsidiary from Panasonic - GM Helps Create Software Sales Platform - Dodge Charger Offers Choice of ICE or BEV

- Jaguar Ending ICE Vehicle Production in June - China EV Price War Heats Up - Lawyers Want $6 Billion From Tesla - 2024 U.S. Car Sales Off to Good Start - Fastest EV Charger Opens in U.S. - Tesla Boosts Prices for Non-Tesla Owners at Superchargers - Mapping Roads Without GPS For Self-Driving Cars - How to Save AM Radio in EVs - Land Cruiser MPG Falls Short of Toyota’s Estimates

- China EV Price War Picking Up Speed - Fisker On the Ropes - GM Cruise Loses Half Its Value - Car Dealers Don’t Like Hyundai, Amazon Deal - Kia U.S. EV Sales Soar 65% - Fiat Panda Gets New Lease on Life as EV Sales Slow - Bugatti Dumps W16, Goes with PHEV V16 - Ford Developing 800V Battery System - Vertical Integration? Legacy OEMs Rely More on Suppliers

- Automakers Says California 2035 ICE Ban Won't Work - California Considers Speed Limiters on Cars - European Cities Want Fewer Cars - BYD Says Mexico Plant Won't Export to the U.S. - Boston to Install Curbside EV Chargers - BMW Unlocks In-Car Entertainment - Polestar Borrows $950 Million to Keep the Lights On - Custom Rolls Took 4 Years to Complete - Honda Creates Expanded Mobility Experience

- Apple Kills EV Program - Aston Martin Delays EV - UAW Says Mercedes Workers Want a Union - EU OEMs Won’t Challenge ICE Ban - Honda Unveils FCEV CR-V - Changan Could Buy HiPhi - Huawei Claims 1 Km/Second EV Charging - Musk Says Tesla Roadster Will Launch Next Year - Nissan Jumps into Robotaxi Business

- Italy Rolls Out Welcome Mat for BYD - XPeng Expands Sales Network in EU - Cadillac Needs New Markets - Tesla Conquests More New Buyers Than Anyone Else - Li Auto Charges 102 kWh Batter in Under 11 Minutes - Hyundai Group Tops Safety Awards - Yanfeng's Low-Cost Seat Module - Jeep Avenger Adds AWD in EU - Microlino Eyes U.S. Market - BYD Seagull: The EV Everyone Wants to Benchmark

- First Cracks Appear in China’s Auto Industry - BYD Jumps Into 2-Wheel Market - BYD’s Yangwang U8 Targets Mercedes G-Wagon - Yangwang U9 Targets Ferrari, Lamborghini - Lobbying Group Calls for Blocking Chinese Imports from Mexico - Toyota Drops Mirai Price to Only $12K - Lucid Turns to Detroit for R and D - Renault 5 Goes All-Electric - Jeep Abandons Wagoneer As Separate Brand - Jeep CEO Slashes Prices to Boost Sales - New Fiat Concepts Hint at Future - NIO Using Humanoid Robot on The Production Line

- Tavares 2023 Compensation Is $39.5 Million - GM Modifies Executive Compensation - GM Cruise to Restart Operations Soon - Beijing First Capital City to Offer Robotaxi Rides - e-Transit Gains Traction with Fleet Customers - VW Considers Electric Pickup for U.S. - Mazda Announces CX-70 Pricing - PHEV Sales Booming in China - Toyota Extends Production Shutdown - New Jersey Launches Bi-Directional EV School Bus Program - BYD Reveals Cheaper Dolphin EV

- Auto CEO's Not Ready to Throw the Book at China - Mercedes Just Keeps Its Head Above Water - Mercedes is Cutting EV Targets and Updating ICEs - Rivian Could Run Out of Cash in 2 Years - Lucid Needs 5X Sales to Break Even - GM Rushing to Make PHEV Pickups - Ram 1500 Drops V8, Adds Automated Driving - Lotus Going Public Through a SPAC

- Germany Bleeding ICE Jobs - VW, Renault, Stella Talk About Joining Forces - Autos Pushing Down U.S. Inflation Rate - Ford Slashes Mach-E Prices - EV Battery Prices Dropping Fast - No, Cybertruck Doesn’t Rust - Germany Cuts Truck EV Incentives - J.D. Power Could Sell For $8 Billion - GM Stops Colorado/Canyon Sales Over Software - Rivian Says $48,000 Is Sweet Spot for EVs

- Biden Admin Vague on ICE Emission Regs - 2024 U.S. EV Sales Could Grow 43% - VW Teases ID.7 Station Wagon - China Price War Spreads to ICE Cars - Toyota Brings Back Land Cruiser to U.S. - U.S Vehicles Biggest Ever, Also Lowest CO2 - Lincoln Offers In-Cabin Aromas

- Biden Backs Off EPA ICE Emission Regs - Lithium, Nickel Prices Plummet - NYSE Warns Fisker Over Delisting - NHTSA Investigates Fisker - Faraday Sued Over Back Rent - UAW Threatens Another Ford Strike - Italy Pressuring Stellantis For More Production - Stellantis Could Make Chinese EVs In Italy - NASCAR Teams Hire Lawyer to Litigate with France Family - Peak Auto: New Car Sales Stalled - Autonomous Pleasure Boating

- Ford Won’t Create Any New UAW Jobs - Barra Wishes Software Effort Started Earlier - Tavares Says Stella’s EVs Already Profitable - Stellantis To Cut Inventory and Incentives - Rivians Teases Peek-A-Boo Look at R2 - Scout Motors Starts Building U.S. Assembly Plant - S. Korea EV Subsidies Help Hyundai, Hurt Tesla - EV Sales Shot Up 23% In December - Tesla Uses Battery Age for Range Estimates - What If We Don’t Need A Hydrogen Infrastructure?

- U.S. Impounds VW's Luxury Cars - Stellantis Did Really Well in 2023 - Italy Starts Courting Other Automakers - Continental Makes Major Job Cuts - BorgWarner Gets Rights to Build BYD's Blade Battery - GM Nearly Doubles Super Cruise Network - Electric Corvette Sports Car Coming in 2028 - Ford Thinks Chinese Are Prepping to Enter the U.S.