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Nissan and Honda unite to join global software-defined EV race, play catch up with Tesla

Baua Electric

Mitsubishi’s CEO Takao Kato explained, “Collaboration with partners is essential in today’s auto industry,” with EVs and other tech rapidly developing. The Nissan, Honda, and Mitsubishi partnership comes as Tesla and Chinese EV makers like BYD continue expanding in key global markets, including Japan, taking market share.

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VW Chief Executive Says Company Will Introduce EVs Based on the Up! New Small Family in 2013; Cautions Against Electro-Hype

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With electromobility, the automobile industry faces a fundamental technological upheaval.Our path leads away from oil, to emission-free mobility, and the electric car plays a key role.CO However, Winterkorn said, VW, and the German auto industry in general, abandoned the early advantage and work in electromobility.

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Tariffs on China aren’t the way to win the EV arms race – getting serious on EVs is

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News came out on Friday that President Biden is set to quadruple tariffs on Chinese EVs to protect the US auto industry from the rapid growth of Chinese EV manufacturing. The global auto industry is in a time of flux. The US is also set to announce a 4x increase in existing tariffs against Chinese EVs.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The federal government cant hand out money to a company thats telling them that itll lose money on a $40, 000 automobile that more than half the populace couldnt afford if the economy was in good shape! Posted by: GSP | Apr 14, 2009 9:07:50 AM Funny, BYD (chinese) already came out with their version of the volt this year.

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