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General Motors to Move from Long-Running Detroit HQ Into a New Location Across Town

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General Motors recently announced a move from the Renaissance Center (RenCen), the building it purchased in 1996, to a new location at the Hudson’s Detroit building further north. The automaker will reside on the building’s top two floors, with around 100,000 open square feet across them.

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Open source street legal EV, powered by hub motors

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An open source project is building an all-electric street vehicle powered by hub motors. Project aims include quick design and build (less than a year). Target single-charge range for the Luka EV is 300 km (186 miles), with a top speed of 130 km/h (81 mph) and a price below €20,000 (US$22,445).

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Failed SONDORS Metacycle motorcycle was never street legal, reveals employee

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The closure occurred shortly after Electrek exposed the first images of warehouses full of thousands of SONDORS Metacycles sitting unpaid at the Chinese factory that had been contracted to build the bikes. And during homologation, major issues were overlooked that would render the bike non-street legal.

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Lordstown Motors should face rival’s trade-secret robbery trial in spite of chapter

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Karma filed the lawsuit in 2020, accusing Lordstown of poaching key staff and lifting commerce secrets and techniques to hurry up its building of the Continuity. The chapter is Lordstown Motors Corp., Karma seeks $913.2 million in damages, plus charges, prices and spare consequences. 23-10831, U.S.

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Lordstown Motors continues cash flow woes, sells Ohio plant to iPhone manufacturer Foxconn

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Lordstown Motors, an electric vehicle startup based in Ohio, has announced that it has agreed in principle to work jointly on electric vehicle programs with iPhone manufacturer Hon Hai Technology Group, more commonly known as Foxconn. Foxconn appears to be Lordstown’s choice. where he served as Director.

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E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California

Cars That Think

2022 : The “Kindle” of license plates— Reviver ’s connected, digital RPlate —is now legal for use by any California car-owner, following a 10,000-car pilot that started in 2018. Identifying cars as legal for travel in high-occupancy vehicle lanes. Update 14 Oct. His list of possibilities includes: Paying for tolls and parking.

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Trump invokes DPA to get GM moving on ventilators

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One week later, on 27 March, President Trump invoked the Defense Production Act (DPA), directing the Scretary of Health and Human Services “ to require General Motors Company to accept, perform, and prioritize contracts or orders for the number of ventilators that the Secretary determines to be appropriate. ”. Invoke “P”. — Donald J.

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