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USMCA trade deal important as a ‘functioning’ dispute mechanism, trade expert says
The deal includes changes to auto-specific rules of origin that require 75 percent of auto content for passenger vehicles and light trucks be made in North America. It also established — for the first time — a labor value content rule…
GM’s David Strickland: Industry needs EV tax credit for mass adoption
The $7,500 consumer EV tax credit expires after an automaker sells 200,000 qualifying vehicles. GM and Tesla have reached their incentive limit and are no longer eligible.
GM, Ford Motor Co., Stellantis and Toyota Motor North America on…
How a California ‘startup factory' is sparking new ideas in automotive
UP.Labs is pursuing a fresh way to pioneer transportation tech without corporate big-footing.
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Volkswagen’s Scott Keogh: Rising interest rates, recession just another ‘bump’ for…
"We need more, and we need more immediately," Keogh said of ID4 production. He said that right now, VW is importing "anywhere from 800 to 2,000" ID4s per month from Germany. "Once we get that plant going, we'll be sending out 7,000 to…
Michigan Rep. Debbie Dingell: EVs not affordable to ‘too many Americans’
She said consumer incentives — such as the current $7,500 tax credit — have helped make EVs more affordable. That credit phases out after an automaker sells 200,000 vehicles — a threshold both General Motors and Tesla have met. Toyota…
Dealers need ‘seat at the table’ on EV policy, says NADA CEO Mike Stanton
Dealers are excited about the incoming wave of "fantastic product" for the mass market, Stanton said. "Dealers are actually all-in and essential when it comes to electric vehicles."
On the biggest opportunities going forward, he said…
EVs, infrastructure and safety take the stage at Automotive News Congress, Washington D.C.
Speakers discussed infrastructure and regulation amid expanding electrified transportation in the second of four Automotive News Congress events in Washington.
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Tesla to charge more for U.S. vehicles as inflation bites
Tesla Inc. again raised prices for all its car models in the U.S. in response to persistent global supply-chain problems and soaring raw material costs.
The electric carmaker increased its Model Y long-range price to $65,990 from…
Startup Alsym Energy looks to bring batteries free of lithium, cobalt to the masses
He and his wife landed on some populations' lack of electricity as theirs to solve. Chatter saw low-cost, nonflammable batteries as an alternative to the on-grid electricity many areas of the world lack. These batteries eventually led…
Porsche agrees to pay $80 million to resolve fuel economy claims on 500,000 U.S. vehicles
Scrutiny of Volkswagen's vehicles grew after the German automaker in 2015 disclosed it had used sophisticated software to evade emissions requirements in nearly 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide.
VW settled U.S. criminal and civil…