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Point Predictive finds high rate of straw borrowing in 2021
But the straw borrower issue could be even larger in scope than these tens of thousands of suspicious instances.
Point Predictive found 65,000 instances of co-borrowers removed between one and 30 days after the initial application,…
Hyundai, Kia use New York auto show to showcase new products, awards
During the New York show, an international jury of journalists named the Ioniq 5 World Car of the Year. It is the first in a line of forthcoming EVs that will be part of the Ioniq subbrand.Sibling brand Kia also is emphasizing electric.…
BMW on Tesla's EV reign: ‘That's over'
Tesla has been nipping at BMW's heels as the U.S. luxury market leader. But BMW management now has a plan to sell EVs at the rate of one for every two sales by 2030.
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Elon Musk’s tweet about taking Tesla private was false, U.S. judge rules
The investors took specific aim at comments Musk made during a TED event last week in Vancouver. He said “I was forced to concede to the SEC unlawfully” and settle the agency’s lawsuit over the 2018 “funding secured” tweet.
Shareholders…
Toyota Crown’s reign expands with new SUV, sedan
After deciding in 2021 to drop both its largest sedan and top-end SUV from U.S. showrooms, Toyota will replace them starting this year with vehicles carrying a venerated Japanese nameplate — though one largely unfamiliar to American…
Solar, wind power projects in the works for Mercedes-Benz factories
"We have integrated sustainability requirements into all our purchasing activities and awarding processes," Schäfer said.Mercedes production and supply chain boss Jörg Burzer said the automaker will make vehicle production CO2 neutral…
EV industry seen shifting to 800 volt technology
But with most existing charging stations based on 400-volt systems, is there still an advantage for cars with 800-volt architectures?
Experts say yes, though vehicles will need an 800-volt-based charging infrastructure to take full…
Toyota of Cedar Park works with schools to find, train future staffers
With technicians in such short supply, Herrera says dealers need to increase their efforts to find and train them.
"We can't be asking the manufacturers to help us with techs and the industry to help us with techs," Herrera said.…
Honda to drop Insight hybrid in U.S.
Honda Motor Co. is dropping the Insight gasoline-electric hybrid in the U.S. to focus on hybrid versions of three core models — the CR-V crossover and the Accord and Civic.
Honda said Thursday it will discontinue production of the…
Twitter creates ‘poison pill’ to defend against Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s hostile…
Included in Musk’s securities filing disclosing the bid Thursday morning was a script of text he sent to the company. In it he said, “it’s a high price and your shareholders will love it.”
At least one prominent investor, though, said…