VW CEO reveals ‘Mission T’ to ‘catch up with Tesla’ as he faces vote of confidence

Herbert Diess, the head of the Volkswagen group, has released a blog post discussing his effort to reform the giant automaker, including revealing ‘Mission T’, his plan to “catch up with Tesla”.

It comes as the executive forced a vote of confidence over his leadership at Volkswagen.

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KYMCO confirms RevoNEX electric motorcycle to be produced in Italy

The RevoNEX and its impending production has been the subject of much speculation over the last few months. Now the latest news suggests that the bike will be produced not in KYMCO’s native Taiwan, but rather in Italy.

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Lucid completes factory construction, aims to ramp up to 400,000 electric cars per year

Lucid Motor announced that it completed the first phase of construction at its EV factory in Arizona.

Eventually, they plan to produce up to 400,000 electric cars per year at the facility after future expansions.

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Tesla releases new software update with navigation, text messaging improvements, and more

Tesla has started to release a new software update with a bunch of small improvements to its navigation system and text messaging user interface, as well as a few new features.

It’s not the big holiday update yet, but there are still a few interesting improvements.

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GM nixes Nikola Badger electric pickup and investment, will supply fuel-cell tech

Nikola BadgerGeneral Motors and Nikola Corporation have finalized a partnership first announced in September. But unlike the deal originally discussed, the memorandum of understanding announced by the two companies Monday does not include plans for GM to manufacture the Nikola Badger electric pickup truck. GM will, however, supply its Hydrotec fuel-cell system…
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