Tag: Volkswagen
52% of Car Sales in China Are Now Plugins! Full Report
Also: Geely is Rising Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, with plugins scoring yet another new record, a little more than 1.27 million sales (in a 2.42-million-unit overall market). That’s up 51% year over year (YoY), and it’s the 4th month above one million units. … [continued]
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Volkswagen is shoring up suppliers for its St. Thomas electric vehicle battery plant, to operate under the PowerCo division, buying into a lithium mining company to feed the plant that will make elect
Raw material for lithium, mined in the James Bay area of Quebec, will start making its way to St. Thomas. Volkswagen is shoring up suppliers for its St. Thomas electric vehicle battery plant, to operate under the PowerCo division, buying into a lithium mining company to feed the plant that will make EV batteries, the […]
Land ho! Big machine’s long voyage to Southwestern Ontario finally reaches shore
An enormous shipment bound for an Elgin County tool and die company has finally arrived at a Lake Erie beach town after a three-month voyage that began more than 12,000 kilometres away.
GM/ChargePoint Deal Shows The Complex Future Of EV Charging
A new deal between GM and ChargePoint has many EV enthusiasts feeling a bit lost. I mean, didn’t GM recently make a lot of progress building stations with EVgo and host businesses like Pilot and Flying J? To get to the bottom of this, we have to first explore some … [continued]
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Honda Sidles Up To Nissan, Promises New Prelude Hybrid Next Year
Honda is exploring a new partnership with Nissan and Mitsubishi to prepare itself for the electric car future.
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It’s Against The Law In Canada To Call Hydrogen Buses Zero Emissions
In the middle of 2024, I documented the remarkable disappearance of claims of environmental virtue from the websites and social media of Canadian oil and gas companies and the lobbying groups they employed. Overnight, the degree of factual accuracy on their public sites went up by a remarkable amount. Why? … [continued]
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Will Some US Automakers Hit Crisis During Trump Term?
Naturally, when it comes to big macroeconomic changes, issues often seem to come out of the blue. You can reverse engineer what happened and everything looks obvious, and there are always some canaries or boys crying wolf who notice the issue early but are ignored. However, by and large, macroeconomic … [continued]
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Northvolt Bankruptcy May Delay Porsche And Audi Electric Models
Porsche is on the back foot after Northvolt filed for bankruptcy recently and is facing a steep decline in sales in China,
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Does London need a ‘goods movement network’? City hall thinks so
A “goods movement network” is one of the many new items promised in London’s new transportation master plan unveiled this week, promising “safe and efficient” trucking into, within, and out of the city. Jack Moulton looks at what it is and what it’s intended to tackle. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE GOODS MOVEMENT NETWORK? […]
Booming St. Thomas approves two plans of subdivisions with nearly 400 homes
As St. Thomas prepares for a population boom from a manufacturing surge driven by Volkswagen’s factory, city council has approved a pair of proposals that will add a total of nearly 400 new homes.