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BYD takes on EV laggards Toyota, VW with steep China price cuts: Not content with unseating Tesla Inc. as the world’s top-selling electric car maker, BYD Co ...
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BYD takes on EV laggards Toyota, VW with steep China price cuts
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BYD takes on EV laggards Toyota, VW with steep China price cuts: Not content with unseating Tesla Inc. as the world’s top-selling electric car maker, BYD Co ...
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BYD takes on EV laggards Toyota, VW with steep China price cuts
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VW staff cuts: Volkswagen pays up to 450,000 euros in severance pay: VW is fueling its job cuts with high severance payments. According to WirtschaftsWoche ...
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VW staff cuts: Volkswagen pays up to 450,000 euros in severance pay
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Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume: "Electric cars are now technically superior": Sales of electric cars are currently slow in Germany. Nevertheless ...
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Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume:
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Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume: "Electric cars are now technically superior": Sales of electric cars are currently slow in Germany. Nevertheless ...
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Quick Glance: VW: Union Leader Halts Plans for Budget E-Car
  • VW and Renault face setbacks in their budget E-car project due to concerns raised by union leader Daniella Cavallo.

  • The collaboration aims for an E-car priced under 20,000 euros, manufactured in Renault factories.

  • Disagreements arise over the production site, with the union proposing alternative locations.

  • Various scenarios are being considered before a final decision is made.
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Toyota teams up with Tencent for drive into China's EV market: BEIJING -- Toyota Motor said on Thursday that it is forming a strategic alliance with Chinese ...
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Toyota teams up with Tencent for drive into China's EV market
Quick Glance: Toyota and Tencent Collaborate for Entry into China's EV Market
  • Toyota announces strategic alliance with Tencent to develop artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and big data for electric vehicles in China.

  • Japanese automaker Toyota has been facing challenges in the Chinese market due to aggressive pricing and marketing by local competitors.

  • Collaboration with Tencent focuses on developing in-car software crucial for next-generation vehicles.

  • Demand for electric vehicles in China is rapidly growing, and Toyota aims to accelerate in this sector.
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VW: Flat-rate wage cut of 10 percent, this is how it would affect: IG Metall and the works council have sounded the alarm that management at Volkswagen has ...
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VW: Flat-rate wage cut of 10 percent, this is how it would affect
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VW: Termination agreements bring up to 450,000 euros: According to reports, VW employees who have been with the company for a long time can expect large ...
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VW: Termination agreements bring up to 450,000 euros
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Toyota to Build Another All-Electric SUV in US by Investing in Indiana Plant: Toyota Motor Corp. is moving ahead with plans to manufacture and sell more electric ...
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Toyota to Build Another All-Electric SUV in US by Investing in Indiana ...
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Volkswagen is bracing itself against the crash in China: By the end of the decade, the Wolfsburg-based company wants to increase sales in its most important ...
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Volkswagen is bracing itself against the crash in China
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VW in China: fateful week for Volkswagen at the auto show in Beijing: The Group wants to convince investors and customers that the battle for the world's largest ...
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VW in China: fateful week for Volkswagen at the auto show in Beijing
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BYD unveils sleek new electric hatch and 1,000 hp tri-motor Denza Z9 GT EV: China’s BYD is unleashing a series of new electric vehicles as it expands the brand ...
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BYD unveils sleek new electric hatch and 1,000 hp tri-motor Denza Z9 GT EV
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China Car Show Latest: Cutthroat Market, Expansion Plans: Slowing demand for electric vehicles, heightened trade tensions and questions about whether Western ...
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China Car Show Latest: Cutthroat Market, Expansion Plans
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Hacker attacks: VW may have been a victim of Chinese industrial espionage - Golem.de
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Hacker attacks: VW may have been a victim of Chinese industrial espionage ...
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VW Workers in Tennessee Vote for Union: The Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga is set to become the first unionized auto factory in the South not owned by one of ...
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VW Workers in Tennessee Vote for Union
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E-cars in China: German car manufacturers want to get off the defensive: German car manufacturers are struggling in China, where everything revolves around ...
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E-cars in China: German car manufacturers want to get off the defensive
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Honda and Toyota are investing billions to build more EVs in North America: The Japanese automakers aim to capitalize on interest in cleaner cars
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Honda and Toyota are investing billions to build more EVs in North America
Quick Glance: Honda to Establish $11 Bln EV, Battery Plants in Canada
  • Honda plans to invest C$15 billion in new EV and battery production plants in Ontario alongside existing facilities to support the growth of North American demand for EVs.

  • Production is set to start by 2028, with an annual capacity of up to 240,000 EVs and 36 gigawatt-hours for batteries to achieve the goal of having all North American sales from Honda be either EVs or fuel cell vehicles by 2040.

  • The Canadian government and Ontario province intend to support Honda with around C$5 billion, with Honda contributing 60%-70% of the total investment to reduce costs by more than 20%.

  • Honda will also collaborate with companies like Asahi Kasei and POSCO to further lower production costs and strengthen the EV supply chain in Canada, leading to an increase in jobs and economic growth.
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Chinese industrial spies probably stole VW data on electric drive technology: Between 2010 and 2015, Chinese cyber spies allegedly stole around 19 ...
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Chinese industrial spies probably stole VW data on electric drive ...
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Volkswagen to Face Investors Skeptical of China Turnaround Plan: Volkswagen AG faces an uphill battle to convince investors it can turn around its business in ...
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Volkswagen to Face Investors Skeptical of China Turnaround Plan
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VW Employee Rally 2024: This innovation will please all classic car fans: VW employees can still use their old car until Friday. and youngtimers register for the ...
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VW Employee Rally 2024: This innovation will please all classic car fans
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VW staff cuts: car manufacturer relies on severance payments, turbo bonuses, partial retirement
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BYD unveils Denza Z9GT, elevating China's EV luxury segment : Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD is set to debut its upscale brand, Denza ...
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BYD unveils Denza Z9GT, elevating China's EV luxury segment
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Could the Union Victory at VW Set Off a Wave?: Some experts say the outcome at a plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., may be organized labor’s most significant advance ...
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Could the Union Victory at VW Set Off a Wave?
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Tesla’s $939 Billion Valuation Lead Over Toyota Is Almost Gone: Two and a half years ago, Tesla Inc. was worth almost $1 trillion more than Toyota Motor Corp. ...
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Tesla’s $939 Billion Valuation Lead Over Toyota Is Almost Gone
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Tesla: Is that it yet?: Declining sales figures suggest that Tesla's glory years are already behind it. But Elon Musk could still have an ace up his sleeve.
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Tesla: Is that it yet?
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ID.Code: VW unveils new electric SUV and Passat sedan in China: Volkswagen's vision of the future for China: the car giant wants to set new standards with the ...
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ID.Code: VW unveils new electric SUV and Passat sedan in China
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European electric car makers fight to catch up in China: Volkswagen and other European giants risk falling behind in an industry where manufacturing and sales ...
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European electric car makers fight to catch up in China
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VW in China: When will things pick up again in the most important market?: Whether Volkswagen can remain a world-class car manufacturer will be decided primarily ...
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VW in China: When will things pick up again in the most important market?
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Volkswagen workers at US plant in Chattanooga vote for union: The Volkswagen employees at the US Chattanooga plant have made a decision. The plant in the ...
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Volkswagen workers at US plant in Chattanooga vote for union
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Toyota sells more than ten million vehicles for the first time: Sales of e-cars almost tripled in the past financial year to 116,654. However ...
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Toyota sells more than ten million vehicles for the first time
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Porsche is also giving up: VW is feeling the effects of a slowdown in electric cars
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Porsche is also giving up: VW is feeling the effects of a slowdown in ...
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Unions Take Aim at South After UAW Win: A successful drive at a VW plant in Tennessee has organizers eyeing gains in a fast-growing region that has historically ...
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Unions Take Aim at South After UAW Win
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Beijing Auto Show: Volkswagen's sleepless nights on the "battlefield" of China: Volkswagen's China boss expects two bitter years in the world's largest market ...
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Beijing Auto Show: Volkswagen's sleepless nights on the
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Tesla and VW: the right way to cut jobs: Two companies, Tesla and VW, have announced job cuts. And showed how: There's a lot you can do wrong.
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Tesla and VW: the right way to cut jobs
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Toyota's 'Lunar Cruiser' to join NASA-led moon mission: TOKYO -- A vehicle known as the "Lunar Cruiser" that is being developed by companies including ...
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Toyota's 'Lunar Cruiser' to join NASA-led moon mission
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Rüttelsteig in Ingolstadt: How Gernot Döllner turns Audi into a Porsche offshoot: Audi boss Gernot Döllner is taking a management level out of development and ...
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Rüttelsteig in Ingolstadt: How Gernot Döllner turns Audi into a Porsche ...
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Beijing powers up into car wars battleground: The Beijing Auto Show, the first since the pandemic, will be a battleground. Foreign automakers from Tesla to ...
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Beijing powers up into car wars battleground
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Initial D Toyota AE86 and Mazda RX-7 PC Mice Are for Desktop Drifting: These classic car-inspired mice are modeled after the iconic Toyota AE86 and Mazda RX-7 ...
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Initial D Toyota AE86 and Mazda RX-7 PC Mice Are for Desktop Drifting
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BYD teases bold Ocean-M electric car powered by its new EV platform: Another fully electric BYD vehicle is set to debut this week. Ahead of its official reveal ...
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BYD teases bold Ocean-M electric car powered by its new EV platform
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12 Chinese carmakers form ‘supercharge alliance’: EV race to go on overdrive?: BYD, BAIC, GAC, Xpeng, Chery, JAC, Great Wall, Li Auto announce deal to unite on ...
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12 Chinese carmakers form ‘supercharge alliance’: EV race to go on ...
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New strategy for China: This is how Audi and VW want to recapture the car market: Audi and VW are fighting for their pioneering role in China with new partners ...
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New strategy for China: This is how Audi and VW want to recapture the car ...
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VW Group delivers more vehicles from electric cars worldwide: The Volkswagen Group has presented its delivery figures for the first quarter. Overall ...
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VW Group delivers more vehicles from electric cars worldwide
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China's BYD fires up its car offerings to compete with Tesla and Jeep at the same time
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China's BYD fires up its car offerings to compete with Tesla and Jeep at ...
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BYD, Polestar, Nio and Co: Are Chinese manufacturers flooding Europe with electric cars?
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BYD, Polestar, Nio and Co: Are Chinese manufacturers flooding Europe with ...
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Car industry: A lot of car for little money: VW and Chinese car manufacturers compete for customers in a Beijing shopping center. Only the Germans think it's all ...
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Car industry: A lot of car for little money
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Controlled from Beijing?: Hackers have been spying on Volkswagen for years: Volkswagen has been spied on by cybercriminals for years. The attackers are after the ...
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Controlled from Beijing?: Hackers have been spying on Volkswagen for years
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Volkswagen to launch new EV platform in China to slash costs and compete with BYD
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Volkswagen to launch new EV platform in China to slash costs and compete ...
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Chinese EV start-ups Nio and Xpeng turn to the mass market for growth: Chinese electric car start-ups Nio and Xpeng are turning to a lower-priced segment of the ...
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Chinese EV start-ups Nio and Xpeng turn to the mass market for growth
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Ford relies on cheap electric cars to convince skeptics: Ford has thrown down the gauntlet to Tesla by touting its upcoming range of cheap electric cars.
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Ford relies on cheap electric cars to convince skeptics
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Volkswagen presents new electric SUV: "New technology era": Volkswagen presents its new design show car ID. CODE.
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Volkswagen presents new electric SUV
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China's BYD eyes luxury brands to boost profit margins: GUANGZHOU -- Chinese electric vehicle leader BYD may have no choice but to turn to its luxury brands like ...
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China's BYD eyes luxury brands to boost profit margins