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The whole EVs and mobility news of week 23 in one article 👇 .

News : BYD 🇨🇳 opened its new showroom, with Harmony Auto Group, on the prestigious Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris 🇫🇷.

Peugeot 🇫🇷 has no plans to launch another electrified sports car (PSE). The possibility remains for a high-performance 100% electric model, but nothing is scheduled yet.

Here is the wrap-up, the summary of today's mobility top news in one post. 1. Volkswagen 🇩🇪 EV charging unit Elli partnered with Otovo 🇳🇴 to offer Huawei 🇨🇳 equipment for home solar and storage connection. 2. TotalEnergies 🇫🇷 signed a 15-year deal with Air Products 🇺🇸 for delivering 70,000 tons of green hydrogen annually in Europe 🇪🇺 starting from 2030. 3. The Biden administration 🇺🇸 is revising car fuel efficiency rules after industry opposition. Automakers must now achieve a fleet average of 50.4 miles per gallon (mpg) by 2031, up 1.4 mpg from 2026. Thanks for reading !

Here is the wrap-up, the summary of today's mobility top news in one post. 1. Gotion High Tech 🇨🇳 will build Morocco’s 🇲🇦 first EV battery gigafactory at a total cost of 12.8 billion dirhams ($1.3 billion). The gigafactory will have an initial battery capacity of 20 gigawatt-hours (GWh). 2. Rivian 🇺🇸 introduced the second generation of R1T and R1S. New specs: 420 mi / 676 km range with the Max Pack, 0 to 60 mph (96 km/h) in 2.5 seconds for the R1T, new quad-motor with 1,025 hp, Nvidia’s AI chips, and other upgrades. Starting prices: R1S: $75.9k, R1T: $69.9k. 3. Tesla 🇺🇸 expanded its Self-Serve Demo Drive program to Canada 🇨🇦. This program is for the moment only available with Model 3 and Model Y in 🇨🇦. 4. Stellantis is considering expanding its new 3 billion rand ($158 million) South African 🇿🇦plant to produce electric, hydrogen, or hybrid vehicles. 5. Rothschild & Co started assessing partners for Codelco 🇨🇱 lithium project, which set to start in 2030. The project aims to produce 20,000 tons of LCE (lithium carbonate equivalent) annually, with an initial cost of $1.2 billion. 6. ABB 🇨🇭🇸🇪is considering selling part of its E-mobility business, including EV charging stations worldwide and R&D facilities in China. No more details were revealed. Thanks for reading !

Here is the wrap-up, the summary of today's mobility top news in one post. 1. Elon Musk said that Tesla 🇺🇸 released FSD 12.4.1 to employees today, and it could be released to a limited number of external customers this weekend. 2. Ford 🇺🇸 announced that the first FordExplorer EV has officially rolled off the assembly line at the new Cologne Electric Vehicle Center 🇩🇪 today. 3. Governor Youngkin announced that Virginia 🇺🇸 will stop phasing out new gas-powered. State Attorney General Miyares said Virginia is not required to follow California's 🇺🇸 rule for 100% zero-emission cars by 2035. 4. Nio 🇨🇳 has won approval for a third factory, called F3, in China 🇨🇳, increasing its capacity to 1 million cars annually. 5. Toyota 🇯🇵 will recall over 100,000 SUVs and pickup trucks in the U.S. 🇺🇸 due to engine debris potentially causing stalls, including some Tundra pickups and Lexus LX600 SUVs with V35A six-cylinder engines. Thanks for reading !

Here is the wrap-up, the summary of today's mobility top news in one post. 1. Tesla Giga Nevada 🇺🇸 team has built their 5 millionth drive unit. 2. Elon Musk said that Tesla 🇺🇸 will spend $5B on in-house AI-related tech and Dojo, and up to $4B on Nvidia GPUs this year. 3. Nissan 🇯🇵 began demonstrating a prototype Leaf with autonomous driving technology in Yokohama, aiming for autonomous mobility by 2027. This prototype has 14 cameras, 10 radars, and 6 LIDAR sensors. 4. ACC, a battery joint venture by Stellantis and Mercedes, paused work on German 🇩🇪 and Italian 🇮🇹 factories to switch to lower-cost batteries. Thanks for reading !

Here is the wrap-up, the summary of today's mobility top news in one post. 1. Six vehicles are being suspended from deliveries in Japan 🇯🇵, including three manufactured by Toyota 🇯🇵, due to the company submitting faulty data during pedestrian-safety tests. Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda apologized today for cheating on these certification tests. 2. The mobility startup Gireve 🇫🇷 has raised €20M from Partech for its European expansion. Gireve connects mobility stakeholders with charging stations, with over 500,000 charging points connected to its platform. 3. Ontario 🇨🇦 announced today its expectation to secure another major EV battery plant, with commitments from Stellantis, Volkswagen, and Honda, and it targets three more prospects, as said by Economy Minister Vic Fedeli. 4. Great Wall Motor 🇨🇳 plans to close its Munich headquarters in August, laying off about 100 workers. The reason ? adjustment in its European strategy amid a challenging EV market for the company. Thanks for reading !

The whole EVs and mobility news of week 22 in one post. Let’s start. ⚠️ a lot of hybrid news ! 1. GM 🇺🇸 unveiled the 2025 Cadillac Optiq EV. Specs: Range of 300 mi / 483 km, 85kWh battery, 150 kW charging power. Starting price in the US: $54k. 2. Volkswagen 🇩🇪  will develop EVs priced at €20,000 / $21,756 in Europe, starting with affordable compact EVs in 2027. 3. Renault 🇫🇷 announced that it would partner with a Chinese engineering company to develop the next generation of Twingo cars priced below €20,000. 4. Renault 🇫🇷 also announced a 50-50 joint venture with Geely 🇨🇳 that will develop combustion and hybrid engines. 5. Toyota 🇯🇵 revealed prototypes of internal combustion engines capable of running on hydrogen, along with gasoline and other fuels. Toyota said that these engines will meet strict emission regulations in the future. 6. BYD 🇨🇳 launched the latest version of a plug-in hybrid technology. BYD said that this technology is capable of achieving a range of 2 100 km / 1 305 mi with a fully charged battery and a full gasoline tank. 7. Stellantis announced that it will build a hybrid version of its 500e at its Mirafiori plant 🇮🇹, the same factory that currently produces the 500e BEV model. The reason for this change: a slowdown in their electric car sales. 8. Ford's 🇺🇸 CEO believes that the industry should not see hybrid cars just as a temporary step before moving to fully electric. "We should stop talking about it as transitional technology" Jim Farley said this week. 9. Egypt’s GV Investments 🇪🇬 plans to start local production of China FAW Group’s 🇨🇳 cheapest vehicle model in early 2025, aiming to target the ride-hailing market. 10. Mining companies Rio Tinto 🇦🇺 and BHP Group 🇦🇺 announced a collaboration to test large battery-powered electric haul trucks in Western Australia's Pilbara region. Both companies are aiming to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. 11. VinFast 🇻🇳 will further delay its planned $4 billion factory in North Carolina 🇺🇸 that was initially planned to complete in July 2024. 12. The European Commission 🇪🇺 approved Italian state aid (2 billion euros) for STMicroelectronics to build a 5 billion euro ($5.4 billion) microchip plant in Italy. 13. The European Commission 🇪🇺 will delay its decision regarding tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles 🇨🇳 until after the European Parliament election on June 9. 14. China 🇨🇳 plans to invest approximately 6 billion yuan ($828 million) to advance the development of a more powerful electric vehicle battery technology. 15. Tesla 🇺🇸 will register its FSD software with Chinese authorities before launching the feature in China this year. That’s all for this week, thanks for reading.

News : Orders are now open for the Renault 5 E-Tech.