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JULY 23, 2024



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TEST DRIVES

Advancing the Explorer

For 2025 Ford goes well beyond the usual midcycle refresh for one of the most important vehicles in its lineup in a category where the competitors are getting ever better.

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Autoline Daily 2024: Top Industry News for July 23

Windrose to Build Tesla Semi Look-Alike in U.S.; GM Gives Up on Cruise Origin; BYD & FORVIA Team Up in Europe

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UAW Leadership Considers Backing Harris as Biden Bows Out

Trump is reaching out to the union rank and file, and former UAW spokesman Brian Rothenberg says the union membership has always been divided politically with some members preferring more conservative candidates.

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Volkswagen Plans a Million Solid-State BEVs Annually

Agreement between VW's PowerCo and QuantumScape opens prospect of mass-produced cheaper solid-state batteries.

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Stellantis Ready to 'Fight' Chinese BEV Invasion of Europe

CEO says automaker group will take the battle to the invaders as it opens latest BEV production facility in Serbia.

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FROM AUTOMOTIVE DIVE
Rear AEB Systems Work Well on Compact SUVs: IIHS
“Technology that intervenes on behalf of the driver is more effective in preventing crashes than other types of solutions,” said IIHS President David Harkey.
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Charging Issues Multi-Faceted, But Money Root of Problems
The U.S. public charging sector’s current woes, of poor reliability of existing infrastructure and the slow rollout of future infrastructure, point to financials as main culprit.