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APRIL 08, 2024



Feds Working to Grow Battery-Manufacturing Workforce

A skilled workforce is needed in the growing electrified-vehicle industry as EV sales quadrupled from 2020 to 2023 and 300 new or expanded battery facilities have been announced.

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Autoline Daily 2024: Top Industry News for April 8
BYD Targets Premium Segment in Europe; Tesla Robotaxi To Be Revealed in August; GM Part of Group Developing Lunar Rover

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WardsAuto Podcast: The EV Market, Fisker Collapse, NY Auto Show

WardsAuto Senior Editor David Kiley and Headlight.news Editor-Publisher Paul Eisenstein discuss the latest EV news, Fisker’s collapse Take-2 and the New York Auto Show.

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Report: Musk Denies Tesla Dropping Model 2 Plans

Reuters reports that Tesla is dropping its plans for a $25,000 Model 2, though the automaker’s CEO Elon Musk denies he has killed it.

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FROM AUTOMOTIVE DIVE
Mercedes-Benz Workers in Alabama File for UAW Election
The UAW says the over 5,000 plant workers are the second group of Southern autoworkers to call for vote.
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March U.S. Light-Vehicle Inventory Points to Stronger Q2 Sales
With inventory quickly rising, monthly sales should soon elevate to steady seasonally adjusted annual rates at the 16-million-unit level, possibly during the second quarter.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT...

Ford Retrenches EV Plan

Ford is delaying some of its EV product launches in favor of delivering hybrid versions of all its Ford-branded vehicles by 2030 as interest grows in hybrid vehicles as a prologue to a complete shift to electric vehicles.

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