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OCTOBER 19, 2023



Tesla CEO Musk Admits to Snags in Cybertruck Launch

CEO Elon Musk acknowledges Tesla will lose money on each Cybertruck it builds over the next year and a half.

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Autoline Daily 2023: Top Industry News for Oct. 19
Cybertruck Launching in November; GM & Honda Taking Robotaxis to Japan; Silverado EV Delayed By a Year

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Toyota Reveals First Images of Battery LCV Concept

Toyota follows up on consumer BEV concepts with an LCV platform aimed at commercial users.

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Volvo Opens 'Flagship' Software Center Boosting SDV Capability

Volvo advances its software-defined-vehicle technological strengths with a new flagship software center in Sweden.

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Honda Dreams Big With Most-Seen Auto TV Ad

Subaru is again the most-seen brand in the ranking, with two commercials that received a combined 307.5 million national TV ad impressions, per iSpot.

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FROM AUTOMOTIVE DIVE
BMW secures new battery material supplier in Canada
A new partnership with Umicore and added South Carolina production are scaling the automaker’s EV supply chain strategy.

WardsAuto Podcast: Automakers Are All In on BEVs, But Dealers Aren’t

By the middle of the next decade, two-thirds of new-vehicle sales will be battery-electric-vehicles if current government mandates stay in place, but dealers are not willingly going along with that plan.

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2023 In Cabin Monitoring Regulation Roadmap
In this era of automation, we investigate how automakers strategically navigate these regulatory waters, carefully balancing safety enhancement with innovation.