Volkswagen crisis pits homegrown leaders against each other
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - Volkswagen managers and workers representatives will start crunch talks in Hanover on Wednesday, following the German ...
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Swedish battery maker Northvolt to slash 1,600 jobs, quarter of staff
Stockholm (AFP) - Sweden's beleaguered electric car battery maker Northvolt said Monday it would cut a quarter of its staff ...
Electric cars overtake petrol models in Norway
Oslo (AFP) - Hot on the heels of still-dominant diesel cars, electric vehicles now outnumber petrol models for the first ...
Europe’s EV troubles bubble up at Brussels Audi factory
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Outside an Audi factory in Brussels described by the German carmaker as the "cradle" of its ...
Tesla truck fire took 190,000 liters of water to extinguish
New York (AFP) - US firefighters used some 190,000 liters of water to extinguish a blaze involving an electric Tesla ...
Fiat 500 electric production pauses for one month
Milan (Italy) (AFP) - Carmaker Stellantis said Thursday it would halt production of the electric version of its emblematic Fiat ...
Battery maker Northvolt to cut jobs, slash operations
Stockholm (AFP) - Beleaguered Swedish electric car battery maker Northvolt said Monday it would cut its workforce as it scales ...
German car sales plunge in August as EV slump worsens
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - Sales of new cars plummeted in Germany in August, official data showed Wednesday, dragged down by ...
Norway’s electric car sales set new world record
Oslo (AFP) - Electric car sales in Norway took a 94-percent share of the market in August -- a new ...
Chinese EV giant BYD posts 24.4% rise in profit
Beijing (AFP) - Leading Chinese automaker BYD posted on Wednesday a 24. 4 percent rise in net profit for the ...
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