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Canada’s Linamar will ‘immediately’ break ground on new plant

Canadian auto supplier Linamar Corp. plans to break ground “immediately” on a new plant in Welland, Ont., that will house three giga-casting presses capable of producing very large aluminum structural parts for electric vehicles. The Guelph, Ont.-based parts supplier announced… Continue Reading…

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France beats Germany, Netherlands to host the ProLogium battery plant

Macron, who personally met with ProLogium CEO Vincent Yang at the start of the vetting process, was due on Friday to officially announce in Dunkirk the 5.2-billion-euro ($5.7 billion) investment. Gilles Normand, ProLogium executive vice-president, said that after Macron, a… Continue Reading…

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Self-driving requires trust that you’ll arrive safe and sound

SAN FRANCISCO — My first trip in a driverless vehicle went smoothly — until the car was pulled over and the ride ended. I arranged to ride in one of the autonomous, electric Chevrolet Bolts deployed by General Motors-backed Cruise… Continue Reading…

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VW halts sale of some ID4 EVs over door risk

Volkswagen Group has ordered dealers in the US and Canada to stop selling it ID4 electric compact crossover because its doors might open while in motion, and the German carmaker doesn’t yet have a fix for the problem. Nearly 18,000… Continue Reading…

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Toyota’s hydrogen-powered Corolla race car catches fire

But Toyota executives said the fire, which occurred during a private test run at Fuji International Speedway, was unrelated to the car’s adoption of hydrogen fuel instead of gasoline. The cause, the company said, was a pipe joint loosened by… Continue Reading…

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Where Ford will slash jobs in Europe

Workers were told to expect concrete numbers of job losses from the automaker in mid-February, according to Cologne’s daily paper, the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. Industrial action threats Ford’s plans triggered a union threat of Europe-wide disruption. “If negotiations between the works… Continue Reading…

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Stellantis first sales gain in two years, aims for momentum

Chris Glenn, Stellantis’ vice president of US dealer relations and retail strategies, said the plan is to maintain an “aggressive nature at retail, stay close to our business center, stay close to our dealers, communicate out our plans. “We just… Continue Reading…

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Consider This Before Repairing Your Windshield

Does your windshield currently have a crack, chip, or some sort of break? While you may not believe the damage is too significant right now, it can turn into a real problem for your safety. As such, windshield repair and… Continue Reading…