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Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up October 23-29, 2022

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up October 23-29, 2022

Below are the past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy auto news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive universe news nuggets. ... Continue reading

GM said to temporarily stop advertising on Twitter after Musk takeover

GM said to temporarily stop advertising on Twitter after Musk takeover

General Motors is temporarily suspending its advertising on Twitter after Tesla (TSLA) CEO and billionaire Elon Musk took over the social media company with his $44 billion acquisition. General Motors (GM) is temporarily halting its advertising as it looks at Twitter's new direction under Musk, according to a CNBC repo ... Continue reading

30 Giga-Watt Hours of Electric Vehicle Markets Beyond Cars, Reports IDTechEx

30 Giga-Watt Hours of Electric Vehicle Markets Beyond Cars, Reports IDTechEx

BOSTON, Oct. 28, 2022 -- Electric vehicle markets are growing globally – in total IDTechEx's latest master electric vehicle report "Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air 2022-2042" finds 35.7 million electric vehicles (EV) were sold in 2021 and predicts this will rise to over 74 million by 2030. ... Continue reading

iSeeCars.com Reports: Inflation Hammering the Car Market, Driving Up Prices (But Not Income) Reducing American's Vehicle Affordability

iSeeCars.com Reports: Inflation Hammering the Car Market, Driving Up Prices (But Not Income) Reducing American's Vehicle Affordability

Auto Central October 27, 2022; AIADA Online reported that new research shows that popular cars like the Toyota RAV4 and Ford Mustang have become too expensive for regular Americans. A shortage of new vehicles and other pandemic-related factors have driven car prices through the roof in recent years, reports The Insider ... Continue reading

J.D. Power & LMC Automotive October 2022 Forecast: Automotive Supply Increases Help October Sales Pace Improvement; Highest October on Record for Spending on New Vehicles

J.D. Power & LMC Automotive October 2022 Forecast: Automotive Supply Increases Help October Sales Pace Improvement; Highest October on Record for Spending on New Vehicles

TROY, Mich.--J.D. Power: The Retail Sales Forecast New-vehicle retail sales for October 2022 are expected to increase when compared with October 2021, according to a joint forecast from J.D. Power and LMC Automotive. Retail sales of new vehicles this month are expected to reach 1,008,200 units, a 12.1% increase compare ... Continue reading

New Battery and EV Factory Dedicated By Hyundai Motors For Hyundai and Kia Production

New Battery and EV Factory Dedicated By Hyundai Motors For Hyundai and Kia Production

New facilities represent U.S. investment of approx. USD 5.54 billion Commercial production to begin 1H 2025 with annual capacity of 300,000 units HMG to become a leader of electrified mobility solutions with investment Hyundai Hope, Hyundai Hope On Wheels, Genesis Inspiration Foundation and Kia Accelerate the Good dona ... Continue reading

Auto News Newsletter

Auto News Newsletter

Welcome to From the Newsroom, a roundup of news from Cox Automotive and perspectives from its analysts and experts on topics dominating the automotive industry. Today’s newsletter is arriving a bit later than usual so we can share the not-so-scary Cox Automotive October sales forecast. ... Continue reading

H2U Technologies Revolutionizes the Discovery of Non-Iridium Catalysts for Hydrogen Production

H2U Technologies Revolutionizes the Discovery of Non-Iridium Catalysts for Hydrogen Production

In order to rapidly scale the green hydrogen economy, H2U Technologies, Inc., a hydrogen electrolyzer company, announces its Catalyst Discovery Engine™ (CDE™). The patented CDE advances the identification of catalyst alternatives to costly and scarce iridium and other rare platinum group metals (PGM) used in electr ... Continue reading

Official NHTSA Weekly Recall Summary October 24, 2022

Official NHTSA Weekly Recall Summary October 24, 2022

The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles if your vehicle is listed below. Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall.To find out if your specific passenger vehicle is included in the recall, use our VIN Look-up Tool. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up October 9-15, 2022

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up October 9-15, 2022

Below are the past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive universe news nuggets. ... Continue reading

Ascend Elements Begins Construction of Apex 1 in Southwestern Kentucky

Ascend Elements Begins Construction of Apex 1 in Southwestern Kentucky

Ascend Elements began construction of its largest electric vehicle battery recycling and engineered materials manufacturing facility with a ceremonial groundbreaking today. ... Continue reading

This Week in Transportation News: 10 Stories You Need to See Straight From The Horses Mouth

This Week in Transportation News: 10 Stories You Need to See Straight From The Horses Mouth

A roundup of the week's most newsworthy auto and transport industry press releases from PR Newswire NEW YORK, Oct. 21, 2022 -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. ... Continue reading

Future Of Electrified Vehicles Report

Future Of Electrified Vehicles Report

IDTechEx Reports on Five Key Technology Trends for Tomorrow's Electric CarThe automotive sector is the largest transport sector, with some 80-90 million cars sold each year globally. Indeed, a global fleet of approximately 1.1 billion cars in use makes the greatest contributions to road emissions, leading the sector to ... Continue reading

HOT C.A.R. Topics October 19, 2022

HOT C.A.R. Topics October 19, 2022

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) remained a prominent item in the news this week as we began to see early indicators of an acceleration in electric vehicle investments here in the U.S. We saw other headlines in the EV space concerning raw materials for EV batteries as many automakers continue to explore ways to secure ... Continue reading

Piedmont Lithium Selected for $141.7 Million Grant by United States Department of Energy for Tennessee Lithium Project

Piedmont Lithium Selected for $141.7 Million Grant by United States Department of Energy for Tennessee Lithium Project

BELMONT, N.C.--Piedmont Lithium (“Piedmont”, “Company”) , a leading global developer of lithium resources critical to the U.S. electric vehicle (“EV”) supply chain, today announced that it has been selected for a $141.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) – one of the first set of ... Continue reading

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