The battery race comes to Norway – there might yet be hope for Europe, and for a greener future without risky dependencies on China
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At the top of the market, EV hypercars are a disappearing breed
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China is hoovering up market share in electric vehicle-friendly Norway, posing significant competition to Tesla and other Western auto giants
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An explainer: The Low-Voltage Connector Standard (LVCS) is an emerging automotive standard that defines electrical connections at both 48V and 12V
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BYD is cutting prices on electric vehicles
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Four former Volkswagen managers found guilty in German emissions trial
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What a $15,000 electric SUV says about US-China car rivalry
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Chinese factories are more automated
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Volvo Cars cited a planned inventory reduction, as well as wider global auto industry turbulence as reasons for its lagging first quarter performance
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EV battery startup Northvolt files for bankruptcy in Sweden – firm unable to ‘secure the necessary financial conditions to continue in its current form’
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Australia, with no auto industry to protect, is awash with Chinese EVs
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Volvo Cars CEO Jim Rowan offers bleak assessment of year ahead for motor industry – shares his views on tariffs and the development of electric vehicle sales
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Cruise announces US layoffs as GM acquires defunct robotaxi company
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Subsidies and incentives have helped Norway become the trailblazer for electric vehicles. What can others learn?
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Strikes against Tesla Sweden leave over 100 charging stalls waiting for power – IF Metall has been lodging strike efforts against Tesla for over a year now
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Honda and Nissan announce plans to merge, creating world's third-largest automaker
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Inside the war against excessive headlight brightness
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How China became the world’s largest car exporter
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Automatic braking systems save lives. Now they’ll need to work at 62 MPH.
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Swedish battery cell maker Northvolt, which produces cells for electric vehicles, has announced that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US
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Volkswagen plans major cutbacks in Germany: 'We cannot continue as before'
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Japan orders ‘drastic reforms’ for Toyota after fresh certification violations
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Volkswagen to invest up to $5 billion in EV maker Rivian as part of tech joint venture
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Electric cars are suddenly becoming affordable
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Japanese automakers Toyota, Mazda, Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki caught cheating on certification tests
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Hey GM: If you want to beat Apple, give people the buttons CarPlay can’t
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US to require automatic emergency braking on new vehicles in five years
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Weak demand, new model ramp up hit Europe's automakers
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Car tracking can enable domestic abuse. Turning it off is easier said than done.
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How GM tricked millions of US drivers into being spied on (including me)
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GM ends OnStar driver safety program after privacy complaints
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GM sued for sale of OnStar driving data
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GM cuts ties with two data firms amid heated lawsuit over driver data
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Automakers are sharing consumers’ driving behavior with insurance companies
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European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls. In 2026, Euro NCAP points will be deducted if some controls aren't physical.
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Electric vehicles: can 'lightweighting' combat range anxiety?
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Denmark's largest trade union has joined strike action by Swedish Tesla workers, piling pressure on the US electric car company to agree to collective bargaining rights
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Tesla has filed a lawsuit against the Swedish Transport Agency as striking workers halted the delivery of licence plates of new vehicles manufactured by the US automaker
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Sweden's Northvolt says new lithium-free sodium-ion battery is cheaper, more sustainable and doesn't rely on scarce raw materials
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US National Transportation Safety Board calls on automakers to install speed-limiting tech in new vehicles
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Tesla may have picked an unwinnable fight with Sweden's powerful unions
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Starting Friday, dockworkers in all Swedish ports will refuse to offload Teslas, cleaning crews will no longer clean showrooms, and mechanics won't fix charging points
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Massachusetts passed a law requiring cars make data accessible to independent shops to allow repairs. Automakers sued.
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US court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages (potentially misleading, see comments)
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Swedish ports threaten to block Teslas from entering the country – strike that started with mechanics is beginning to spread
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Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM
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Ford, UAW negotiators reach labor deal, pending union leadership approval
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How China’s EV boom caught Western car companies asleep at the wheel
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The world’s first true female car crash dummy has been developed in Sweden — and it’s a big deal
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Workers at Mack Trucks reject contract and join the thousands of UAW picketers already on strike
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