Month: September 2023

Flow Automotive Cos., Pohanka Automotive and Holman were among several dealership groups and others who invested $4 million in technology company Orbee Inc., whose platform provides data management and other digital marketing services for dealerships. Flow, Pohanka and Holman’s Holman Enterprises arm were previous investors. They joined the Series A funding round with new investors
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DETROIT — An executive helping to power electric vehicles is questioning his own EV purchase because of poor charging experiences. Oliver Gunasekara, CEO and co-founder of Impossible Metals, a startup that makes underwater robots to pick up battery metals, publicly voiced his frustration Thursday during the audience question-and-answer portion of a panel on EV charging
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Donald Trump and Kristen Welker Getty Images WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump warned that U.S. auto workers’ jobs will move to China and accused the United Auto Workers’ leadership of failing its members, thousands of whom went on strike Friday against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis. “The auto workers will not have any jobs, Kristen, because
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PARIS — Renault has launched a full-electric version of the Trafic midsize van, and now has all-electric versions of its three van models. Orders open for the Trafic E-Tech, as it is known, in October with deliveries set for November. The Trafic E-Tech joins battery-electric versions of the Kangoo compact van and Master large van
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Lewis Hamilton said he was not surprised to read Helmut Marko’s offensive comments about Sergio Perez, suggesting other teams would have come down harder on the Austrian as punishment. After the Italian Grand Prix Marko, Red Bull’s motorsport consultant, said Perez’s ethnicity was to blame for his poor form this year. “We know that he
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BERLIN — German Economy Minister Robert Habeck welcomed the European Union’s anti-subsidy probe against Chinese-made electric cars. The European Commission has launched an investigation into whether to impose punitive tariffs to protect EU producers against cheaper Chinese electric vehicle imports that it says are benefiting from state subsidies. “This is about unfair competition, it’s not
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BMW has abandoned charging customers subscription fees for heated seats in an early indication there will be limits for manufacturers to reap new revenue from software-based services. The automaker will go back to offering heated seats and wheels as optional equipment, rather than outfitting its vehicles with the hardware and charging consumers later, Pieter Nota,
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