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Volvo Cars to invest over $1 billion to upgrade Swedish plant with tech-like mega casting for its next generation of BEVs

Volvo Cars has shared news that it plans to invest SEK 10 billion (~$1.09 billion) in its Torslanda manufacturing plant in Sweden, to deliver advanced production practices for its next generation of fully electric vehicles. This includes mega casting of aluminum body parts, a new battery assembly plant, and more. Volvo Cars Corp. is a global automaker headquartered in Torslanda, Sweden that is…
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Nikola Motors (NKLA) loses its whole supply chain leadership, puts hiring freeze as situation looks dire

Nikola Motors (NKLA) has lost almost its entire supply chain leadership over the last few months as the situation at the company is starting to look dire. Sources familiar with the matter say that the company put a hiring freeze in place for now. The last year has been tough for Nikola Motors. The startup known for trying to bring electric and hydrogen-powered trucks to market has been in hot…
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Quick Charge Podcast: February 7, 2022

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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New Tesla Cybertruck accessory wants to turn the electric pickup truck into a boat

While the Tesla Cybertruck has recently been delayed again, the hype is so strong around the electric pickup truck that some people are already working on thrid-party accessories for the vehicle. Now, we see the most ambitious project yet, a kit that transform the Tesla Cybertruck into an electric boat. When it comes to ambitious Cybertruck accessories, I thought that nothing could beat the…
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