VW plans second Wolfsburg factory for Trinity EV production
VW says building a second facility would be cheaper than retro fitting existing plant. Click for details.
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QuantumScape continues its slow but constant progress with its solid-state cell platform. After disclosing some test results and getting critics to doubt them, the company asked Mobile Power Solutions to test its single-layer cells. The results are even better than the ones the company disclosed in December 2020.
When Tesla announced it would use mega castings to replace multiple stamped parts welded together once and for all, the automotive industry decided to watch. If the American automaker could do that, other companies would follow suit. Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz already said they will, but NIO is the first Chinese manufacturer to announce the same.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, left, and Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess. Brendan Smialowski and Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess
COVID causes delays at North Star; officials still optimistic about site Construction crews work on the North Star Industrial Park on Thursday in Starkville. Construction began on March 30 and, if things go as planned, is set to be complete by late January. Photo by: Claire Hassler/Dispatch Staff Construction of the long-awaited North Star Industrial Park at the northwest intersection of Highways 389 and 82 in Starkville has continued during the COVID-19 pandemic, though not without delays, Golden Triangle Development LINK CEO Joe Max Higgins said. Most of the infrastructure — roads, wat...