Tag: EVs
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Trump or Harris? Here are the 2024 stakes for airlines, banks, EVs, healthcare and more
With the U.S. election less than a month away, the country and its corporations are staring down two drastically different options. For airlines, banks, electric vehicle makers, health-care companies, media firms, restaurants and tech giants, the outcome of the presidential contest could result in stark differences in the rules they’ll face, the mergers they’ll be allowed to…
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Waymo to add Hyundai EVs to robotaxi fleet under new multiyear deal
Hyundai Motor and Waymo have agreed to a multiyear, strategic partnership that includes the self-driving company adding the South Korean automaker’s Ioniq 5 electric vehicle to its robotaxi fleet. The companies said Friday that Waymo’s sixth-generation autonomous technology, known as the Waymo Driver, will be integrated in a “significant volume over multiple years to support” the Alphabet-backed company’s…
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Ford’s third-quarter sales up 0.7% as GM overtakes it in EVs
DETROIT — Ford Motor lost its lead in electric vehicle sales to crosstown rival General Motors during the third quarter, as the automaker’s EV growth slowed. Ford on Wednesday reported a 0.7% increase in third-quarter U.S. new vehicle sales, including a 12.2% rise in EVs compared with a year earlier. The third-quarter results for Ford contributed to a 45% increase in…