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German premium automaker, part of the Volkswagen Group, which dropped its all-EV-by-2033 plan and sells the S6 Sportback E-tron.
Germany plans a state-backed cooperation deal with Nvidia, to be announced next week with funding in the hundreds of millions of euros. At a 200 million euro floor that is ten times the 20 million the economy ministry gave Soofi, the project it builds on.
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Porsche will cut a quarter of its staff and raise prices on its top models by about 20% under a strategy that runs to 2035. The company is betting its richest buyers will pay more as cheaper volume falls away and its EV push is scaled back.
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Kia sold 76,850 cars in Britain from January to August, 776 more than BMW, to take second place behind Volkswagen on SMMT figures. That lead is under a tenth of Kia's average month in Britain, close enough for the order to change by December.
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A direct wind-and-solar deal at one Korean tyre plant buys about 6 GWh a year and 2,700 tonnes of abatement. The cost sits with the supplier, not with the automakers asking for the cuts.
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A retreat on strategy is not a retreat on engineering. Audi's electric fast sedan charges hard, rides well, and lands 99 miles under its rated range in city traffic.
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