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Q3 Sales data

As Q3 ends we have plenty of sales data to review. Some big numbers, some hits and some misses. Let’s starts with Tesla The market was expecting Tesla to deliver between 350,000 and 370,000 units. On the weekend Tesla reported over 343,000 cars delivered and over 365,000 produced. In the third quarter, we produced over …

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Trevor Milton looked like the next Elon Musk—and may end in the nick.

Great reporting from Bloomberg as they cover the details about the trial of Trevor Milton the founder and chief crook of Nikola Motors. An intriguing story about a shady character, fraud, conspiracy and how investors were fleeced for many millions of $. The article concludes with: In July 2021, about six months after the botched …

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Tesla Supercharger Network expands to 1,000 in UK

With the recent addition of Sidcup Supercharger there are now 1,000 Tesla Superchargers spread across 100-plus UK locations. The 1000th Supercharger is situated in the newly opened London Sidcup Supercharger site at Ruxley Manor with 15 charge points available. The site is accessed from the A20 and offers amenities, such as a restaurant, café, grocery …

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SMMT May Data

Another dismal month for new car sales with weakest May for 30 years

New UK car registrations fell -20.6% to 124,394 units in the second weakest May since 1992, after the 2020 pandemic-hit market, as supply shortages continued to hamper new purchases and the fulfilment of existing orders, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The decline, compared with the first …

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Another sign that all cars are becoming computers on wheels

Volkswagen’s CARIAD, the Volkswagen Group’s software company, announced this week that it will source chips from Qualcomm to develop autonomous driving software, which the German carmaker has made the backbone of its future strategy. Who is CARIAD? CARIAD is an automotive software company in the Volkswagen Group that is consolidating and further expanding the Group’s software competencies …

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