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Transmission: GM wants you to plug into Ultium Charge 360

When it comes to making the switch to an electric vehicle, public recharging can be a hurdle for drivers. General Motors made the hurdle a bit lower this week, announcing a new connected EV charging station program called Ultium Charge 360.

Ultium Charge 360 represents a “holistic charging experience” for GM EV drivers. To make this possible, GM worked with seven charging companies — Blink Charging, ChargePoint, EV Connect, EVgo, FLO, Greenlots and SemaConnect — on agreements to make it easier...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/transmission-gm-wants-you-to-plug-into-ultium-charge-360

Zooming in the automotive sector — Transmission

Transmission is sponsored by AIT. When you switch to AIT Worldwide Logistics for automotive shipping you’re partnering with a team of logistics professionals in Asia, Europe and North America who develop customized supply chain solutions that are just as unique as your business. Whether it’s trans-border hot-shot trucking, express ocean service, or an exclusive air charter, AIT has the expertise, technology, and carrier connections to achieve your production goals — every time. To learn more,...

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Transmission: Chip shortage hits EV production; specific tires for performance EVs

The fallout from the semiconductor chip shortage continues, and since it’s affecting the production of vehicles across the globe, it should be no surprise that automakers will be making fewer electric vehicles in the coming months, just as they’re making fewer internal combustion engine vehicles.

Exactly how many fewer vehicles the industry will build this year is unknown, but it will be in the millions, for sure. AutoForecast Solutions raised its estimate of the number of vehicles that will not...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/transmission-chip-shortage-hits-ev-production-specific-tires-for-performance-evs

Transmission: EV sales jump 45 percent in Q1; 100+ companies have now signed Climate Pledge

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Anyone who’s been tracking electric vehicle sales for the past decade, like yours truly, knows that progress has been slow but steady. It looks like 2021 might be a year of more dramatic change, which is a great bit of news to hear as we honor the 52nd Earth Day today. First celebrated in 1970, April 22 is the day when over a billion people in more than 190 countries take some sort of action to help the environment, according to Earth Day organizers.

Electric vehicle sales...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/transmission-ev-sales-jump-45-percent-in-q1-100-companies-have-now-signed-climate-pledge

Electric vehicles and maritime efficiency — Transmission

When you switch to AIT Worldwide Logistics for automotive shipping you’re partnering with a team of logistics professionals in Asia, Europe and North America who develop customized supply chain solutions that are just as unique as your business. Whether it’s transborder hot-shot trucking, express ocean service, or an exclusive air charter, AIT has the expertise, technology, and carrier connections to achieve your production goals — every time. To learn more, visit https://www.aitworldwide.com/au...

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Transmission: GM invests $2.3 billion, again, in U.S. battery factory

Electric vehicles are being manufactured around the globe, but automakers are making moves that will mean production is a bit more localized in the future. GM’s big battery plant announcement in Tennessee follows one from Volkswagen a few weeks ago about European plants. It’s not that everything used in tomorrow’s EVs will be locally sourced, as it were, but the transmission lines are being shortened in these cases.

GM will invest $2.3 billion, again, in a U.S. battery factory

Domestic production...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/transmission-gm-invests-23-billion-again-in-us-battery-factory

Transmission: Electric delivery trucks from Volvo, Lion get ready to roll in California and Canada

It’s a good day to breathe a bit easier. The number of all-electric trucks headed out to make local deliveries is growing. Whether you’re in Southern California or a major Canadian city, all-electric trucks will be coming your way by the end of 2022, with some going into service by this fall.

Volvo announces largest-ever VNR Electric order, now has over 100 to deliver in two years

Last week we mentioned how Daimler is now taking orders for its new all-electric delivery trucks, the medium-duty eM2...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/transmission-electric-delivery-trucks-from-volvo-lion-get-ready-to-roll-in-california-and-canada

Problems in truck manufacturing — Transmission

When you switch to AIT Worldwide Logistics for automotive shipping you’re partnering with a team of logistics professionals in Asia, Europe and North America who develop customized supply chain solutions that are just as unique as your business. Whether it’s transborder hot-shot trucking, express ocean service, or an exclusive air charter, AIT has the expertise, technology, and carrier connections to achieve your production goals — every time. To learn more, visit...

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Transmission: Daimler’s new electric truck and Biden plans meeting to discuss chip shortage

Hello, Transmission members!

You know that your corner of the automotive industry isn’t exactly niche anymore when mainstream media outlets start encroaching on the topic. That’s the case today, as exemplified by an NPR segment Thursday morning discussing electric vehicle battery components.

That’s as good a place as any to start the newsletter, since the sourcing of advanced vehicle components is only going to get more and more important — in other words, more and more newsworthy — as the...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/transmission-daimlers-new-electric-truck-and-biden-plans-meeting-to-discuss-chip-shortage

Transmission: Can Class 8 truck producers keep up with demand?

There was good news and some questionable news over the weekend. The good news can be summed by the trucking industry deciding it needed more vehicles last month, pushing up sales 108% year-over-year. There was another sale, though, that could generate more questions from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which is investigating former Nikola CEO Trevor Milton. He sold 3.5 million of his Nikola shares for $49 million six months after he resigned in a cloud of controversy.

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