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Car companies bite the electric bullet – the week | Automotive Industry Comment

Car companies bite the electric bullet – the week | Automotive Industry Comment

Crack with the earlier: JLR CEO Thierry Bollore is reimagining the upcoming for JLR and its two high quality makes

The information this week was dominated by announcements of electric powered auto methods. Jaguar Land Rover claimed its Jaguar model would be all-electric powered from 2025. When you think of the Jaguar heritage and the V12 engines for the significant cats of yesteryear, it truly is obviously really a step. It does in fact represent a ‘reimagining’ of what Jaguar is and what it stands for. And there is certainly no space for the XJ, at least as we know it.

Jaguar to go all-electric powered from 2025

Ford has also unveiled a new ramped-up electrification tactic that includes making all its passenger cars offered in Europe zero emissions able by mid-2026 and reworking its Cologne site into a hub for electric powered automobile production.

Ford Cologne plant to develop into EV production hub

Tesla is rarely out of the information and is reportedly wanting to extend its existence in India.

Tesla to extend Indian existence – probably opening a new factory

It is also fascinating to note what the Design S – just up-to-date and nevertheless likely powerful – states about transforming notions of solution lifecycles.

Tesla’s up-to-date Design S lays down gauntlet for rising EV challengers

China’s lesser OEMs are rather chaotic with new solution and in particular electrified merchandise…

Xpeng and Li – China’s rising electric powered stars

What’s following for William Bin Li’s Nio?

General Motors will have a competitor to the VW ID.four offered in the US by the summer months.

GM targets e-SUV industry with Bolt EUV

In a further signal of the moments, the new Mitsubishi Outlander was unveiled on-line.

Amazon premiere for new Mitsubishi Outlander

And experiences recommended that Kia in the US could have identified itself in a spot of bother with a ransomware gang. I am guessing that quite a few can empathise…  

Kia in US ‘hit by ransomware attack’

Semiconductor shortages for automobile providers and their units suppliers go on. They will have to think strategically about very long-expression requirements and defending by themselves.

Extensive-expression chips considerations

There is likely to be a new guy in charge at Honda. He’s now talking about the have to have for faster modify and he states he is not averse to discovering collaborations with many others. It can be but a further signal of the modify essential that the car industry is now firmly greedy, existential threats much more notable than ever.

Toshihiro Mibe to develop into Honda chief govt

The worries for companies presently are sizeable, as we are all well aware. The pandemic is triggering quite a few providers to rein in charges and preserve dollars however. As volumes decide on up in recovering markets, the bottom line rapidly receives a raise. Daimler was an illustration this week. It can be not all doom and gloom.

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Have a good weekend.

Dave Leggett, Editor, just-car.com