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GM Funds EV Push With Truck Profits as Toyota Delays US Highlander EV

Sourced from 4 publications

  • •GM is leveraging profitable gas-powered truck sales and its Warren research facilities to sustain EV investment despite a struggling domestic market
  • •Toyota has delayed the Highlander EV, which was to be its first electric vehicle built in the United States
  • •Hyundai Mobis has begun mass-producing Power Electric drivetrain systems at its first European manufacturing plant
  • •The three developments reflect divergent corporate strategies for managing the pace and cost of electrification

Sources

GM is serious about EVs even as the segment struggles domestically

Detroitnews

Hyundai Mobis Opens First European PE Plant

Businesskorea

Adorable Kia camper vans are about to grow in a major way

Newatlas

Toyota delays launch of Highlander EV, its first US-made electric

Nikkei

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