#Union sets sights on Tesla’s German factory

#Union sets sights on Tesla’s German factory

“#Union sets sights on Tesla’s German factory” Germany’s largest and most powerful union IG Metall has set its sights firmly on setting up a works council at Tesla’s factory near Berlin, which is scheduled to open later this year, its head Joerg Hofmann said. The US electric-car maker is hiring for the site in Gruenheide, whose…

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#SEC investigating Volkswagen’s April fools’ prank, report says

#SEC investigating Volkswagen’s April fools’ prank, report says

“#SEC investigating Volkswagen’s April fools’ prank, report says” US regulators are reportedly probing Volkswagen’s botched April Fools’ prank in which it announced the rebranding of its US operation as “Voltswagen” to signify the company’s push into electric vehicles. The company appeared to accidentally publish a press release on March 29 announcing the news three days…

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#Mercedes rolls out luxury electric car in duel with Tesla

#Mercedes rolls out luxury electric car in duel with Tesla

“#Mercedes rolls out luxury electric car in duel with Tesla” Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler AG on Thursday unveiled a battery-powered counterpart to its top Mercedes luxury sedan as German carmakers ramp up their challenge to electric upstart Tesla. The EQS is the first Mercedes-Benz vehicle to be built on a framework designed from the start as…

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#Tesla stock surges after automaker posts record deliveries

#Tesla stock surges after automaker posts record deliveries

“#Tesla stock surges after automaker posts record deliveries” Tesla’s stock price surged to its highest level in weeks early Monday as investors cheered the electric-car maker’s record quarterly sales. Shares in the Elon Musk-led company bounced 7.2 percent to $709.75 in premarket trading as of 8:03 a.m. after it released expectation-beating first-quarter delivery numbers while…

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#Volkswagen US chief takes blame for ‘Voltswagen’ debacle

#Volkswagen US chief takes blame for ‘Voltswagen’ debacle

“#Volkswagen US chief takes blame for ‘Voltswagen’ debacle” The head of Volkswagen’s US business says he’ll be responsible for cleaning up after the automaker’s clumsy marketing prank this week. Scott Keogh, the CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, took the blame for his company’s botched attempt at an April Fools’ joke in which it declared…

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#Biden’s ‘jobs plan’ is a horrific con job

#Biden’s ‘jobs plan’ is a horrific con job

“#Biden’s ‘jobs plan’ is a horrific con job” “It’s not a plan that tinkers around the edges,” President Joe Biden said Wednesday in Pittsburgh of his $2 trillion “American Jobs Plan.” No freaking kidding: It’s half of his master plan to utterly remake the nation in the name of recovery from the pandemic. America is…

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