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Custom Rolls-Royce Spectre's hood took 160 hours to develop

Motor Authority

Rolls-Royce is ready to build highly personalized examples of its debut electric vehicle, the 2024 Spectre coupe, and as a taste of what's possible the automaker will present a one-off example at 2024 Monterey Car Week. Set to debut on Aug. 16 at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, one of the main events of Monterey Car Week, the Rolls-Royce.

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Polestar UK develops non-genuine sales model

Motor Trader

Customers can still configure and order their Polestar online, and through the expanding network of Polestar Spaces. Matt Galvin, MD, Polestar UK says: “Expanding our retail operations with new and existing partners will enable us to reach more customers. Polestar’s UK retail partners will soon be able to actively sell from each Space.

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Hyundai, GM the next automotive giants looking at developing cars together

CarExpert

In a joint media statement, GM and Hyundai Motor Group (which includes Kia) announced they had signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding “to investigate joint product development, manufacturing and future clean energy technologies”. 100s of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. “Our

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Hyundai and General Motors team up to develop new cars

Drive.com

Hyundai and General Motors (GM) have teamed up to develop new cars together in an effort to reduce costs as both gear up to introduce more electric vehicles into their fleets. Earlier this year, Toyota, Mazda and Subaru committed to working together on the development of new combustion-powered engines.

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Audi To Develop Bespoke Chinese EV Platform With SAIC

Carscoops

“We have a clear and common goal: to combine the best of our two companies to the full advantage of our Chinese customers with Audi’s premium experience and SAIC’s innovation speed in China. ” Audi will continue to sell its existing range of vehicles in China alongside those developed in partnership with SAIC.

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Toyota, Mazda, Subaru Develop New High-Tech Engines For Diverse Fuels

Carscoops

Each company will keep developing its own “signature” powertrain, including boxer (Subaru), in-line four (Toyota), and rotary (Mazda) units. liter four-cylinder engine currently under development, in addition to a larger displacement 2.0-liter Toyota showed a Prius prototype with a new 1.5-liter liter unit.

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VW To Spend $2.68 Billion Into Chinese Hub For Faster EV Development

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billion) investment into its Chinese production and innovation hub in Hefei, confirming the development of two models in collaboration with Chinese EV maker Xpeng. “Today, around 50 million customers in China drive a Group product,” member of the board of management of Volkswagen AG for China, Ralf Brandstätter, said.