Volkswagen CEO says competition with Tesla will be fierce; Panasonic has provided Tesla with 4680 battery samples; GM slashes Bolt price

Musk tells employees: Either go back to the office or leave

Later on May 31, Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent an email to employees detailing the rules for employees to come to the office."Every Tesla employee must be in the office for at least 40 hours a week," Musk wrote in an email, "and the office must be where your actual colleagues are, not some distant place. Pseudo office. Employees who do not come to the office to work, we will consider them to automatically leave.”

VW CEO: VW's competition with Tesla will be fierce

On June 1, Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess said that Tesla is producing twice as fast as the industry on many processes, and its new factory near Berlin is a huge challenge to Germany'sElectric vehicleproduction poses a challenge.Diess also said, "Volkswagen is also accelerating, but we have a lot of things to do, and the competition will definitely be fierce in the next few years."

Panasonic has provided Tesla with 4680 battery samples

Panasonic Holdings said it has provided samples of 4680 electric vehicle batteries to Tesla.Panasonic also said it will mass-produce the 4680 battery at its Wakayama plant in Japan in the new fiscal year starting next April, before moving production of the battery to North America.

Tesla delays deliveries of some U.S. models

Tesla’s website shows that the company is delaying U.S. deliveries of certain long-range models by a month.Among them, new orders for Model Y will be delivered from December to March next year, Model 3 will be delivered from September to December, and Model X will be delivered from February to May next year.

Ford CEO predicts massive consolidation in auto industry

As the auto industry transitions to electric vehicles, Ford CEO Jim Farleypredictsthat dealership groups, suppliers, EV startups and traditional automakers may merge, exit the market or form new joint ventures."We're going to see very large-scale consolidation," Farley said.

Ford CEO: Electric car price war is coming

Ford Motor Chief Executive Jim Farley expects the cost of making electric vehicles to drop in the next few years, low enough to bring the price of some EVs down to $25,000.Farley believes that with the arrival of the $25,000 model, the EV market will soon see a price war.

Ford may overhaul its business model to boost EV profits

If Ford wants to make enough profit on electric vehicles and compete with Tesla and others, the company needs to overhaul its century-old business model, including cutting ad spending, said Chief Executive Jim Farley. Reshape its dealer network and more.

GM slashes Chevrolet Bolt prices

General Motors said it would slash the price of its Chevrolet Bolt electric car.GM lowered the price of the lowest-priced version of the Bolt by as much as 18 percent from $32,495 to $26,595; the price of the Bolt EUV will drop from $35,695 to $28,195.

Buick to phase out gasoline-powered models by 2030

GM's Buick brand said the company's future North American lineup will be fully electrified by 2030.Buick also said it plans to launch its first electric car in 2024, but gave no further details.

8 car companies improve emergency guidelines for electric vehicle battery fires

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on June 1 that Honda, Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Porsche, Volkswagen and Volvo Cars, as well as electric bus makers Proterra and Van Hool, have completed the agency's January 2021 offer to 22 companies Requirements in recommendations issued by automakers.The NTSB requires automakers to develop emergency guidance in accordance with international safety standards and include specific information on how to handle electric vehicle battery fires and reduce the risk of thermal runaway and battery re-ignition.

Lamborghini plans to launch a synthetic-fuel hybrid supercar after 2030

On June 1, Stephan Winkelmann, CEO of the Italian automaker and Volkswagen Group brand Lamborghini, said in an interview with the media that the company hopes to add two new electric synthetic fuels (e-fuels) to its product lineup after 2030. fuel) powered hybrid supercar.Synthetic fuels will help the company significantly reduce carbon emissions, Winkelmann said.

LGNew Energy sources700,000 dry metric tons of spodumene concentrate from Liontown

LG New Energy has signed a contract to buy 700,000 dry metric tons of spodumene concentrate from Australian miner Liontown Resources, which can produce 100,000 tons of lithium hydroxide and batteries that can power 2.5 million electric vehicles.

Rimac raises $537 million in new funding round

On June 1, Croatian automaker Rimac said it had raised 500 million euros ($537 million) in a new funding round.The financing was led by SoftBank, Goldman Sachs and some existing shareholders, bringing its total valuation to more than 2 billion euros.

Stellantis Melfi plant to stop next week due to lack of cores

Automaker Stellantis will suspend operations again next week at its Melfi plant in southern Italy due to a shortage of various parts, including semiconductors, a union representative for automaker Stellantis revealed on June 1.

Lexus to launch RX plug-in hybrid in Europe

Lexus has added a plug-in hybrid version to its new generation of its best-selling RX large SUV.The car will have CO2 emissions below 30 grams per kilometer and a pure electric range of 65 kilometers (40 miles).Lexus said the RX plug-in hybrid model will be the core model for the Western European market.

BMW iX1 electric SUV will take on Tesla Model Y

BMW will launch the iX1 all-electric compact crossover that will compete with the Mercedes-Benz EQA, Audi Q4 e-tron and Tesla Model Y.BMW says the crossover has a zero-to-zero time of 5.7 seconds.