GM: EV Batteries For Trains And Planes | 21 June 2021

Episode 1120,   Jun 21, 2021, 11:00 AM

Today’s big EV stories:
• Thirty Tesla crashes linked to assisted driving system under investigation in US
• Ioniq 5 Takes Hyundai To New Plug-In Sales Record In May 2021
• Rivian Unpacks The R1T's Interior Details
• Elon Musk Pushes Tesla's Q2 Production And Deliveries
• “We are better than Tesla” says Geely chief engineer
• Tesla rival Xpeng gets self-driving parking assist
• GM bringing Ultium battery tech to trains, hydrogen to planes
• Tesla Giga Berlin subject to next phase of bureaucracy
• Federal regulators warn of risks to firefighters from electrical vehicle fires

Show #1120.
 
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Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Monday 21st  June. It’s Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to.
 
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THIRTY TESLA CRASHES LINKED TO ASSISTED DRIVING SYSTEM UNDER INVESTIGATION IN US
 
IONIQ 5 TAKES HYUNDAI TO NEW PLUG-IN SALES RECORD IN MAY 2021
 
RIVIAN UNPACKS THE R1T'S INTERIOR DETAILS
 
ELON MUSK PUSHES TESLA'S Q2 PRODUCTION AND DELIVERIES
 
“WE ARE BETTER THAN TESLA” SAYS GEELY CHIEF ENGINEER
 
TESLA RIVAL XPENG GETS SELF-DRIVING PARKING ASSIST
 
GM BRINGING ULTIUM BATTERY TECH TO TRAINS, HYDROGEN TO PLANES
 
TESLA GIGA BERLIN SUBJECT TO NEXT PHASE OF BUREACRACY
 
FEDERAL REGULATORS WARN OF RISKS TO FIREFIGHTERS FROM ELECTRICAL VEHICLE FIRES
 
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