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The two firms are testing 20 robotaxi vehicles in Shanghai's Jiading district to further gauge their viability for commercial use in a trial that will expand to a second Chinese city next year.

Volvo Cars and battery maker Northvolt will open a joint research and development centre in Sweden as part of a 30 billion crown ($3.3 billion) investment, the carmaker said on Friday.

Tesla was replacing front fender cameras in several hundred Model S, X and 3 vehicles due to faulty circuit boards inside but had not issued a recall. NHTSA has urged public to voice any safety defect in their Tesla that isn't part of a current recall.

MG Motor India's new electric vehicle, which will be a crossover, will be priced in the range of Rs. 10 lakh to Rs. 15 lakh, and is targeted towards the mass segment of personal electric mobility.

The Ioniq 5 is based on the E-GMP platform that has been co-developed with Canoo

A report by technology research and consulting company Gartner said that chip shortage coupled with trends such as electrification and autonomy will drive 50 per cent of the top 10 automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to design their own chips.

Under the new MoU, Mahindra and Jio-bp will explore creating solutions on battery swapping technology for electric vehicles, and work on business models like Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and Battery as a Service (BaaS).

The concept cars shown off are low-slung and even have a tachometer which means these are likely hybrid cars.