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0:00 Wall Street Worried About Tesla Stock
1:00 Reuters Expose: Tesla’s Defect Cover Up
1:53 Panasonic Axes EV Battery Plant
2:14 Kia Canada Hides Sales from Kia Korea
3:03 VW Group Joins the NACS Parade
4:01 Ford Finds 20-HP Under Raptor R Hood
5:06 Canada To Ban ICE In 2035
6:02 Half of Buick Dealers Quit Overs EVs
6:55 NSU’s Early Aerodynamic Testing
8:05 Sandy Munro To Star on AAH
Story Links:
– Tesla’s Stock Down in Last 6 Months: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2023/12/19/tesla-analysts-eyeing-ev-slowdown-turn-more-cautious-on-2024/71974324007/
– Reuters Report on Tesla Defect Cover Up: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-musk-steering-suspension/
– Panasonic Won’t Build 3rd Battery Plant in the U.S.: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/panasonic-takes-oklahoma-out-candidate-list-new-battery-plant-nikkei-2023-12-20/
– Kia Canada Hides Sales from Parent Company: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kia-canada-car-sales-1.7063216
– VW Group Joins NACS: https://media.vw.com/en-us/releases/1774
– Ford Finds More Power for Raptor R: https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2023/12/20/dashing-through-the-sand–new-ford-f-150-raptor-r-cranks-out-720.html
– Canada to Ban ICEs: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/canada-says-all-cars-trucks-must-be-zero-emission-by-2035-industry-unhappy-2023-12-19/
– Nearly Half of Buick Dealers Quit Brand: https://www.autonews.com/dealers/buick-dealer-network-shrinks-nearly-half-through-buyouts
– NSUs Early Aerodynamic Efforts: https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/press-releases/record-breaking-aerodynamics-in-flying-lawn-chairs-blue-whales-and-dolphins-from-nsu-15823
– To read the transcript for today’s show click here: https://www.autoline.tv/daily/ad-3715-reuters-expose-teslas-defect-cover-up-kia-canada-hides-sales-from-kia-korea-ford-finds-20-hp-under-raptor-r-hood/
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