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Tesla is facing yet more headwinds in the biggest car market in the world, Ford is now making more of the
other Mustang, and Nissan’s long-awaited electric vehicle that isn’t a Leaf has seen another delay. All this and more in The Morning Shift for Friday, June 4, 2021.
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1st Gear: Tesla’s Trouble Continues
Tesla’s not-so-great year in China is not improving. The EV maker reportedly sold a little more than half the cars in May as it did in April in the country. That comes after a protestor shouted about faulty brakes in the Model 3 at the Shanghai Auto Show, the government alleged that the company’s cars posed a national security risk, and Tesla-owning state officials were advised to drive something else.
Automakers continue to scramble as the shortage of microchips confounds plans to boost production during the second half of this year. Nissan is pushing back production of its Ariya EV and Ford is offering $1K to waiting buyers, reports TheDetroitBureau.com.
Availability of Nissan Motor Co s Ariya, a new electric SUV, will be delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic and a global shortage of chips, a senior executive at the carmaker said on Friday.. | June 4, 2021
The Ariya is Nissan's first all-new EV in almost a decade after the Leaf hatchback, which made its mark as the world's first mass-market electric vehicle.
It looks like the launch of Nissan’s high anticipated fully electric crossover, the Ariya, will be delayed. A senior Nissan executive told Automotive News that the postponement is due to the coronavirus pandemic and the […]