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Detroit News reports that GM has such heavy demand for GMC Sierra trucks its Oshawa plant in Ontario will come back online next year and that it will invest $75 million in its transmission plant in Toledo, Ohio. It seems that while GM is gearing up to ensure it has 30 EVs on the market by 2025 and its entire range is emissions-free by 2035, it still has to satisfy the demand for piston-powered trucks.
Meanwhile, Ford reported record orders for the 2021 F-150 in December and prepared itself for the huge demand by pushing out trucks from its Ford Dearborn Truck Plant in Michigan and Kansas City Assembly Plant in Missouri. However, Ford has been hit by the global semiconductor shortage.
Order books for the Mercedes EQA are now open in Germany.
Last month, Mercedes expanded its EQ electric family with the new entry-level EQA crossover. In EQA 250 guise, the electric crossover s single-motor electric powertrain produces 188 horsepower and 276 lb-ft of torque, which is sent to the front wheels. Based on Europe s NEDC test cycle, the EQA s 66.5-kWh lithium-ion battery pack enables an electric driving range of 302 miles. A more powerful dual-motor variant with AWD, 268 hp, and over 310 miles of range will also arrive later. While US availability and pricing details are still being kept under wraps, Mercedes has confirmed how much the EQA will cost in Germany to give us a rough idea.
This popular package has been unavailable for a year.
Thanks to the disruption caused by the pandemic, supply issues meant that some of most popular Chevrolet C8 Corvette Stingray options were no longer available for new customers and, in some cases, canceled for existing orders. This meant some owners didn t receive the car they originally ordered.
Thankfully, now that these supply issues have been resolved, some of the discontinued options such as the popular High Wing Spoiler are now available to order once again. After being removed from the online configurator last February due to a supply issue, Chevrolet s optional Carbon Fiber Ground Effects Package is also making a comeback.