{"id":16075,"date":"2024-12-07T10:15:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T10:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/cars\/lotus-dropping-direct-sales-vw-workers-holding-more-walkouts-autoline-daily-3950\/"},"modified":"2024-12-07T10:15:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T10:15:37","slug":"lotus-dropping-direct-sales-vw-workers-holding-more-walkouts-autoline-daily-3950","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/cars\/lotus-dropping-direct-sales-vw-workers-holding-more-walkouts-autoline-daily-3950\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotus Dropping Direct Sales; VW Workers Holding More Walkouts &#8211; Autoline Daily 3950"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Autoline reports breaking global car news, with great insight and analysis. Also, top auto executive interviews. We cover electric vehicles <!--more--> (EV), autonomous vehicles (AV) and internal combustion engine technology (ICE), as well as car sales &amp; financial earnings and new car reviews.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 VW Workers to Hold More Walkouts<br \/>\n0:47 Tesla Gets More Aggressive with Leases<br \/>\n1:43 Uber Launches Robotaxi Service in Abu Dhabi<br \/>\n2:06 Waymo Expands to Miami\u00a0<br \/>\n2:38 Stellantis Signs Another Lithium-Sulfur Battery Deal<br \/>\n3:54 Lotus Shakes Up Sales Strategy<br \/>\n5:23 EU A \u201cMust Win\u201d For China EV Makers<br \/>\n6:08 Wuling Refreshes Hong Guang MiniEV<br \/>\n6:37 He Was a Designer at Mercedes &amp; Worked at Taco Bell<br \/>\n7:07 Greenbrier White Paper a Must Read<\/p>\n<p>Story Links:<br \/>\n&#8211; More VW Worker Walkouts: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autonews.com\/volkswagen\/ane-vw-fresh-strikes-over-pay-plant-closures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.autonews.com\/volkswagen\/ane-vw-fresh-strikes-over-pay-plant-closures\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Tesla Gets More Aggressive with Leasing: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autonews.com\/tesla\/an-tesla-lease-buybacks-sales-push\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.autonews.com\/tesla\/an-tesla-lease-buybacks-sales-push\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Uber Launches Robotaxi in bu Dhabi: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-12-06\/uber-launches-first-robotaxi-service-outside-of-us-in-abu-dhabi?srnd=phx-industries-transportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-12-06\/uber-launches-first-robotaxi-service-outside-of-us-in-abu-dhabi?srnd=phx-industries-transportation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Waymo Expands to Miami: <a href=\"https:\/\/waymo.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/next-stop-miami\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/waymo.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/next-stop-miami\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Stellantis &amp; Zeta Energy Lithium Sulfur Battery Deal: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.media.stellantis.com\/em-en\/corporate-communications\/press\/stellantis-and-zeta-energy-announce-agreement-to-develop-lithium-sulfur-ev-batteries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.media.stellantis.com\/em-en\/corporate-communications\/press\/stellantis-and-zeta-energy-announce-agreement-to-develop-lithium-sulfur-ev-batteries<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Lotus Dropping Direct Sales: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autonews.com\/retail\/ane-lotus-sales-agency-dealers-evs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.autonews.com\/retail\/ane-lotus-sales-agency-dealers-evs\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; EU a &#8220;Must Win&#8221; for China: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2024-12-06\/nio-byd-xpeng-see-europe-as-a-must-win-mostly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2024-12-06\/nio-byd-xpeng-see-europe-as-a-must-win-mostly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Wuling Hong Guang MINIEV Sales: <a href=\"https:\/\/pressroom.gm.com\/gmbx\/cn\/en\/pressroom\/home\/news.detail.html\/content\/Pages\/news\/cn\/en\/2024\/dec\/1206-wuling.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/pressroom.gm.com\/gmbx\/cn\/en\/pressroom\/home\/news.detail.html\/content\/Pages\/news\/cn\/en\/2024\/dec\/1206-wuling.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; AAH with Chris Benjamin: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoline.tv\/after-hours\/aah-721-scouts-design-strategy-for-resurrecting-the-brand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.autoline.tv\/after-hours\/aah-721-scouts-design-strategy-for-resurrecting-the-brand\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Greenbrier White Paper: <a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/gXp74HU3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/gXp74HU3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; To read the transcript for today&#8217;s show click here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoline.tv\/daily\/ad-3950-lotus-shakes-up-sales-strategy-vw-workers-to-hold-more-walkouts-eu-a-must-win-for-china-ev-makers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.autoline.tv\/daily\/ad-3950-lotus-shakes-up-sales-strategy-vw-workers-to-hold-more-walkouts-eu-a-must-win-for-china-ev-makers\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>INSTAGRAM: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/autolinenetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/autolinenetwork<\/a><br \/>\nTWITTER: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Autoline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Autoline<\/a><br \/>\nFACEBOOK: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/autolinenetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/autolinenetwork<\/a><br \/>\nWEBSITE: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoline.tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/www.autoline.tv<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Autoline reports breaking global car news, with great insight and analysis. 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