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Here’s our first look at 2023’s electric Porsche Macan SUV

Porsche is preparing an all-electric Macan SUV for 2023. Here’s an early prototype, seen testing at Weissach in Germany. [credit: Porsche ] This morning, in an email extolling the flexibility of in silico development, Porsche sent Ars the first official images of its next Macan crossover. And this Macan, which is still a couple of […]

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Ford is setting up a new EV battery center in southeast Michigan

Ford will spend $185 million on a new 200,000-square-foot “battery center of excellence” called Ion Park in Michigan. It will join Ford’s new Battery Benchmarking and Test Laboratory in Allen Park, Michigan, seen here. [credit: Ford ] The Ford Motor Company announced on Tuesday that it is creating a new “global battery center of excellence,” […]