😬🎷⚡️ GM wants to take a bigger bite of the fleet market with its new business unit, GM Envolve. Fleet and commercial customers will receive a comprehensive path into electrification with EV models, battery storage, integrated charging, and all the data-driven jazz you'd expect. Companies like Domino's and AutoZone are set to partner with Envolve at various capacities.
🦘🇯🇵📈 On Friday, VW announced a 39% year-over-year jump in deliveries for April. Worldwide shipments for the company totaled 720,200, boosted dramatically by a 79% surge in the Chinese market, with 255,700 units delivered. VW's deliveries from January-April are 14% higher than in 2022.
😅🙊😬 Toyota announced Friday that the data of 2.15 million Toyota and Lexus users has been publicly available for a decade due to an oopsie-daisy. The human error has affected almost every Japanese user signed up for Toyota's main cloud service since 2012. The company blocked outside access when the issue was discovered and will put systems and training in place to prevent future issues.
🇨🇳🛑📡 China will force Tesla to recall 1.1M vehicles over a braking problem. Tesla says it will push a fix in an over-the-air software update allowing drivers to choose the energy regenerative braking strategy, potentially increasing the risk of an accident. All Tesla models manufactured between Jan 12th, 2019, and April 24th, 2023, are included in the recall.