Former Opel boss joins US electric car startup Evelozcity

Karl-Thomas NeumannEvelozcity, an electric car startup based in Los Angeles and formed by ex-Faraday Future staff, announced last week the appointment of Karl-Thomas Neumann as the new head of mobility and European operations. Neumann has almost three decades of experience in the auto industry and served as CEO at supplier giant Continental and the Volkswagen...

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