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Koenigsegg taps former Tesla exec in push to boost production, go greener

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Koenigsegg builds hypercars such as the Gemera, which is limited to 300 models.
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June 14, 2021 01:18 PM

Hypercars with $3 million price tags are not usually associated with environmental sustainability, but Koenigsegg CEO, Christian von Koenigsegg, wants to change that as his company teams up with Evan Hortesky, a former Tesla manager who oversaw the construction of the EV maker's factories in Reno, Nevada, and Shanghai.

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