- NHTSA opens investigation into certain Ford SUV recall over fuel leaks – Reuters
- Lexus line-up goes electrified only as LC and RC F retired – Autocar
- Renesas, Denso Hit With Semiconductor Patent Suit Over Car Parts – Bloomberglaw
- Denso gets grant for redundant communication apparatus for determining and transmitting data – Just-Auto
- Kia to launch Tasman pickup next year – Just-Auto
- Renault SA Patent: Navigation Device for Automatic Driving Control – Just-Auto
- General Motors gets grant for system for human-machine teaching for vehicle operation – Just-Auto
- AB Volvo gets grant for powertrain for mild hybrid vehicle with gear reduction mechanism – Just-Auto
- India Car Sales Jump With Demand for Electric, SUVs Behind Rise – Bloomberg
- Ford stock can go higher by taking a page of out Detroit rival GM’s playbook – CNBC
- February GDP report to show if UK economy is escaping recession – Guardian
- GM China joint venture sees soaring vehicle export in Q1 – Chinadaily
- BYD received €3.4B in Chinese aid to dominate EVs, study says – Automotive News
- Why we’re seeing more robots inside auto plants – The Detroit News
Friday Morning Auto News, Apr 12, 2024: NHTSA investigates Ford over fuel leaks. Lexus goes electrified only. Renesas, Denso hit with patent suit. More.
Thursday Morning Auto News, Apr 11, 2024: Tesla Sales Outlook Worsens. Tesla Is Struggling in China. Volkswagen to test ID Buzz robotaxi. Home.
- Tesla Sales Outlook Worsens With Two Analysts Seeing 2024 Drop – Bloomberg
- Tesla Is Struggling in China. It’s Hurting the Stock. – Barrons
- Volkswagen to test ID Buzz robotaxi with passengers in Hamburg – Automotive News
- Tesla union contradicts Musk over ongoing Sweden strike – Automotive News
- Elon Musk Picked the Wrong Fight in Brazil – Bloomberg
- Toyota Ventures raises $300 million more for early-stage investments – Automotive News
- Elon Musk Meets His Match in Twitter Fake News Fight With Brazil’s Supreme Court – Bloomberg
- Musk’s starlink profits are more elusive than thought – Bloomberg
- Analysts Assess China’s Challenge to U.S. EV Makers – Wardsauto
- VW aims for better quality, higher sales with the updated 2024 ID4 – Automotive News
- Stellantis CEO warns: Chinese EV plant in Italy poses threat, ‘we are ready and we will fight’ – Fortune
- EV maker Polestar posts 40% slump in Q1 deliveries – Reuters
Wednesday Morning Auto News, Apr 10, 2024: China’s auto sales up 10.6% in Q1. BMW EV sales defy electric slowdown. Volkswagen Q1 deliveries up. More.
- China’s auto sales up 10.6% in Q1 – Chinadaily
- BMW EV sales defy electric slowdown to surge in first quarter – Automotive News
- Volkswagen Q1 deliveries up – Reuters
- Chinese firm obtains country’s first passenger-drone production certificate – SCMP
- China has been closing idled auto output capacity, industry body says – Reuters
- Could BYD’s rise create a German Rust Belt? – Fortune
- Tesla Reaches Settlement Over Autopilot’s Involvement in Fatal Crash – Wall Street Journal
- The future Toyota EVs that could trump Tesla – Just-Auto
- Anything but Tesla: US shoppers want more EV options – Businessinsider
- Tesla May Face a Potential Back-to-Back Sales Decline – Bloomberg
- Toyota Puts $300 Million Into VC Funds for Climate, Science Startups – Bloomberg
- 2025 Porsche Taycan GT First Drive Review: ‘Holy hell!’ – Autoblog
- Toyota Aims to Beat Hyundai and Ford With Its All-New 4Runner – Bloomberg
Tuesday Morning Auto News, Apr 09, 2024: Tesla settles. China car sales rebound. Volkswagen can’t expect ‘utopian’ dreams in China, CEO says. More.
- Tesla Settles Lawsuit Over a Fatal Crash Involving Autopilot – New York Times
- China Vehicle Sales Rebound – Wall Street Journal
- Volkswagen Can’t Expect ‘Utopian’ Dreams in China, CEO Says – Wardsauto
- How Tesla Planted the Seeds for Its Own Potential Downfall – New York Times
- The Black Market That Delivers Elon Musk’s Starlinks to U.S. Foes – Wall Street Journal
- Musk Gives Away Some Blue Checkmarks for Free – Bloomberg
- Elon Musk returns to Tesla’s ‘master plan’ favoring robotaxi over cheap EV – Automotive News
- Hyundai Ioniq 6 N primed as performance brand’s second EV – Autocar
- New Citroen C3 gains sub-£15k hybrid – Autocar
- Elon Musk says he is ‘guilty of many self-inflicted wounds’ in defamation lawsuit – Fortune
- This Chinese Company May Be Emulating Elon Musk’s Tesla Playbook – Businessinsider
- JLR sales up 22% as Defender and Range Rover sales soar – Autocar
German BEV sales, 3/24: Tesla craters, out-sold by 141 year-old dinosaur
Not a good March for German BEV sales. They dropped 28.9% on a share of just 11.9%. BEV-pioneer Tesla did worse: Its German registrations plunged a whopping 55% YOY, on sales of just 3,878 units. Imagine, Tesla sales crater in the last month of the quarter, when Tesla usually goes all-out.
Adding insult to injury, Tesla was out-sold in March by world’s most senior carmaker, 141 year-old Daimler Group. The #1 spot remains in possession of an 87 year-old automaker, Germany’s Volkswagen Group.