- French Police Raid Uber Offices in Paris – Wall Street Journal
- China lithium boom harming fragile Tibetan plateau: report – Japantimes
- Tesla’s Oct China-made EV sales fall 2.6% from Sept – Reuters
- Toyota Tried to Create a Tech Startup. Things Went Wrong Fast. – Wall Street Journal
- Ferrari nudges ups 2023 forecasts after beating estimates in Q3 – Reuters
- Some Tesla Workers Say They’d Never Work UAW Factory – Businessinsider
- Uber, Lyft to pay $328 million to settle New York wage theft claims – Reuters
- 2024 Aston Martin DBX to gain touchscreen in wide-reaching update – Autocar
- Aptiv says UAW strikes to impact FY sales by $180 mln – Reuters
- India’s Tata Motors smashes Q2 profit estimates on strong JLR sales – Reuters
- Ferrari has no current plans to move registered office from the Netherlands – Automotive News
- Toyota plans to trial new EV pickup in Thailand-exec – Reuters
Thursday Morning Auto News, Nov 02, 2023: French Police raid Uber offices. China lithium boom harms fragile Tibetan plateau. Tesla’s Oct China-made EV sales fall 2.6% from Sept. More.
Wednesday Morning Auto News, Nov 01, 2023: Toyota raises profit forecast 50%. Tesla valuation tumbles $145 billion on demand concerns. Tesla cost-cutting ‘huge gift’ for Ford. More.
- Toyota Raises Profit Forecast 50% on Weak Yen, Record Sales – Bloomberg
- Tesla valuation tumbles $145 billion on demand concerns – Bloomberg
- Tesla’s electric car cost-cutting is a ‘huge gift’ for Ford – Autocar
- Investors Rethink Strategy As Ford And GM Fail To Deliver On EV Boom Amid UAW Strikes – Businessinsider
- Aston Martin shares plunge 16% after volume target cut – CNBC
- U.A.W. Strike Gains Could Reverberate Far Beyond Autos – New York Times
- Musk says Tesla aims to make 200000 Cybertrucks a year – Reuters
- New 2023 Polestar 4 is brand’s lowest-carbon car – Autocar
- Aston Martin cuts volume target as new sports car hits production snag – Reuters
- Tata Motors rises after court awards compensation for West Bengal investment – Reuters
- Elon Musk, Prolific Tweeter, Thinks Zuck Doesn’t Post Enough on Threads – Businessinsider
- Peugeot to launch next 5008 midsize SUV in August 2024 – Automotive News
Tuesday Morning Auto News, Oct 31, 2023: Elon Musk lost $41 billion in 13 days. Usage of Musk’s X way down. Robust demand, weak yen spell big Toyota profits. More.
- Elon Musk has lost $41 billion in 13 days as market sours on EV – Fortune
- Usage of Elon Musk’s X is ‘down by every measure’ one year after his takeover – Businessinsider
- Toyota set to ride robust demand, weak yen to bumper profit – Reuters
- Big gains for UAW will boost many budgets but is there a domino effect? – Freep
- Stellantis says UAW, Unifor strikes cost it $3.2B in revenue – The Detroit News
- Stellantis says it is least hit by auto strikes – Reuters
- Toyota’s global sales, output climb to record – Automotive News
- Why Cruise Self – Driving Pause May Be Setback for Whole Industry – Wall Street Journal
- FirstFT: Counting the cost of the US car strikes – FT
- VW plans 2024 launch for ID7 Tourer, its first electric wagon – Automotive News
- Tesla’s enduring power is even clearer after the EV competition in Detroit falls flat – Businessinsider
- Berkshire Hathaway sells $25.8 mln worth of shares in China’s BYD – Reuters
- Volvo Cars to build EX30 in Ghent from 2025 – Just-Auto
- Stellantis plans low-cost EV brand with Leapmotor – Automotive News
- Renault had ‘friendly’ discussions with Chinese investment bank – Reuters
- How NASA plans to change moon landings with Blue Origin’s help – Washington Post
- Winners and losers of the UAW talks with GM, Ford and Stellantis – CNBC
Monday Morning Auto News, Oct 30, 2023: Toyota posts record global output, sales in April-Sept. period. Fidelity marked down Twitter/X by 65%. BYD reports record Q3 profit. More
- Toyota posts record global output, sales in April-Sept. period – Mainichi
- Fidelity has marked down the value of Twitter/X by 65% – Axios
- China EV maker BYD reports record quarterly profit of $1.42 bln in Q3 – Reuters
- Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover review – the billionaire is laughably grandiose at times – Guardian
- Panasonic EV Batteries Tumble to Loss on Tempered Tesla Demand – Bloomberg
- Geely’s statement on EU anti-subsidy probe on EVs – Just-Auto
- Land Rover’s EV Defender will be built in Slovakia – Just-Auto
- Jidu launches AI-based robocar in China – Just-Auto
- Toyota achieves record first-half sales, output – Automotive News
- Canadian auto union initiates national strike at Chrysler-parent Stellantis – CNBC
- California Governor Gavin Newsom Wraps Up China Trip With Tesla Factory Visit – Bloomberg
- GM’s biggest bets are running out of juice – Axios
World’s Largest Automakers, 3 Quarters 2023: Dynamic dinosaurs
According to strident prognostications of Tesla-boosters, world’s largest automakers are just about bankrupt. However, legacy dinosaurs show no signs of rolling over, and the desperate predictions are being ignored.
Toyota Group is firing on all cylinders, literally. Despite its BEV-skepticism, Toyota Group is far ahead of its contenders, and it might even break the 11-million-unit barrier when the year is over. September also marked the end of the first half of Toyota’s current discal, and the group recorded record output and sales for the period.
Ignoring the gloom&doom reports in the media, Volkswagen Group, up nearly 11% for the year, looks surprisingly sprightly.
Hyundai Group continues its steady climb upwards.