- Startup Li Auto is beating Tesla China’s EV sales – CNBC
- At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Mars – Reuters
- Man vs. Musk: A Whistleblower Creates Headaches for Tesla – New York Times
- Biden wants UAW style labor deal for all US auto workers – Reuters
- Grimes Couldn’t Catch Elon Musk to Serve Custody Papers for Children – Businessinsider
- GM credit card being dropped by Goldman Sachs; GM eyes new partners – Automotive News
- Focus: Investors pull away from GM’s Cruise bet – Reuters
- SpaceX is gearing up for the second flight of Starship – Washington Post
- Vauxhall offering biggest discounts in UK as incentives return – Autocar
- Chinese EV maker Zeekr hastens US IPO: unit of Geely Auto seeks to expand product line to … – SCMP
- New Polestar 4 gains autonomous tech with ‘centimetre precision’ – Autocar
Friday Morning Auto News, Nov 10, 2023: Startup Li Auto is beating Tesla China’s EV sales. At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Mars. Whistleblower Creates Headaches for Tesla. More.
Thursday Morning Auto News, Nov 09, 2023: Profits, forecasts jump at Nissan, Honda. Polestar trims delivery forecast, halves margin target. Billionaire’s moonshot postponed. More.
- Honda Hikes Full-year Forecasts – Barrons
- Honda profit jumps on booming U.S., lifts forecasts – Automotive News
- Nissan Motor Posts Sharp Profit Increase on Stronger Sales – Wall Street Journal
- Nissan Raises Profit Forecast After Renault Alliance Reset – Bloomberg
- Polestar trims delivery forecast, halves margin target – Automotive News
- Japanese Billionaire’s Lunar SpaceX Voyage Postponed – Barrons
- Nissan more than doubles Q2 operating profit, beating estimates – Reuters
- X Staff Almost Called Cops to Carry Out Wellness Check for Musk – Businessinsider
- Network outage hits Nissan, retail network – Automotive News
- Japan billionaire Maezawa’s moon flyby pushed back to 2024 or beyond – Reuters
- Fain: UAW members ‘won back our dignity’ in strike against Ford, GM, Stellantis – Freep
- GM employees return to work after 17-day strike in Brazil – Reuters
- E- Trucks Are So Costly Scania Will Offer Them as Pay-Per-Use – Bloomberg
- Honda Hit With Patent Infringement Suit Over GPS Technology – Bloomberglaw
Wednesday Morning Auto News, Nov 08, 2023: Striking Tesla workers blockade port. Kia halts plant after accident. Tesla accused of ripping off Kodak tech. More.
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- Tesla faces blockade at Swedish ports over labor dispute – Automotive News
- South Korea’s Kia halts assembly plant after fatal supplier accident – Reuters
- Tesla’s Autopilot Accused of Ripping Off Kodak Technology – Bloomberglaw
- Signal: Toyota dominates solid – Just-Auto
- Workers in Sweden Will Expand Strike Against Tesla – New York Times
- Hyundai’s Supernal to Build US Plant to Make First Flying Electric Taxis eVTOL – Bloomberg
- Salt Lake City launches new Lyft feature for women and nonbinary users – Axios
- Shell edges out Volkswagen to top the list of companies bringing in the most revenue in Europe – Fortune
- Hyundai Motor Group air taxi unit plans US manufacturing facility – Reuters
- Biden will meet UAW’s Fain in Illinois for post-strike victory lap – Automotive News
- Nissan, Renault Launch ‘Rebalanced’ Alliance – Barrons
Tuesday Morning Auto News, Nov 07, 2023: Tesla to Raise Model Y Prices in China. Unifor members ratify three-year agreement with Stellantis. More.
- Tesla to Raise Model Y Prices in China Following Style Revamp – Bloomberg
- Unifor members ratify three-year agreement with Stellantis – The Detroit News
- China EV Makers Fall on Report of Tesla’s Cheaper EU-Made Model – Bloomberg
- With electric vehicle sales growth slowing, Stellantis Ram brand has an answer: An onboard charger – Washington Post
- Stellantis workers vote in favour of collective agreement: Unifor – Bnnbloomberg
- Uber reports third-quarter results that miss analysts’ expectations – CNBC
- Stellantis: 2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger to deliver big range – Freep
- NTT to test driverless tech with Toyota and invest in U.S. startup – Japantimes
- Fisker promotes former Aston Martin engineer to CTO – Automotive News
- NTT and Toyota to join May Mobility in AVs – Just-Auto
- Toyota extends output cut at Chinese JV to ease dealer pressure – Reuters
- How do Nio’s battery swapping stations work? – Autocar
- Spacex projects sales of $15 billion in 2024 – Bloomberg
- Ram’s Answer to EV Truck Range Anxiety Is a Gas Generator – Bloomberg
Best-selling BEV in Germany: A car you may not have heard of.
Despite an allegedly “giga” factory in allegedly “Berlin,” Tesla is unable to out-BEV the legacy dinosaurs in Germany. In the month of October, Volkswagen Group re-gained the top rank it had lost to Stellantis in September. Surprisingly, BMW Group slotted into 2nd place with 13.6% of all BEVs registered in Germany in October. Stellantis took 3rd. Tesla came in behind Daimler. Best-selling BEV in Germany was a relatively unknown Skoda Enyaq, adding to Volkswagen’s leadership role. [ There is more … ]