- Tesla faces rejection from locals for plans to expand German site – Reuters
- Audi could oust tech boss for new model delays – Autocar
- Twitter employees monitored Elon Musk’s jet-tracking account to see when he’d be in the office – Businessinsider
- Ford cuts prices of all variants of Mustang Mach E electric SUV – Reuters
- Tesla ambitions to expand in Germany hit by locals’ rejection – Automotive News
- Stellantis CEO: No merger discussions, despite Chinese competition – The Detroit News
- This chinese ev shake off snow like a puppy – Autoblog
- Navalny Death: Musk’s X Suspends Yulia Navalnaya Account After She Accused Putin – Bloomberg
- Ford slashes price of electric Mustang Mach-E after sales plunge – Mercurynews
- Jeep recalls nearly 200,000 plug-in hybrids over defroster issue – Autoblog
- Elon Musk: Neuralink patient can move mouse with their mind – Fortune
- The CEO of a Hyundai’s electric air taxi subsidiary thinks we’ll be flying in them by 2028 – Fortune
- BYD Enters South America with Seagull, Continues to Eye NA – Wardsauto
- Japan a Minor EV Player Despite Record Sales in 2023 – Wardsauto
Wednesday Morning Auto News, Feb 21, 2024: Locals reject Tesla expansion. Audi could can tech boss. Twitter employees monitored Musk’s jet. Ford cuts EV prices. More.
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Tuesday Morning Auto News, Feb 20, 2024: Ukraine wants Russia to stop using Starlink. Fisker faces delisting. GM orders truck stop-sale. Nvidia dethrones Tesla. More.
February 20, 2024 By
- Ukraine seeking action to stop Russian use of Starlink, minister says – Reuters
- China’s EV price war to hot up as carmakers respond to BYD’s discounts – SCMP
- Tesla rival Fisker faces possible NYSE delisting, safety investigation – Fortune
- GM orders stop-sale of 2024 Chevrolet Colorado, GMC Canyon pickups – Freep
- Nvidia dethrones Tesla as Wall Street’s most traded stock – Reuters
- VW, Renault and Stellantis Under Pressure to Team Up on Cheap EVs – Bloomberg
- Reuters wins Polk Award for coverage of Elon Musk’s business empire – Reuters
- Rivian Needs to Show It Can Stop Burning Cash as EV Demand Slows – Bloomberg
- Maserati Delays Launch of Electric Quattroporte – Wardsauto
- UK diesel car sales rise following electric car stumble – Autocar
- EU new car sales rise 12% y/y in January – Reuters
- Rivian and Lucid to report Q4 earnings as the once-hot startups face cooling EV demand – Automotive News
- BYD to debut first plug-in hybrid for Europe, upscale Denza, Yangweng models in Geneva – Automotive News
- 19 thoughts on the Mercedes-Benz G 550 Professional Edition – Autoblog
Monday Morning Auto News, Feb 19, 2024: Hyundai takes over Mobis fuel cell ops. Volvo plans to be fully electric by 2030. BYD announces stock buyback. More.
February 19, 2024 By
- Hyundai takes over Mobis fuel cell operations – Just-Auto
- BYD Announces New Stock Buyback and Plans More Luxury Models – Bloomberg
- Volvo plans to be fully electric by 2030 – Mercurynews
- Wife of Tesla employee killed in perhaps first ‘Full Self-Driving’ crash says they were ‘guinea pigs’ – Autoblog
- Self-Driving Cars Might Just Transform the Way We Work – Wall Street Journal
- Xpeng plans to hire 4,000 people, invest in AI as CEO warns intense EV rivalry may end in ‘bloodbath’ – CNBC
- China’s Xpeng to boost spending to survive ‘bloody sea’ of EV competition – FT
- Chinese smartphone vendors from Meizu to Oppo step up AI integration in their devices … – SCMP
- Tesla Rival BYD Share Buybacks Fail to Lift Buffett-Backed EV Maker’s Stock – Barrons
- Worker death forces Subaru to suspend output in Japan – Automotive News
- Alpine A290 EV hot hatch drops disguise before June reveal – Autocar
- New Toyota Prius to go on sale priced from £37,515 – Autocar
- Stellantis could build Chinese partner Leapmotor’s EVs in Italy – Automotive News
Friday Morning Auto News, Feb 16, 2024: Farley has regrets. Lucid slashes prices VW pressured to exit Xinjiang. Stellantis, Renault play down merger talk. More.
February 16, 2024 By
- Ford CEO Farley says he has regrets – Freep
- Lucid slashes prices of Air luxury EVs – Reuters
- Volkswagen Under Pressure to Ditch Its China Joint Venture as U.S. Impounds Vehicles – Wall Street Journal
- Stellantis, Renault heads play down merger speculation – Reuters
- Volkswagen’s Xinjiang retreat is sign of times – Reuters
- Musk’s Tesla Could Use a Buyback Pick-Me-Up – Bloomberg
- Tesla and Elon Musk Show Why Governance Doesn’t Matter—Until It Does – Wall Street Journal
- Volkswagen Plans to Supply EV Parts, Cells to India’s Mahindra – Bloomberg
- Renault says bigger is not better as Stellantis stokes M&A talk – Automotive News
- VW to supply Mahindra with electric components, battery cells – Automotive News
- Mahindra to use Volkswagen electric components, battery cells – Reuters
- Toyota Boshoku America Strengthens Bodies, Minds and Hope for Local Organization – FT
- Chinese EV Maker BYD Exploring Mexico Factory as Entry to U.S. Market – Wall Street Journal
- SpaceX rocket blasts off carrying a U.S. firm’s spacecraft on a mission to land on the moon – Fortune
- Space Stock Soars on SpaceX Moon Launch. That’s Lunacy. – Barrons
- Volkswagen -backed Scout Motors developing $50,000 electric SUV – Fortune
- Russia using thousands of SpaceX Starlink terminals in Ukraine, WSJ says – Reuters
- GM’s Cruise hardware chief resigns in latest exit after operations suspended – Reuters
- Elon Musk to seek district court review of order in SEC X case – Reuters
- May Mobility lays off 40 amid self-driving headwinds – Automotive News
- People really don’t want to tip their Uber and Lyft drivers – Businessinsider
- Detroit Three distinctly positioned for EV regulation, growing China threat – The Detroit News
- Ford CEO Says Once-Good Relationship With UAW Altered by Strike – Bnnbloomberg
- China’s battery strategy and disappointing Spacs – FT
- 2 takeaways from Ford CEO Jim Farley that boost our confidence in the automaker’s stock – CNBC
- Lyft’s Extra Zero Puts Focus on Corporate Controls: Explained – Bloomberglaw
- Ford Looking Outside UAW Strongholds After Strike – Wardsauto
- GM’s Barra calls 2024 ‘year of execution’ as she looks to reverse regrets of 2023 – Freep
- Ford’s Jim Farley says he regrets not tackling quality problems sooner as CEO – Automotive News
- 2024 ‘year of execution’ for GM as it scales EV production – Automotive News
- Kia joint venture aims to double exports in 2024 – Automotive News
- Stellantis looks to improve on 2023 after weathering UAW strike – Automotive News
- Honda’s Win Upheld in Civic Air Conditioning Class Action Suit – Bloomberglaw
- BMW Enters Fray in Arigna-Longford Patent Suit Funding Dispute – Bloomberglaw
- Biden’s nicely loaded, built-to-order Cadillac ATS-V is up for sale – Autoblog
- Ford CEO: UAW strike on Kentucky truck plant ‘changed’ relationship – Freep
- Brazil sustainability rules should not make cars more expensive, Volkswagen says – Reuters
- GM looking at the best path to unlock value at Cruise, CEO Barra says – Reuters
- Former Stellantis exec Mark Stewart takes reins as CEO of Goodyear – Automotive News
- Mercedes -Benz pivots focus to lower-priced models to drive sales in 2024 – Automotive News
- GM CEO Sees Pivot to Luxury as Antidote to China Profit Slump – Bloomberg
- Citroëns assembled from imported kits at Stellantis Russia plant – Just-Auto
- GM, Ford chiefs open to EV partnerships to compete with China – Nikkei
- Heard on the Street: Stellantis Will Return 11% Of Its Market Value in Cash – Wall Street Journal
- Stellantis CEO Says He’s Aligned With Chairman on M&A – Bloomberg
- Top semiconductor maker opens 2nd Japan plant with Toyota funds – Automotive News
- Tesla’s new update is designed to make charging in the cold less of a headache – Businessinsider
- Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares seeks to ease tensions with Italy – Automotive News
- Tesla update is designed to make charging in the cold work better – Autoblog
- Ford CEO Says Once-Good Relationship With UAW Altered by Strike – Bloomberg
- VW’s Scout EV Brand Seeks Cheap Battery in Push to Go Mainstream – Bloomberg
- Car thefts and carjackings are up. Unreliable data make it hard to pinpoint why – Mercurynews
- Stellantis CEO says automaker is pedal to the metal on EVs – Freep
- An economist on Lyft’s extremely expensive typo – Fortune
- Lotus Emeya completes final stage of test and development programme – Just-Auto
- Ford CEO: Forget Tesla, ‘Pro’ unit is auto industry’s future – CNBC
- Ford CEO tells Wall Street to forget Tesla, says ‘Pro’ business is the future of the auto industry – CNBC
- India’s Tata Group mulls battery business spinoff – Reuters
- Volkswagen “neutral” but not “silent” on UAW unionization effort – Axios
- Ford CEO Jim Farley will ‘think carefully’ about future factory locations after last year’s UAW strike – Fortune
- Chinese Slave Labor Allegations Hold Up VW’s Audi, Porsche, Bentley Vehicles at U.S. Ports – Motortrend
- Elon Musk’s Tesla Ownership Hits 20.5%, Over $120 Billion – Businessinsider
- Ford CEO says company will rethink where it builds vehicles after last year’s autoworkers strike – Washington Post
Thursday Morning Auto News, Feb 15, 2024: Stainless Cybertruck rusts in rain. Uber buys back shares. Terrorists pay for blue checks. Musk demanded boost for his posts. More.
February 15, 2024 By
- Are Brand-New Tesla Cybertrucks Rusting in the Rain? – Motortrend
- Uber’s first profitable year brings another milestone: a $7 billion share buyback plan, its first ever – Fortune
- Terrorists Are Paying for Check Marks on X, Report Says – New York Times
- Musk Changed Twitter’s Algorithm When His Tweets Didn’t Pop Off: Book – Businessinsider
- Elon Musk Has a Lot to Say About Ukraine. And a Lot to Learn. – Bloomberg
- Marine vet credits Raptor for saving his life in crash — and Ford was listening – Freep
- Renault Says Bigger Isn’t Better as Stellantis Stokes M&A Talk – Bnnbloomberg
- GM Super Cruise adds hands-free driving on rural roads – Axios
- Stellantis CEO Declares ‘Love for Italy’ in Bid to Defuse Clash – Bnnbloomberg
- BYD Seal launches in Nepal – Just-Auto
- Ford expands EV testing labs in UK – Just-Auto
- Ex-JLR design boss Massimo Frascella replaces Marc Lichte at Audi – Autocar
- Waymo recalled vehicles to update automated driving software – Reuters
- Biden’s drive for EVs collides with Detroit’s profit machines – Reuters