- 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
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.
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 … ]
Monday Morning Auto News, Nov 06, 2023: Tesla to build 25,000-euro car in Germany, sources say. Toyota recalls RAV4. NTT to develop driverless vehicles with Toyota. More.
- Tesla to build 25,000-euro car at German plant – Reuters
- Toyota recalls RAV4 in US due to fire risk – Just-Auto
- NTT to develop driverless vehicles with Toyota, invest $67 million in startup – Reuters
- Japanese Scientists Reinvent Fuel Cells With Graphene Breakthrough – Businessinsider
- Tesla Gives Pay Rise to Workers Amid Union Push – Businessinsider
- Elon Musk’s new AI chatbot sure sounds like a foul-mouthed Twitter troll – Businessinsider
- Exclusive: Elon Musk’s X restructuring curtails disinformation research, spurs legal fears – Reuters
- Board of GM’s Cruise hires law firm to review regulatory responses – Automotive News
- Meet Grok: Elon Musk’s AI bot has ‘a bit of wit and a rebellious streak’ as it seeks to take on ChatGPT – Fortune
- Lyft’s gains from price cuts not enough to dent Uber’s US lead – Reuters
- Tesla Stock Rises. It Raises Some Workers’ Pay. It’s Not Free of Union Pressure. – Barrons
- 35K 2025 Volvo EX30 is a game-changer for affordable EVs – Freep