- SWEDEN: Mahindra & Mahindra silent on NEVS speculation – Just-auto: Indian manufacturer, Mahindra & Mahindra, is declining to comment on speculation it may be mulling buying a stake in troubled automaker, National Electric Vehicles Sweden (NEVS).
- Honda’s Takata airbag recall could top 1 million, report says – Automotive News: Honda expects to recall vehicles with potentially defective airbags, a move that could expand a massive airbag recall by more than a million, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
- UK: Europe to overtake US on car SIM technology – Just-auto: From the beginning of 2015 the European Union will require all new cars to be able to call emergency services in the event of an accident. Partly as a result of this new legislation, called eCall, a research company expects Europe to become the largest market for SIM technology in cars.
- US: Toyota and GM to replace airbag inflators in 844,277 cars – Just-auto: Toyota and General Motors will recall 844,277 cars in the United States to replace potentially faulty passenger side airbag inflators, the NHTSA said.
- Europe to overtake US on car SIM technology – Via Google News: This call is usually accompanied by a data transmission with details of the vehicle’s location, reducing the time to treatment considerably for anyone …
- Large-scale tests with self-driving cars to hit Dutch roads – Via Google News: Currently, Dutch drivers have limited abilities to hand control over their steering wheel to a car’s computer. Automatic parking for instance is permitted, …
- Has Aston Martin found its future owner in Mercedes-Benz? – Autocar: With Mercedes-Benz and Aston arranging close supply deals for the future, the stage is set for the British manufacturer to find itself under German ownership.
- A Fast and Furious auction: ‘Crown jewel’ of muscle cars sells for $3.5 MILLION after bidding for … – Via Google News: A forty-year-old American ‘muscle’ car that cost $5,000 (£3,000) new has just set a sale record after it was auctioned for a staggering $3.5 million (£2 …
- Nissan Vision Gran Turismo concept leaked – Autocar: New Nissan concept to become virtual race car, and could hint at the styling for the next GT-R too.
- Renault takes Nürburgring record with Mégane RS 275 Trophy-R – Autocar: Hot in the wheeltracks of the Mégane Renaultsport 275 Trophy, Renault unveils a limited-edition variant to celebrate its Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record.
- Android In Cars – Via Google News: Technology has largely reformed the global automotive industry by providing it with some exclusive features of comfort and infotainment. Each car …
- Tough tasks, deadlines loom in GM’s safety overhaul – Automotive News: The story of what went wrong in General Motors’ deadly ignition switch defect has been laid out in painful detail. Now GM is setting out to make good on CEO Mary Barra’s promise never to let another deadly flaw slip through.
- State franchise laws, sparked by Tesla, go too far, other automakers charge – Automotive News: Dealers’ opposition to Tesla Motors’ model of factory-owned stores has led states to propose laws defending franchised dealers. Automakers charge that the legal balance in the dealer-automaker relationship now is shifting too far in favor of dealers.
- Chevy’s making a big splash with Sonic, Spark – Automotive News: Long an also-ran in small-car sales, Chevy now outsells Toyota, Honda, Ford and Hyundai in the subcompact market while boasting incremental minicar volume, thanks to the success of the Sonic and Spark.
- Visit to a Tesla Service Station in Beijing, China – CarNewsChina.com: Yesterday I went to a Tesla Service Station in Beijing for an inspection tour. I came uninvited and anonymous. It is the only service station in Beijing and only the second service station in the whole of China, the other one is in Shanghai. The station is located in a large two-story building on a […]
- NADA moves to counter franchise system critics – Via Google News: Franchised car dealers have taken plenty of heat for their resistance to Tesla Motors’ state-by-state campaign to sell cars directly to …
- Lincoln to launch five new cars in China by 2016 – CarNewsChina.com: Lincoln will launch five new cars in China by 2016, showing Ford’s luxury brand is finally getting serious about attacking the largest car market in the world. First up is the Lincoln MKC SUV. It will be imported into China with a launch on the Chinese auto market scheduled for Q4.
- LG Chem Signs Major Battery Supply Deals – Via Google News: With the latest deal with Shanghai Automotive, the largest Chinese … IHS, a global market researcher, predicted that China’s eco-friendly car market …
- Landwind E32 is a blue Range Rover Evoque in China – CarNewsChina.com: New spy shots of the Landwind E32 SUV all-naked in China, still looking like a Range Rover Evoque in blue. Land Wind lettering in the same style as Range Rover lettering finishes a almost perfect copy-paste job. The latest reports indicate the E32 will be called ‘Landwind X7? when it hits the Chinese car market
- GM Says It Has a Shield – WSJ: General Motors has argued in recent weeks that the auto maker’s 2009 bankruptcy filing shields it from certain liabilities stemming from ignition-switch problems.
- Reinvented Aston Martin to launch in 2016 with new models and tech – Autocar: A new Aston Martin DB9 will kick off the brand’s rebirth when it launches in 2016, bringing with it a new aluminium architecture and supported by a new range of Mercedes-AMG engines.
- Tesla move sparks car tech talks – FT: Nissan, BMW and Tesla keen to discuss standardising global vehicle-charging standards in further sector attempt to promote low-emission autos
- Audi triumphs over Porsche and Toyota at the Le Mans 24 Hours – Autocar: The Ingolstadt manufacturer racks up its 13th victory at La Sarthe after a tense battle with Toyota and Porsche.
- Inside Fiat’s secret car museum – picture gallery – Autocar: Located in a discreet street in Turin, the Centro Storico Fiat houses many important treasures from the past of one of Italy’s greatest car manufacturers.
- Williams to grow road car business with F1 know-how and tech – Autocar: Williams Advanced Engineering to collaborate on road car projects, with ongoing partnerships with JLR and Nissan.
- GM Europe’s aggressive profit target for Opel looks hard to achieve – DetN: GM Europe’s financially troubled Opel-Vauxhall subsidiary is pledged to return to the black by 2016 and has now set itself some tough sales targets for 2022, but the profit goal looks more like a wish than a possibility.
- Chinas’s growing auto industry sees Detroit as a place for investment – DetN: Detroit is a prime destination for Chinese carmakers , manufacturers and parts suppliers looking to grow the Asian country’s auto industry.
- GM recalls 510,000 Camaros for ignition problem linked to 3 crashes – DetN: General Motors Co. is recalling more than 500,000 vehicles because the airbags could fail to deploy in a frontal crash if a driver’s knee bumps the key fob and causes the key to move out of the ‘run’ position.
- G.M. Recalls Camaros to Replace Faulty Keys – NY Times: The action covers half a million 2010 to 2014 Camaros, which can stall if their key fobs are jostled..
- Chrysler board adds 6 new directors – DetN: Chrysler Group LLC said Friday it nearly doubled the size of its board, adding some key company executives and the former chief financial officer of Philip Morris International.
