- Tesla to gamble on Nevada car plant – FT: The scale of the plant highlights the risk the company is taking on being able to stir enough demand from mainstream customers for electric vehicles
- Tesla Picks Nevada for Battery ‘Gigafactory’ – WSJ: Tesla Motors is expected to choose a site in Nevada for its proposed $5 billion battery factory and announce the decision during a meeting with state officials on Thursday.
- Nevada and Tesla Hint at Site of Factory – NY Times: Tesla has been seeking incentives from states to build a factory that would produce batteries for its electric cars and for use on the power grid.
- Tesla settles on Nevada for battery factory: source – Reuters: Tesla Motors Inc is finalizing terms of a deal to build its first lithium-ion battery plant in Nevada and will make an announcement about the deal on Thursday, a person familiar with the matter said.
- RUSSIA: Renault bullish on long-term prospects – Just-auto: Renault Russia says its domestic market still remains one of huge opportunity despite the current political crisis raging between Moscow and Western capitals concerning Ukraine.
- RUSSIA: Scrappage could boost market 10%: Moscow analyst – Just-auto: Russia’s announcement it is to revive its automotive scrappage scheme could boost the beleaguered sector by up to 10% says one Moscow-based analyst.
- Add an L to Q70, Get a Longer Infiniti – NY Times: Infiniti’s alphabet soup may be confusing to some, but the refreshed-for-2015 Infiniti Q70 has an L variant that adds six inches to the wheelbase.
- GM’s New Electric Vehicle A Good Sign For Tesla’s Growing Market – Via Google News: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) is a visionary, who may be remembered in history for the electric car the way Steve Jobs is for the …
- Car technology systems failing consumers, J.D. Power study finds – DetN: Here’s why consumers say they don’t like the fancy tech systems in their cars: They don’t work very well.
- The Legendary Porsche 911, Remastered – WSJ: Singer Vehicle Design has fashioned the most retro-looking supercar on the road today—a bespoke remix of the classic air-cooled Porsche 911.
- Toyota will expand active safety systems to entire U.S. lineup – Automotive News: Toyota Division plans to make active safety technology — including anti-collision systems — available throughout its entire lineup in the United States by 2017, said Bill Fay, Toyota Division’s general manager.
- Mazda Unveils All-New Miata – NY Times: Mazda introduced the 2016 Mazda MX-5, known in the United States as the Miata, in Japan, Spain and California.
- S. Korea’s automobile exports plunge in Aug. – Via Google News: South Korea’s auto exports dropped sharply from a year earlier in August as output equally fell, the trade ministry said …
- Daimler Buys Uber Rival RideScout – WSJ: Daimler is making a bet on the ride-sharing economy, a day after Germany slapped a country-wide ban on Uber Technologies.
- August Sales Fall for G.M. as Trucks Lift Chrysler – NY Times: General Motors’ sales streak came to an end with a 1 percent decline in August, but Chrysler sales jumped 20 percent; Ford sales were flat.
- Australians may be allowed to shop online for cars and have them imported under new … – Via Google News: The Motor Vehicle Standards Act delivers national vehicle standards for new motor vehicles and regulates the first supply of used imported vehicles to …
- What Drove US Auto Sales Into High Gear? – Via Google News: Kelley Blue Book’s Karl Brauer and Dealertrack Technologies’ Dave Winslow discuss U.S. auto sales in August with Pimm Fox …
- Bits Blog: Uber Continues to Operate in Germany, Despite Court Ruling – NY Times: Despite facing a potential ban and possible fines in Germany, Uber has not only continued to operate in the country, it has seen an increase in activity there.
- Dealers Try to Boot Tesla From Georgia Over Technicality While Tesla Plans Nevada “Gigafactory” – Via Google News: The Georgia Automobile Dealers Association doesn’t like electric car maker Tesla Motors cutting out the middleman and selling directly to consumers.
- Tesla’s battle with Automobile Dealers Association intensifies in Georgia – Via Google News: Electric cars certainly have a bright future ahead of them as some day or the other humans will have to resort to other means of vehicular fuels than …
- Tesla to gamble on Nevada car plant – FT: The scale of the plant highlights the risk the company is taking on being able to stir enough demand from mainstream customers for electric vehicles
- Tesla Picks Nevada for Battery ‘Gigafactory’ – WSJ: Tesla Motors is expected to choose a site in Nevada for its proposed $5 billion battery factory and announce the decision during a meeting with state officials on Thursday.
- Nevada and Tesla Hint at Site of Factory – NY Times: Tesla has been seeking incentives from states to build a factory that would produce batteries for its electric cars and for use on the power grid.
- Tesla settles on Nevada for battery factory: source – Reuters: Tesla Motors Inc is finalizing terms of a deal to build its first lithium-ion battery plant in Nevada and will make an announcement about the deal on Thursday, a person familiar with the matter said.
- Tesla to announce plans for ‘gigafactory’ in Nevada – Automotive News: Tesla Motors is expected to announce Thursday that it has selected Nevada to be the site of its “gigafactory,” the large-scale lithium ion battery manufacturing plant estimated to cost up to $5 billion to build.
- Blistering August Sales Swell Luxury Vehicle Numbers – thedetroitbureau.com: Luxury car sales remained brisk during August as Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Lexus as well as Audi all posted healthy sales increases last month in what has become an increasingly contest sales. Overall, the industry benefitted from five selling weekends and stout sales programs from makers.
- Wheelies: The Little Landie Edition – NY Times: Jaguar Land Rover announces pricing for the 2015 Land Rover Discovery Sport; BMW recalls about 30 more cars because of Takata air-bag parts.
- TSLA News: Tesla Accused of Selling Too Many Cars in Georgia – Via Google News: Tesla Accused of Selling Too Many Cars in A petition from the Georgia Automobile Dealers Association is asking …
- Hefty Increase in RAV4 Sales Powers Toyota to Record August – Wards: Economic indicators give Toyota confidence heading into the fourth quarter, when its North American production will be the highest in seven years.