Archives for February 2015

Saturday morning car news roundup, February 28, 2015

Saturday-night-live

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Who makes the most cars in North America? Who has the largest auto factory in the U.S.? Don’t be embarrassed, few get it right

Who's got the biggest?

Who’s got the biggest?

Spaniard José Muñoz, formerly chief of Nissan Mexicana, was elevated to Chairman Nissan North America in the beginning of last year. He also is a member of Nissan’s executive committee, and the price of that glory is a 24 hour flight from Nashville to Tokyo, once a month. It’s that time of the month again, and Muñoz took the opportunity to brief Japanese reporters on his progress in America. Executive summary: All good. Munoz also brought two surprising statistics to the meeting, surprising at least for those who were not paying attention. [ There is more … ]

Friday morning car news roundup, February 27, 2015

Today is Friday

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Volkswagen develops 5 splitting headaches

Winterkorn in Beijing - Picture courtesy Bertel Schmitt

I brauch an Aspirin

In all of 2014, Toyota was 145,546 units ahead of Volkswagen. In January, the lead narrowed to a very skinny 10,457. All signs point to Volkswagen taking the top spot this year, especially when one considers Toyota’s obstinate refusal to grow while Volkswagen pours a hundred billion dollars into expansion. A victory at what costs? Germany’s influential Spiegel Magazine found five pounding problems in Wolfsburg: [ There is more … ]

Thursday morning car news roundup, February 26, 2015

Today is Thursday

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Next exit Toyota: World’s largest automakers start the year with the foot on the brake

Reduce speed

Reduce speed

Toyota started the year with something unusual: With a minus sign. The world’s largest automaker produced 828,057 units worldwide in January, that’s 3.2% below January 2014. A few weeks ago, number two Volkswagen already announced that its worldwide growth had come pretty much to a halt in January. In the U..S., January was good, and February will be good. Globally, and that’s how a large automaker views its business, the markets appear to have peaked already.

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Model S charges for free in China’s countryside, Tesla doesn’t like it

Picture courtesy Carnewschina.com

Picture courtesy Carnewschina.com

The owner of a Tesla Model S was caught stealing power in the Chinese countryside near Chengdu, Carnewschina reports. Someone had climbed up the utility pole, clipped wires on the line, ran them to a jury-rigged transformer, and other Rube Goldberg-style installations, until a Model S received its juice without the owners receiving a utility bill.

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Wednesday morning car news roundup, February 25, 2015

Today is Wednesday

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