- Volkswagen Combines The Tiny And The Terrifying With Its Own Animal Mashup Campaign – Fastcocreate: Volkswagen and agency Ogilvy & Mather Cape Town created a series of awesome animal mash-ups, combining the tiny and terrifying, that perfectly…
- Report: More info about the Toyota-BMW potential Supra successor – Egmcartech: CARandDRIVER claims to have received more information regarding the highly-anticipated Toyota-BMW midsize sports car collaboration that has…
- How to Quickly Unlock Your Tesla Model S From The Inside – Video – Autoevolution: With all the hype around Elon Musk’s press conference from two weeks ago where Tesla Motors vowed to kill range anxiety with the release of a new…
- Volkswagen considers solid-state batteries for electric cars – Ecomento: Later this year, Volkswagen will decide whether to implement a new type of battery technology for future electric cars. The German carmaker is…
- BELGIUM: Suppliers preparing for further CO2 regulations: CLEPA president – Just-auto: European automotive supplier body, CLEPA, says ever-tougher CO2 regulations are driving the industry to significantly improve efficiency and that the sector is prepared for a future tightening of goals.
- Toyota’s New Sports Car Might Not Go Hybrid – Topspeed: In a collaborative project codenamed “Silk Road,” Toyota and BMW are teaming up to build the next-generation Supra and Z4.
- Reuters Poll: Oil prices to stabilize as demand rises – Reuters: Oil prices should stabilise in the second half of this year and rise in … This has encouraged motorists to make more use of their cars and let…
- Tesla urges Japanese Battery Suppliers To Take Gigafactory Risk – Greencarreports: Almost as soon as it announced plans to build its lithium-ion cell “Gigafactory,” Tesla Motors began to hint that it could be the first of many.
- BMW To Double i8 Production To Meet Demand – Thetruthaboutcars: The i Series overall has done well for itself in 2014, BMW stating that it sold over 18,000 i3s and i8s that year; a third of those sales went to the United…
- Honda to launch mini convertible – The-japan-news: Honda Motor Co. said Monday it will release the S660 two-seater on Thursday, the company’s first convertible sports minicar in 19 years.
- Nvidia Technology Will Make Self-Driving Cars a Reality Soon – The Street: The power of a super-computer can be packed into a device that’s small enough — and cheap enough — for vehicles.
- Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA) Moves To Cure Range Anxiety In China – Learnbonds: Range anxiety remains the biggest hurdle that Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) is facing on its push to sell more cars in China. One of the owners of…
- RUSSIA: GAZ aims for 30% non ex-Soviet Union sales in three years – Just-auto: Russian automaker, GAZ Group says it “must be” selling 30% of its production to non ex-Soviet Union countries in three years as the organisation looks to take advantage of a depreciating rouble.
- GM Oshawa plant closings would have ‘profound’ impact, union study says – Globe and Mail: The closing of two General Motors Co. assembly plants in Oshawa, Ont., would wipe out about 30,000 jobs, slice more than $5-billion out of Ontario’s…
- Internet giants drive into the electric vehicle space – Zawya: Internet companies are looking to disrupt the auto industry with new smart e-vehicles, but widespread adoption in Asia may not be cured by new…
- LG Chem inks battery deal with Daimler – Korea Herald: LG Chem said Monday it has inked a deal to supply battery cells to German auto giant Daimler’s Smart brand for its next-generation electric models.
- Cadillac CT6 to bring lightweight approach to GM products – Inautonews: General Motors is set to introduce the upcoming large size CT6 sedan during the New York Auto Show this week and while the model is bringing a…
- Autonomous cars to learn from drones – Iol: While demonstrating an autonomous car and other prototype systems … we’d expected,” Valeo innovation chief Guillaume Devauchelle told Reuters. … Cars that complete whole journeys without human input are still many years…
- Datsun brought back to life with French expertise – Inautonews: The French Japanese Renault-Nissan alliance has found that a mass-market automaker can also go down to ultimately go up – in terms of brand…
- BMW’s electrifying performance – Stockopedia: BMW Group is the world’s largest premium carmaker and saw sales volumes rise 7.9% in 2014 to a record 2.1m units. This was driven by a recovery in…
- Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA) Excess Inventory In China, Speculators To Blame – Opptrends: Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO and founder Elon Musk had an impression that his vehicles were demanded in large numbers in China,….
- Ford revives the Lincoln Continental, aims at US and China – Fortune: No comeback for the trademark fins or the rear-hinged ‘suicide doors’ of the 1960s, but Ford thinks the name recognition alone will be enough to make…
- Volvo Cars to Build $500 Million U.S. Factory to Revive Sales – Bloomberg: Volvo Car Group plans to invest about $500 million to build its first auto factory in the U.S. in a bid to revive sales, which have tumbled…
- Bloomberg: Meet the 26-year-old design prodigy behind the Honda S660 roadster – Biznews: Honda_S660_Concept_front-left_2013_Tokyo_Motor_Show (Bloomberg) – Honda Motor Co. will soon learn whether giving a designer with no…
- Renault seeks increased appeal for Zoe electric car – Inautonews: The incremental update also comes after earlier this month on the sidelines of the Geneva Motor Show, Renault Nissan alliance chief executive officer…
- G-Power BMW M550d Wagon Tops 270 km/h – Motorward: G-Power is a BMW specialist with a huge obsession with records. They are always after making the fastest and most powerful Bimmers in every class…