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- INSIGHT-Car dashboards that act like smart phones raise safety issues – Reuters: Car companies answer with an emphatic yes. They say outsized dashboard displays that behave more like smart phones will boost revenue and…
- Kazakhstan’s Rich Swap Horses for Rolls-Royces – Bloomberg: Oil-rich Kazakhstan represents the new frontier for the makers of the world’s most expensive cars. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg.
- Chevy uses bear, comic book geeks to fight F-150 in ads – Detroit News: Ads take aim at Ford’s extensive use of aluminum in 2015 pickup
- Fiat Scion’s Strategy Toward GM: Patience – WSJ:
- Sunniest Continent Lures Tesla as Solar Battery Race Accelerates – Bloomberg: Australia, the sunniest continent, is luring solar battery suppliers from Tesla Motors Inc. to LG Corp. as the global roll out of the technology for home..
- Mexico auto output, exports rise in June, steel a worry – Reuters: (Adds comment from Mexico’s steel chamber). By Joanna Zuckerman Bernstein. MEXICO CITY, July 6 (Reuters) – Mexico’s auto production rose 6.7…
- 2015 Honda HR-V – prices, specs and launch date – Autocar: New HR-V compact SUV will go on sale this September, with prices starting from PS17,995
- Car registrations up but sales stall – FT: Boom driven by heavy discounting by dealers
- GM’s Chevrolet takes shots at Ford’s aluminum F-150 – Freep: The rivalry between General Motors and Ford has intensified on a key battlefront: the pickup wars. GM released a stinging Web commercial taking…
- Rich Russians Beg Musk: Sell Us Your ‘IPhone on Wheels’ – Bloomberg: Almost 100,000 Russians follow Musk’s unofficial social media page, yet the Tesla founder seems to be promoting his dream car everywhere but here,…