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- Meet Mercedes-Benz’s Vision Tokyo, a self-driving car for the megacity – Fortune: A number of U.S. companies-including Audi, Bosch, Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz unit, Delphi Automotive, Google, and Nissan-have permits through a…
- TOKYO SHOW: OEMs optimistic on China long-term prospects – Just-auto: As the world’s auto industry considers the ramifications of economic slowdown in the world’s largest car market, some OEMs – including VW and Nissan – have expressed upbeat views on long-term prospects for China’s vehicle market.
- Under the non-existent skin of the amazing Toyota Kikai – Autocar: One of Toyota’s stand-out concepts at the Tokyo motor show is the stripped-down Kikai, which exists to show that engineering can be beautiful too As a kid, I used to love Technical Lego and Meccano, so I suppose it is little wonder that I also love the big, bold, chunky Toyota Kikai unveiled at the Tokyo motor show.
- Honda takes on Toyota Mirai with roomier fuel cell sedan – Automotive News: Honda will begin sales of a 7.66 million yen ($63,000) hydrogen-powered sedan in March that has a longer driving range and a roomier interior than Toyota’s Mirai fuel cell car.
- Honda boss backs all-electric sports car – Autocar: Smaller pure-EV stablemate for new NSX would have a motor driving each wheel and up to 350bhp Honda’s President has given his support to plans for a four-motor, pure-electric sports car that could sit just below the newly launched NSX in its line-up.
- Lexus LF-LC Concept Offers a Good Look at Luxury Brand’s Future – Detroit Bureau: Want to get a good idea of where the Lexus brand will be heading over the next decade? Check out the new LF-FC concept that debuted at the Tokyo Motor Show on Weds. The distinctive, hydrogen-powered sedan, with its gesture controls and other high-tech features, will strongly influence the next Lexus LS, reports TheDetroitBureau.com.
- TOKYO SHOW: Mitsubishi Electric develops ‘deep learning’ – Just-auto: Mitsubishi Electric says it has developed a technology to detect absent-mindedness and other cognitive distractions in drivers when their vehicles are travelling straight, using a type of machine-learning algorithm known as deep learning.
- Hacking your car is cool with us, says US copyright authority – Washington Post: “We all know that working on and tinkering with a modern car is a very … a personal automobile, commercial motor vehicle or mechanized agricultural…
- Porsche SE cuts guidance on Volkswagen’s emissions scandal – Reuters: FRANKFURT Oct 28 Porsche Automobil Holding SE , the family-owned holding company that controls a majority stake in Volkswagen, cut its full-year…
- Mercedes-Benz Vision Tokyo is a Connected Lounge on Wheels – Detroit Bureau: Mercedes-Benz’s latest attempt to reshape tomorrow’s luxury cars is the Vision Tokyo, a five-seat “connected lounge.” For details, go to TheDetroitBureau.com.
- 2015 Tokyo: The Lexus LF-FC Flagship Concept previews the next-generation LS – Egmcartech: The 2015 Tokyo Motor Show is in full swing and adding to the list of major reveals this year is something pretty significant from Lexus. Following the…
- Volkswagen slumps to first quarterly loss in at least 15 years – Reuters: … in line with a 3.47 billion-euro loss forecast in a Reuters poll of analysts. … Steps could include discounts on new cars if owners turn in old models as…
- Volkswagen, Tinged With Scandal, Posts Its First Quarterly Loss in Years – New York Times: FRANKFURT – Volkswagen said on Wednesday that it had a net loss of $1.84 billion in the third quarter, its first quarterly decline in more than a…
- China’s SAIC investing more than $3.2 bln in new energy vehicles – Reuters: Aims to sell 600,000 green cars by 2020. * Green car sales tripled ytd in China (Adds context). BEIJING Oct 28 (Reuters) – China’s SAIC Motor Corp…
- EU member states far apart on engine tests despite VW scandal – Reuters: European nations are sharply divided over plans to tighten EU car-testing rules, despite the Volkswagen emissions…
- VW slumps to first quarterly loss in at least 15 years – Reuters: Volkswagen posted its first quarterly loss in at … as well as cheap loans and incentives to dealers to buy back older cars.
- Toyota chief says would be wrong for diesel use to fall due to VW scandal – Reuters: “Diesel has its merits, and it would be wrong if the ongoing scandal led to the end of diesel use,” Toyota President Akio Toyoda told reporters at the…
- VW Posts $3.85 Billion Third-Quarter Loss on Emissions Scandal – Bloomberg: Volkswagen AG contained the financial fallout from its emissions cheating as its namesake car brand boosted third-quarter margins and provisions to…
- We’re Bullish on Fuel Cell Technology: Lexus – Bloomberg: Mark Templin, executive vice president of Lexus International, discusses the company’s new flagship model, the push for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles,…
- Ghosn fights to preserve Renault-Nissan alliance through crisis – Automotive News: Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said the two automakers will preserve their 16-year alliance through a crisis that has…
- Dongfeng Nissan to grab 10% Compact Cars Market by Unveiling Its New Lannia at Low Price – Automotive News: Guan Run, the president of Dongfeng Motor company, told National Business Daily that ” Dongfeng Nissan plans to take up 10% of compact cars…
- Emerging Stocks Head for Two-Week Low as Fed Rate Decision Looms – Bloomberg: Hyundai Glovis Co. led industrial shares lower after the South Korean company’s profit lagged estimates. Indonesian stocks sank 1.6 percent.
- Mazda’s Rotary Engine May Make a Comeback – WSJ: By Yoko Kubota. Mazda’s concept RX-Vision sports car with a rotary engine is displayed at the Tokyo motor show. Miho Inada/The Wall Street Journal.