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- Mahindra looks at petrol engines after temporary diesel ban – Reuters: NS) is developing petrol engines for its existing vehicles after the Supreme Court temporarily banned the sale of large diesel cars in New Delhi to fight…
- Tesla picks fight with Bloomberg over George Hotz homemade self-driving car story – Ibtimes: Tesla claims a Bloomberg article, profiling iPhone hacker George Hotz and the … The electric car maker believes the article did not correctly represent it, … an autonomous driving system that can be deployed to production vehicles.
- Edmunds forecasts US sales records for 2015 – Just-auto: Edmunds.com has estimated 1,688,167 new cars and trucks will be sold in the USi n December 2015 for an estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 17.8m.
- UK’s plug-in car grant extended until 2018 – updated – Autocar: The plug-in car grant has been extended until at least March 2018, but its total value has fallen to PS4500
- Tesla Motors completes registration of corporate entity in S. Korea: sources – Yonhap: Tesla Motors Co. seems to be ramping up its move to enter the South Korean market as it has recently completed…
- Toyota’s tech takes the wheel – Automotive News: Toyota wants its autonomous cars to work with their drivers like “close friends who share a common purpose, sometimes watching over each other and…
- Many automobile companies fulfill the annual sales plan ahead of schedule, but complaints from … – Automotive News: Some joint-venture brands such as Beijing Benz, Changan Mazda have also completed the sales target ahead of schedule. However, apart from the…
- Smoggy With a Chance of Disruption: Beijing Issues New Red Alert – Bloomberg: Past failures to clear cars from the road or keep kids out of the smog spurred accusations of inaction, while the alert system drew criticism about the…
- Humans Are Slamming Into Driverless Cars and Exposing a Key Flaw – Bloomberg: The self-driving car, that cutting-edge creation that’s supposed to lead to a world without accidents, is achieving the exact opposite right now: The…
- Takata Air-Bag Crisis Said to Start Having Broader Sales Impact – Bloomberg: The Japanese auto supplier, whose air bags are behind the largest … and automakers led by Honda Motor Co. banned the inflators from future cars.
- Lamborghini Urus SUV could get hybrid version – Autocar: The upcoming Urus SUV is the primary candidate to be Lamborghini’s first hybrid model, although the business case has yet to be signed off