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- Chinese giant BAIC to make Tesla rival with electric car start-up Atieva – Autocar: Atieva’s website shows this line drawing of a potential future EV model Beijing Automotive Industry Corporation (BAIC) and Californian company Atieva plan to unveil their first electric vehicle at the 2016 Beijing motor show
- VW CEO Commits to Keeping Carmaker’s Brands in Crisis Aftermath – Bloomberg: Volkswagen acknowledged for the first time on Thursday that the seeds of its downfall were sown a decade ago because its diesel cars couldn’t pass…
- EU takes Germany to court in car aircon row – Reuters: The EU executive said it was pursuing the German government at the European Court of Justice for failing to enforce an EU law under which cars…
- Volkswagen says ‘mindset’ tolerated rule breaking – FT: Volkswagen has admitted to “a mindset” in areas of the German carmaker that tolerated breaking the rules and weaknesses in some of its processes…
- GM fund approves $594.5 million in ignition claims – Reuters: The fund covered injury and death claims in 2.6 million cars recalled from 2003 through 2011. Neither GM nor Feinberg sought to reduce awards if…
- VW to improve software oversight after emissions scandal – Reuters: Up to 11 million cars worldwide have software installed that defeats emissions tests, and the costs to Volkswagen of fixing the cars, paying fines to…
- China Car Sales Improve-for Now – WSJ: Car makers in China shipped about 2.2 million passenger … a year earlier, China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, a government-backed … Major car makers reported strong China sales for November-up 14% from a year…
- Volkswagen Blames ‘Chain of Mistakes’ for Emissions Scandal – WSJ: A decade ago, Volkswagen’s top management saw a niche in the market for … In addition to the diesel affair, Volkswagen also admitted that it had…
- Honda CBR250RR production confirmed from March 2016: Report – Ibtimes: Honda Motor Co. Ltd unveiled the ‘Light Weight Super Sports Concept’ at the at 44th Tokyo Motor Show in October, which was strongly touted as the…
- Volkswagen reveals group restructuring progress and diesel engine fixes – Autocar: New Volkswagen boss Matthias Muller will speak today in Wolfsburg
- Volkswagen will use dieselgate scandal as ‘catalyst for change’ says Muller – Autocar: New Volkswagen boss Matthias Muller will speak today in Wolfsburg
- Porsche Boxster and Cayman get new names and flat-four engines – Autocar: Sports cars to be renamed as 718 Boxster and 718 Cayman as part of a facelift that brings flat-four turbocharged engines
- BMW group deliveries rise 4.9 percent in November – Reuters: BMW Group (BMWG.DE) vehicle sales rose 4.9 percent in November, the company said on Thursday, adding that it had made more…
- Volkswagen faces grilling over emissions scandal – business live – Guardian: How did Volkswagen come to install cheat software in millions of cars? And does VW still believe that 11 million cars are affected worldwide?
- China November vehicle sales up 20 pct -industry association – Reuters: The second month of strong gains confirms that a government tax cut on cars with engines of 1.6 litres or less is driving a rebound in the world’s largest…
- GM Pays Ignition Victims Less Than $600 Million in Settlements – Bloomberg: A final report released by Feinberg on Thursday concluded 124 people died in relation to ignition switches in GM compact cars, and another 275…
- Japanese and German automakers dominate safest car list in US – Reuters: Among U.S. nameplates, only Fiat Chrysler Automobile NV’s (FCHA.MI) Chrysler 200 received the Top Safety Pick+ award, as did its Fiat 500X.
- Honda, yes Honda is now selling jets – CNBC: What was once a dream of the founder of Honda has become reality. The Japanese automaker is now also a plane maker. Late Wednesday, the…
- New Cross Traffic Alert Systems Often Fail, Warns AAA – Detroit Bureau: A major new study says an increasingly popular safety technology – cross traffic alert – frequently fails to work as promised, according to a new study by the AAA, leading to parking lot crashes and injuries to pedestrians and bicyclists. More from TheDetroitBureau.com.
- Insurance Industry Safety Group Toughens its Testing, Awards Process – Detroit Bureau: A day after the U.S. Department of Transportation announced major revisions to it its automotive safety testing program, an influential insurance industry group announced it would take similar steps. A number of models that won top ratings a year ago have fallen off the list,
- Value-packed 2016 Honda Civic is return to form – Freep: Value-packed and fun to drive, the 2016 Honda Civic EX-L compact sedan is a welcome return to form by one of America’s favorite…
- EV startup Faraday Future to set up $1 bln plant in Nevada -source – Reuters: Dec 9 Faraday Future, an electric car venture backed in part by Chinese billionaire Yeuting Jia, plans to set up its first manufacturing facility in Las…
- Hyundai says to raise car prices in India starting next year – Reuters: Hyundai’s plans come a week after German carmaker BMW (BMWG.DE) said it would raise the prices of its BMW- and Mini-branded cars sold in India…