Archives for May 2016

Tuesday morning car news roundup, May 31, 2016

 

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Monday morning car news roundup, May 30, 2016

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Outselling Toyota, Volkswagen World’s Largest Automaker In The First 4 Months. Now, Let’s See

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Announcing that Volkswagen AG’s sales are drowning in the wake of dieselgate, going under along with the company’s sullied reputation, swaths of the world media succumbed to a serious contagion of confirmation bias. Quite the opposite is true: Volkswagen stands every chance to fulfill its biggest corporation-wide dream. VW might finish the year as World’s Largest Automaker.

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Friday morning car news roundup, May 27, 2016

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Why Carmakers Suddenly Invest Into Taxi Apps And Uber, And It’s Not What People Tell You

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All in one week, major carmakers took equity positions in companies that supposedly will put them out of business. Toyota invested in Uber, Volkswagen bought shares of Gett, BMW became a shareholder of carpool-platform scoop. The feeding frenzy was kicked off months ago by GM, which became a shareholder of ride-hailing service Lyft. Of course, this was immediately hailed as the beginning of the end of the traditional auto industry. Vanity Fair called it an “if you can’t beat them, invest millions of dollars in them” move. The New York Times thinks that “automakers have become increasingly concerned about those technologies, and their potential to help people travel easily and cheaply without owning a car — or even without knowing how to drive.” Have we finally reached the eve of disruption?

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Thursday morning car news roundup, May 26, 2016

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Dieselgate Hits Home: German Automakers Lose Trust And Market Share

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Germany’s automakers are beginning to feel the dieselgate pain where it hurts the most, in sales. “Car buyers disappointed by diesel” headlined Daimler’s hometown paper Stuttgarter Nachrichten yesterday, reporting that customers increasingly forgo the oilburner. Especially affected are OEMs that aggressively marketed diesel as a clean and environmentally responsible alternative, a statement that is becoming increasingly hard to believe.

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Wednesday morning car news roundup, May 25, 2016

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