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- Why Car Makers Are Hailing a Ride Uber-Style – WSJ: Ride-hailing isn’t a threat to car makers now. But in a future of self-driving vehicles it could very well become one. That helps explain why Volkswagen…
- Datsun redi-Go price leaked ahead of June 7 launch; base variant to cost Rs. 2.39 lakh – Ibtimes: The car is based on the CMF-A platform developed by Renault and Nissan. This is the same platform that also underpins Renault Kwid. Both the cars…
- EU Still Questions Volkswagen Data on CO2 Emissions, Documents Show – WSJ: The commission, in charge of enforcing the bloc’s environmental rules, has been tussling with Volkswagen since November, when the Wolfsburg,…
- 2017 Audi A5 coupe teaser released ahead of today’s reveal – Autocar: Audi’s lighter, more stylish A5 will get a choice of four-cylinder petrol engines, 1.6 and 2.0-litre diesel options and a hybrid; V6 petrol and diesel units will head the range
- Nissan’s ‘Godzilla’ Finally Tamed With Its Newest R35 GT-R – Forbes: The new 2017 Nissan GT-R is Jean-Claude Van Damme meets Colin Firth. Universal Soldier has just had elocution lessons from The King’s Speech.
- Sixty Million Car Bombs: Inside Takata’s Air Bag Crisis – Bloomberg: Just as they turned into the complex, their car, a 2002 Honda Accord, was hit. It was a low-speed collision with modest damage. Both front air bags…
- German car sales jump 10 percent on more selling days – source – Reuters: Registrations of new passenger cars in Europe’s largest auto market rose to more … Germany’s KBA motor vehicles watchdog is expected to release a …
- Toyota, peers desperate for coding talent – Nikkei: Toyota Motor is close to a deal to acquire two robot makers from Google’s parent company Alphabet, sources said on Wednesday. The two companies…
- Hydrogenics first Belgian customer for Toyota Mirai – Just-auto: Hydrogenics Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation technology and hydrogen fuel cell power, says it is the first customer in Belgium to take ownership of a Toyota Mirai.
- Elon Musk’s Future: Robot Cars, People on Mars and AI Run Amok – Bloomberg: SpaceX and Tesla Motors Inc. founder Elon Musk has never been shy about making bold predictions. His latest pronouncements: that most cars won’t…
- BRIEF-Fiat Chrysler shares up on strong Italian car sales for May – Reuters: June 2 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles: * Shares in the carmaker rise more than 2 percent in early trade after it reported a 33 percent rise in Italian sales for …
- BRIEF-Honda says May China vehicle sales rise 23.9 pct y/y – Reuters: Honda’s monthly China vehicle sales highest since December 2015 in May, data shows Further company coverage: (Reporting by Beijing Monitoring …
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk Expects Apple to Make Car by 2020 – WSJ: RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif.-Tesla Motors Inc. chief Elon Musk said he considers Apple Inc. an eventual direct competitor, with electric vehicles…
- Musk expects an Apple car by 2020, fears one company’s AI use – CNBC: In a wide-ranging interview Wednesday night, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that he expects Apple to have a car available to the public by 2020 – and…
- Honda Civic Type R long term test report: better than the previous gen? – Autocar: We compare how the hot Civic fares on a road trip versus its predecessor