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Note: Ed and Bertel are traveling in Europe. The morning news may arrive later, or not at all. Your indulgence is appreciated.
- Britain’s Motown Bites the European Hand That Helped It Prosper – Bloomberg: Manufacturers elsewhere in the EU will feel the pain, because the U.K. imports most of the cars sold in the country. Factories across the EU supply…
- Merkel Weighs Pollution Goal That Would Spur More Electric Cars – Bloomberg: If approved, the rules would set a deadline for the car industry to shift a large portion of production to electric and hybrid vehicles. Transport accounts…
- BMW, Intel, Mobileye team up to develop autonomous cars -source – Reuters: FRANKFURT, June 30 BMW is close to unveiling a development partnership for autonomous cars with Israeli collision detection software maker …
- Three-Quarters of U.S. Drivers Say They’d Cede Wheel to Robot – Bloomberg: AlixPartners said that when the 1,517 people it surveyed were presented with the attributes of self-driving cars, 73 percent said they would want…
- Industry’s sales record streak to end in 2016? – Automotive News: A newly released report from AlixPartners forecasts U.S. light-vehicle sales of 17.5 million in 2017 — down slightly from this year’s 17.8 million forecast. The consulting firm expects U.S. sales to bottom out at 15.2 million vehicles in 2019.
- China Car Buying Satisfaction Declines as Dealers Rack Up Losses – Bloomberg: J.D. Power’s China Customer Service Index Study, in its 17th year, measured satisfaction among 15,000 vehicle owners who bought their models…
- What you should know about Fiat Chrysler shifters – Freep: Fiat Chrysler has recalled 1.1 million vehicles because of a problem with their transmission shifter. Here’s the problem and what you need to know…
- Hyundai Heavy, affiliate sold Hyundai Motor shares for $196 mln – Reuters: Early this month, Hyundai Heavy Industries announced a plan to sell its non-core assets, as the shipbuilder is grappling with a global slump in trade …
- Speeding Up the Self-Driving Car Revolution – Bloomberg: Bryson Gardner, Pearl Automation’s co-founder and chief executive officer, discusses the self-driving car revolution with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang and…
- BRIEF-Intel is working with Mobileye to develop self-driving car technology for BMW AG- Bloomberg – Reuters: Intel Corp is working with Mobileye NV to develop self-driving car technology for BMW AG- Bloomberg, citing sources Source text: …
- BMW Is Said to Team Up With Intel, Mobileye on Self-Driving Cars – Bloomberg: Senior executives from each company will hold an event on Friday to discuss the driverless-vehicle initiative, said the people, who asked not to be..
- Robert Cox, ad man behind Ford’s ‘Quality is Job 1’ pitch, dies – Automotive News: Robert Cox, an outspoken New York advertising executive who helped Ford embrace the slogan ‘Quality is Job 1’ in the 1980s and later worked on ad campaigns for Honda, Saturn and a Mercedes-Benz dealership in New Jersey, died June 18.
- Planes, Trains, Autos: A Haven From Mideast Chaos Is On The Move – Bloomberg: PSA Peugeot Citroen last June announced plans to invest 557 million euros in a factory north of Rabat that should produce 90,000 vehicles a year…