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- NHTSA tells some Takata airbag Honda owners to get fix now – Just-auto: The US government reportedly has advised owners of 313,000 recalled Honda and Acura vehicles to replace their Takata-made airbags immediately after testing showed there’s as high as a 50% chance of rupture in a crash.
- Ricardo 48V hybrid engine architecture can cut CO2 by 15% – Autocar: Low voltage system could reach market within two years; compatible with petrol and diesel engines
- Hertz signs deals with Uber, Lyft to supply cars to drivers – Automotive News: Hertz reached agreements with Uber Technologies and Lyft, the two largest U.S. ride-hailing startups, to supply drivers with vehicles the rental-car company rotates out of its fleet.
- Daimler boosts fleet management business with Rabobank deal – Reuters: Daimler boosts multi-brand fleet by 250,000 to 340,000 vehicles. * Says fleet management, leasing and rental market is growing. * Daimler widens …
- Will Tata leave or stay in Britain? – Nikkei:
- VW rules out emissions compensation in South Korea – Just-auto: Volkswagen has no plans to compensate South Korean for cheating emissions tests, according to local reports citing the company’s local unit Audi Volkswagen Korea.
- 2018 BMW Z5 – successor to Z4 could go hybrid – Autocar: New sports car is being co-developed with Toyota; could get optional four-wheel-drive
- Paris Says Non to 20th-Century Cars, Bolstering Koolicar, Uber – Bloomberg: In a move to cut pollution, the French capital is banning cars that have passed the 20-year mark, leaving many Parisians looking for alternatives, from…
- NHTSA to investigate Tesla autopilot fatality – Just-auto: The US federal highways safety authority – NHTSA – is to investigate a fatal accident involving a Tesla Model S being driven in Autopilot mode.
- Vietnamese scoff at bike-ban plan as motorcycles engulf capital – Reuters: … considering banning bikes in the capital over fears its leafy streets will become overrun as the population swells and its middle class buys up cars in …
- Rabobank to sell Athlon car leasing business to Daimler – Reuters: Daimler plans to integrate Athlon, which manages a fleet of 250,000 vehicles in 11 European countries, into its own Daimler Fleet Management.
- Tesla’s Autopilot under scrutiny after fatal crash while system is deployed – Autocar: Tesla’s self-driving system is being evaluated by the US safety organisation after a Model S driver in Florida was killed in a crash