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- Kia plans return to Super Bowl – Automotive News: In what is becoming an extended habit, Kia will be advertising in the Super Bowl again. A spokesman for the auto brand confirmed that it will return to the game for the eighth straight year when Fox airs Super Bowl LI on Feb. 5.
- California delays clean-air hearing ahead of Trump transition – Automotive News: California’s powerful Air Resources Board has rescheduled a key hearing until February, which would be after U.S.
- Tesla will seek sites for European factory next year – Automotive News: Tesla Motor plans a “gigafactory” in Europe to make cars and the battery cells to power them. The electric-car maker will begin looking for locations…
- Tata Sons moves to oust Cyrus Mistry, Nusli Wadia from Tata Motors’ board – Reuters: Tata Motors said on Friday that Tata Sons has called for an extraordinary general meeting to oust two directors, Cyrus Mistry and Nusli Wadia, from the automaker’s board, as the nasty spat between the Tata and Mistry camps escalates.
- 2018 BMW 3 Series will adopt 5 Series styling cues – Autocar: Next-generation BMW 3 Series saloon has been spotted testing with a new front design that copies the look of the 2017 5 Series
- BMW Labor Chief Urges CEO to Accelerate Electric-Car Rollout – Bloomberg: BMW AG’s top labor representative offered a rare public rebuke of the company’s leadership, warning that the luxury-car maker risks falling behind…
- VW eyes further brand sales growth, depends on China – Reuters: Volkswagen expects global deliveries of its core brand to keep growing in the months ahead but sales are driven almost exclusively by Chinese demand, data published by the German carmaker on Friday showed.
- Volkswagen brand says sales growth has stabilised after October gain – Reuters: Year-to-date sales of the Volkswagen (VW) brand were up 1 percent to 4.89 million passenger cars and sport-utility vehicles from 4.84 million a year …
- Tesla’s Future in Trump’s World – Bloomberg: Tesla is, first and foremost, an electric car company. But on Nov. … The U.S. push for electric cars was set in motion by a $7,500 federal tax break.
- The Electric Porsche Needs to Roar – Bloomberg: Electric vehicles, it seems, may be too quiet to be considered Porsches. “Our customers are very emotional about sound,” says Weckbach, the chief of…