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- Car tax: everything you need to know about Vehicle Excise Duty – Autocar: The UK’s car tax system will change in 2017; we examine the differences and help you figure out how much Vehicle Excise Duty you’ll be paying
- Autonomous BMW 7 Series models to test on public roads this year – Autocar: BMW confirmed in its CES announcement that it will test a fleet of 40 driverless cars in Europe and the US
- VW must face U.S. investor lawsuit in emissions scandal – Reuters: Volkswagen AG and former Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn must defend an investor lawsuit in California over the company’s diesel emissions cheating scandal, a U.S. judge has ruled.
- Tata’s Jaguar Land Rover December sales jump 30% in US – Nikkei: Jaguar Land Rover, the luxury carmaker owned by India’s Tata Motors , reported a 30% jump in December sales in the U.S….
- UK new car sales hit record high in 2016 but signs of slowdown ahead – SMMT – Reuters: British new car registrations hit a record 2.69 million units in 2016 despite concerns from some analysts that June’s Brexit vote would dent sales but demand will fall by around 5 percent this year, a car industry body said on Thursday.
- Tiny Group of Tesla Skeptics Emerges as Trump Energy Powerhouse – Bloomberg: Some of that plays out in the AEA’s daily newsletter “In The Pipeline,” often in sarcastic criticism of Obama, electric vehicles, and Tesla Motors Inc. Chairman Musk. Recent headlines: “Elon Musk: messiah or charlatan? I think you know how we’re voting …
- GM’s China vehicle sales rise 7.1 percent year-on-year in 2016 – Reuters: An employee yawns as he walks among General Motors’ new Chinese-made cars at a parking lot in Shenyang, Liaoning province April 21, 2014.
- Toyota Concept-i demonstrates artificial intelligence at CES – Autocar: New model learns its user’s preferences and adapts functions to cater; Toyota’s California-based CALTY centre lead design
- Battle With Trump Puts GM in Tough Spot – WSJ: General Motors Co. has landed on Donald Trump’s hot seat at a tricky time. … And, Mr. Trump also is spotlighting GM just weeks before output of two…
- Volvo Cars sales hit record in 2016 despite December dip – Reuters: LONDON, Jan 5 British new car registrations hit a record 2.69 million units in 2016 despite concerns from some analysts that June’s Brexit vote would …
- Audi and Nvidia will introduce AI car by 2020 – Autocar: Audi is partnering with American technology company Nvidia in its bid to lead the autonomous revolution
- Nvidia to Offer New PC Gaming Service Hosted in the Cloud – Bloomberg: Extending its partnership with Volkswagen AG’s premium brand Audi, Nvidia will supply the computer brains to vehicles, which Huang called AI cars.
- McLaren doubles car sales in 2016 – Autocar: McLaren posted growth of 99.3% last year, with a third consecutive year of profitability under its belt
- Honda CEO says no immediate plan to curb production in Mexico – Reuters: Honda Motor Co has no immediate plans to curb production in Mexico, the company’s president said on Thursday, as automakers come under pressure from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to build more cars in the United States.
- Lyft’s Ridership Reaches 52.6 Million in Fourth Quarter – WSJ: Ride-hailing service Lyft more than doubled its quarterly ridership from a year before, a welcome boost as it seeks to keep apace with larger rival Uber Technologies.
- Uber drivers are employees ‘eligible for company social security contributions’ – Swiss agency – Reuters: Uber drivers are employees for which the company must pay social security contributions, a Swiss insurance agency has ruled, dealing a blow to the U.S. ride-hailing platform that says drivers are freelance contractors.
- Audi Pushes Toward Fully Autonomous Cars – WSJ: LAS VEGAS- Audi AG is joining with Nvidia Corp. in the race among auto … The luxury car unit of Volkswagen AG said Wednesday it forged a…
- Tesla Model X – ‘s favourite cars of the year – Autocar: We’re running through our favourites of 2016 – Doug Revolta has chosen the Tesla Model X
- GM says 2016 China sales up 7.1 pct y/y – Reuters: General Motors Co and its Chinese joint venture partners sold 3.87 million vehicles in China in 2016, up 7.1 percent from the previous year, the U.S. automaker said on Thursday.
- Audi Is Using Nvidia Tech to Bring Self-Driving Cars to Market by 2020 – Fortune: German automaker Audi (audvf) will use U.S. chipmaker Nvidia’s (nvda) artificial intelligence computing platform to bring autonomous vehicles to the…
- Nvidia CES 2017 Keynote: Google Home AI, Cloud Gaming Service, AI Co-Pilot For Your Car – Forbes: Nvidia had a huge 2016 with one of best performing stocks of the year. In the past 12 months, the graphics processing chipmaker’s stock value has…
- Ford’s updated Sync taps into driver’s phones – Automotive News: Now drivers can project their smartphone maps onto the car infotainment screen, potentially reducing distracted driving risk.
- China’s Electric Vehicle Strategy Paved With Potholes – WSJ: The car of the future will be electric, connected and eventually, self-driving. But where does that leave the car industry of the future? In a series of…
- Audi Poised to Narrow U.S. Luxury Sales Gap If Trump Allows – Bloomberg: BMW relies on a plant in South Carolina, Mercedes-Benz has one in Alabama and Toyota makes Lexus models in Kentucky and Canada.
- Toyota Plans Years of Building Cars Largely Controlled by Humans – Bloomberg: Toyota Motor Corp. plans to spend years designing cars in which humans … Tesla said in October it would begin to build each of its vehicles with…
- VW Ordered to Face U.S. Investor Suit Over Diesel Cheating – Bloomberg: Volkswagen AG must face claims it misled U.S. investors after installing so-called defeat devices in diesel vehicles used to cheat emissions tests.
- Auto sales to hit a record – Reuters: Sales of new cars and trucks in the United States likely set new records for December and the full year, automakers said on Wednesday. Bobbi Rebell …
- BMW to deploy 40 self-driving cars in US, Europe – Yahoo: “This partnership has all of the skills and talent necessary to overcome the enormous technological challenges ahead and commercialize self-driving…
- Australia new vehicle sales hit a record for 2016-VFACTS – Reuters: Australia boasted another record year of new vehicle sales in 2016 with the market showing a distinct shift in preference to pick up trucks and sport utility vehicles, while all the growth was driven by business demand.
- Judge says Volkswagen must face U.S. investor lawsuits over diesel emissions – Reuters: A U.S. judge on Wednesday denied Volkswagen AG and its former chief executive Martin Winterkorn’s requests to have an investor lawsuit dismissed in California over its “Dieselgate” emissions scandal.
- UK car sales hit record high in 2016 – preliminary data – Reuters: preliminary data … Over 85 percent of cars sold in Britain, Europe’s second biggest car market, are imported with …
- UK car registrations hit record levels in 2016 – but are tipped to fall in 2017 – Autocar: A record 2.69 million new cars were registered in 2016, surpassing 2015’s record of 2.6m by 2.2%
- Toyota’s cute Concept-i wants to be your friend – Automotive News: The intelligent assistant uses artificial intelligence to build a ‘driver-vehicle relationship’, the automaker said.
- Faraday Gunning for Tesla With FF91 Supercar – Bloomberg: ‘s Selina Wang and Cory Johnson discuss how Faraday Future is staking its claim to the world’s fastest electric car with its FF91 production…
- Google Moves Into Augmented Reality Shopping With BMW and Gap – Bloomberg: Car dealerships will be “one of the longer-term, more profitable use cases,” said IDC analyst Chris Chute, as automakers look for way to reach…
- Watch Faraday Future’s New Electric Car Smoke a Tesla Model S P100D – Yahoo: Faraday’s FF 91 set a new record of 2.39 seconds in the trial, besting the Tesla Model S P100D’s 2.5 seconds based on the company’s own internal…
- NISSAN: ‘Star Wars’ thrusts Rogue to a big December – Automotive News: Infiniti experienced its all-time best-selling month in December with sales rising 21 percent to 18,198 cars and trucks. For the year, Infiniti sales rose…
- Americans bought more cars than ever last year. In 2017, things could get bumpy. – Washington Post: The results were a bit more mixed for foreign car companies. … sold a record 1.6 million cars in the United States in 2016, the company reported, a 3.2…
- U.S. economy ramps up as Trump prepares to step in – Reuters: … >> When President-elect Donald Trump takes office later this month, he’s inheriting a pretty solid economy. The latest evidence, strong auto sales …
- Led By Tesla, U.S. EV Sales Rocket In December, Pushing Annual Numbers To New Heights – Forbes: Not surprisingly, Tesla had another strong annual first place showing with the Model S up from 25,200 to 29,400. Its Model X placed a strong 4th at…
- Audi’s dealer discontent in China shows perils of over-expansion – Automotive News: … Today, he and his 300 colleagues at mainland China’s first full-service Audi dealership … joint venture with SAIC Motor Corp. and expand its China sales network.
- US December auto sales on pace for record high, led by GM – Reuters: U.S. December auto sales on pace for record high, led by GM … million vehicles forecast by 35 economists polled by Thomson .
- Canada auto sales hit new highs in 2016 on pickups, SUVs: analysts – Reuters: An entrance to the Ford Motor Co. Flat Rock Assembly Plant is seen in Flat Rock, Michigan, U.S. January 3, 2017. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook.
- BRIEF-Mitsubishi Motors North America says December 2016 sales of 7383 un… – Reuters: DETROIT, Jan 4 U.S. sales of new cars and trucks hit a record high in 2016, automakers said on Wednesday, and investors bid up shares in the sector …
- Ford and GM lead S&P car sector rally – FT: The S&P 500 automobiles industry index advanced nearly 5 per cent and the news also helped lift shares in companies that manufacture car parts.
- Mitsubishi Motors Closes 2016 With 4th Consecutive Year Of Annual Sales Growth – Yahoo: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) today reported December 2016 sales of 7,383. Total sales recorded for 2016…
- Porsche Sets Record in 2016 with 54280 Vehicles Delivered in the U.S. – Yahoo: Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), importer and distributor of Porsche 911, Boxster, and Cayman sports cars, Macan…
- BRIEF-Mazda North American Operations says December US Sales fell 1.8 pc… – Reuters: WASHINGTON, Jan 4 U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts will no longer participate in a patent dispute at the Supreme Court involving a unit of Thermo …
