Top News:
- GM dials up discounts on pickups as rivals tread on turf – Automotive News: GM boosted incentives on its pickup models this month after its biggest foes gained ground, intensifying a price war within the U.S. auto market’s most hotly contested segment.
- Norway to phase out petrol and diesel cars by 2025 – Autocar: Government targets sale of only zero or low emission models with ‘polluter pays’ principle
- BMW considers making electric Mini outside UK because of Brexit – FT: The possible failure to secure the production of an electric Mini in the UK, first reported in Geman newspaper Handelsblatt, would be a blow for Britain’s ambitions to become a powerhouse in the market for battery-driven cars. Greg Clark, the UK …
- Merkel discussed China’s electro-cars plan with prime minister Li – Reuters: He added that Germany supported China’s plan to put more electric cars on its roads as long as the drive was not discriminatory against foreign carmakers.
- Electric Seat e-Mii concept revealed – Autocar: The electric city car has a claimed range of 100 miles and is powered by an 81bhp electric motor – Seat has not confirmed it will make production
- Mini considers moving EV production to Germany amid Brexit concerns – Autocar: The 2009 Mini E concept was the brand’s first EV Reports suggest BMW’s British brand won’t increase production at its Oxford plant if UK Government talks are unsuccessful
- Russian announces recall of 33275 Nissan Qashqai cars – Reuters: Russian announces recall of 33,275 Nissan Qashqai cars … said on Monday that the local retailer of Nissan cars had informed it about the recall of …
- China New Energy Vehicle Summit 2017 is coming – Yahoo: In the “13th Five-Year Plan”, vigorously developing pure electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles as well as improving…
- BRIEF-R&I affirms Honda Motor Co Ltd’s rating at “AA” and changes outlook to stable from negative … – Reuters: FRANKFURT, Feb 27 The DAX top-30 index looked set to open 0.2 percent higher on Monday, according to premarket data from brokerage Lang …
- BRIEF-Auto parts maker Wanxiang Qianchao’s 2016 net profit up 7.1 pct – Reuters: . Feb 27 Wanxiang Qianchao Co Ltd. * Says 2016 net profit up 7.1 percent y/y …
- Trump budget plan boosts Pentagon, trims State Dept, EPA – officials – Reuters: The White House will send federal departments a budget proposal on Monday containing the defence spending increase President Donald Trump promised, financed partly by cuts to the U.S. State Department, Environmental Protection Agency and other non-defence programs, two officials familiar with the proposal said.
- Peugeot concept highlights self-driving, connectivity advances – Automotive News: Peugeot will highlight its autonomous technology at the upcoming Geneva auto show with a self-driving, shooting brake concept car called…
- Mendel’s next move: Spirited retirement – Automotive News: When John Mendel leaves as executive vice president of American Honda April 1 after more than 12 years at the company, he’ll trade the C-suite for…
- Mendel’s exit at Honda elevates U.S. newcomer – Automotive News: Tucked beneath the headlines last week about John Mendel’s retirement from Honda were other several other key personnel changes that will shape the company’s path moving forward.
- Wanted man: Jobs he might have had – Automotive News: The thriving partnership that Carlos Ghosn orchestrated between Nissan and Renault turned him into an automotive superstar who nearly became…
- Ghosn’s 18 years of epic battles – Automotive News: Saving Nissan: Nissan’s near financial collapse in the late 1990s brought an unprecedented rescue from Renault, a company that had been in…
- Six daring products that Ghosn championed – Automotive News: As Nissan CEO, Carlos “Le Cost Cutter” Ghosn has been a tough sell for product planners. He’s been notorious for grilling his teams with difficult…
- XC40 strongly resembles Volvo family members – Automotive News: Volvo’s XC40 baby crossover won’t be all that different from its larger siblings.
- Land Rover’s Velar to take on Porsche’s Macan – Automotive News: The crossover will be built at Jaguar Land Rover’s plant in Solihull, England. It will have “pioneering consumer technology” and be made of “unique”…
- Carlos Ghosn, in his own words – Automotive News: “Price pressure is going to be here. It has always been here. I don’t think there has ever been a time in our industry where we could price our product…
- Forward thinker – Automotive News: PSA Group CEO Carlos Tavares said buying Opel would quickly create significant savings for both companies and lift their combined annual sales to…
- New GM is real, but hasn’t shed some old habits – Automotive News: There’s a new General Motors today aggressively reshaping itself to … Evidenced by its willingness to sell Opel, New GM is unsentimental and, in the…
- Honda settles for an 80-mile EV – Automotive News: Honda’s Clarity all-electric model debuting this spring will have only about 80 miles of range on a single charge, has learned.
- Can Toyota stave off CarPlay, Android Auto? – Automotive News: What makes Toyota’s new infotainment system stand out from the rest of the industry? It still doesn’t accommodate Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
- Ferrari beast, Porsche wagon to star in Geneva – Automotive News: Next week’s Geneva auto show will highlight a mix of supercars, everyday models and cars you never expected, such as a Porsche station wagon and a Mercedes-Benz pickup.
- Mercedes may join U.S. midsize-pickup party – Automotive News: The U.S. midsize pickup segment is undergoing a sales resurgence and an accompanying product blitz. It may get even more crowded as German executives last week hinted that the Mercedes-Benz X class might come to the U.S.
- Errant email lands Uber in court – Automotive News: Waymo said an inadvertent email sent its way gave it enough evidence to sue Uber for intellectual property theft
- The millennials are coming – Automotive News: So you thought millennials didn’t care about owning cars? Think again. They’re the fastest-growing segment among vehicle buyers and are likely to represent about 40 percent of the U.S. new car market by 2020.