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- Peugeot considers Le Mans return – Autocar: Peugeot could return to the top prototype class of Le Mans racing – but only if race organisers substantially reduce the costs of competing. Peugeot…
- Porsche Pockets $17250 Profit on Every Car – Bloomberg: The Volkswagen AG brand delivered 238,000 of its sinuous vehicles last year and posted an operating profit of 3.9 billion euros ($4.1 billion), up 14…
- Thousands join UK legal case against VW over emissions scandal – Guardian: … rate of 500 drivers a day and lawyers are confident the legal action will eventually involve about 100,000 owners of VW, Audi, Skoda and Seat cars.
- 2018 Lexus LC 500: Lexus’ Most Emotional Car Turns Heads Like Nothing Before It – Forbes: Ask the average car shopper to list their most important traits when looking for a new vehicle and you’re going to get a very consistent set of answers.
- French watchdog clears GM’s Opel of cheating on diesel emissions – Reuters: France’s consumer fraud watchdog said on Monday it had closed its investigation into diesel emissions by Opel cars and would take no further action against the General Motors brand.
- Chinese Car Sales Run Out of Gas – Bloomberg: Auto companies don’t discount vehicles for the fun of it. Generally, it’s a sign that there’s too much stock around and they’re trying to clear the overhang…
- The Porsche Premium Revs Up to $17250 – Bloomberg: Porsche’s profit machine, already humming, just shifted up. The Volkswagen AG brand delivered 238,000 of its sinuous vehicles last year and posted…
- ZeroStack Sees Growing Demand for Self-Driving Cloud – Opens European Office – Yahoo: ZeroStack, Inc., the leader in making self-driving private cloud affordable for all companies, today announced that it has opened a European sales…
- BRIEF-Liaoning SG Auto cancels new energy car components JV with S.Korea’s Samsung SDI – Reuters: BRIEF-Liaoning SG Auto cancels new energy car components JV with S.Korea’s … is the news and media division of Thomson .
- Uber president Jeff Jones quits, deepening turmoil – Reuters: Ride services company Uber Technologies Inc has been thrust deeper into turmoil with the departure of company president Jeff Jones, a marketing expert hired to help soften its often abrasive image.
- Kia sells 100 units of EVs to ‘carbon-free’ resort island – Yonhap: Kia Motors Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 carmaker, announced Monday it has sold 100 units of its electric vehicle (EV) to a…
- BRIEF-Uber’s McClendon says he is leaving the company by end of the month – Reuters: * Uber Technologies Inc’s Brian McClendon says he is in the process of leaving co by the end of the month; staying on as an advisor
- VW to launch T-Roc in U.S. in ’19 – Automotive News: Volkswagen will launch the T-Roc compact crossover in the United States in 2019 after dealers gave a firm commitment they can sell enough of the vehicle to make it profitable.
- Search for synergies delays Mitsubishi products – Automotive News: The delay marks one of the first impacts the new Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance could have on the U.S. market and is a blow to U.S. Mitsubishi dealers…
- How Shiro Nakamura became the crossover king – Automotive News: The Nissan Juke, Nissan Qashqai and Isuzu VehiCross exemplify Nakamura’s knack for crossover creativity. Photo credit: AUTOMOTIVE NEWS…
- Uber puts the ire in Iron City – Automotive News: Pittsburgh has lots of talented robotics engineers, and Uber was looking to develop its self-driving car program and needed the brains to do that.
- Intel becomes an insider, and goes all in – Automotive News: The second ace is the crowd-sourced road map that Mobileye is developing for self-driving vehicles. Mobileye is creating the maps from images…
- For Chevy Bolt, discounts here, markups there – Automotive News: The Bolt will eventually face competition from Tesla Inc., which plans to start building its $35,000 electric car, the Model 3, this year at a plant 2 miles from Fremont Chevrolet. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, in explaining why the company sells directly to …
- Japanese carmakers seek trade peace with Trump – Automotive News: Japan’s auto market is open, says Hiroto Saikawa, chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, but its carmakers, including Toyota, Nissan and Honda, are willing to work with governments in Tokyo and Washington to smooth out disputes…
- Dealer Dave Wright: ‘It&’s all about the team’ – Automotive News: In this QandA, Dave Wright, owner of a Nissan-Subaru dealership near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, talks about growing a small dealership, competing against large groups for acquisitions and winning ‘ Best Dealerships To Work For award five times.
- Porsche plans to offer variants of Mission E – Automotive News: Porsche will offer variants of its Mission E, a fully electric vehicle expected to go on sale in late 2019, says CEO Oliver Blume. “It isn’t decided yet, but it…
- Audi gives details of 3 EVs to debut in next 3 years – Automotive News: The e-tron quattro concept, shown, previewed Audi’s Tesla Model X fighter … It will debut in 2020, shortly after Volkswagen brand’s version based on…
- Audi to launch coupe-styled Q4 crossover in ’19 – Automotive News: Audi will launch a coupe-styled Q4 crossover in 2019 to challenge models such as the Range Rover Evoque and…
- Normal job shuffling gets Trumpified – Automotive News: To its credit, GM did not say it was making the moves because of pressure from Trump. A GM spokesman said that “we haven’t fundamentally changed…
- Management is the problem at GM – Automotive News: General Motors has always been run by the finance guys, old GM and new GM (“General Motors keeps shrinking,” Keith Crain, March 6). For a long…
- Natural gas vehicles a practical solution – Automotive News: High cost and limited-utility electric vehicles cater to low-mileage drivers already driving fuel-efficient gasoline vehicles. Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles…
- Smart isn’t going anywhere, Winkler says – Automotive News: Still, when Smart announced last month that it would sell only electric vehicles in the U.S. and Canada, it did cause some to wonder whether it was the…
- An Insider’s Guide to Spotting the Truly Rich in Switzerland – Bloomberg: Buyers of luxury vehicles regularly inquire about low-digit numbers and are willing to pay a lot for them, Cardinale said. His boss Pierre Sudan owns…
- Uber loses two more top executives as turmoil swirls – FT: That period has seen a string controversies for Uber including allegations of sexual harassment, rows with regulators over testing of self-driving cars…
- SUVs Top Passenger Car Sales in US, Australia – Bloomberg: Gadfly Columnist David Fickling reports on global SUV sales. He speaks on Daybreak: Australia.” His opinions are his own.
- Riding With the Underdogs: Apps Fill a Void Left by Uber and Lyft – New York Times: Jaime Naugle, a driver for the ride-sharing app Fasten, with a passenger in Austin, Tex. Credit Fasten. AUSTIN, Tex. – When I arrived in Austin this month for the annual South by Southwest festival, I was prepared to time travel to a harsh past: an …
- Hate SUVs? Too Late – Bloomberg: Now, the war between traditional passenger cars and their high-rise, … Sales of SUVs surged 45 percent last year, and the China Passenger Car … a time when the car industry is embarking on its next big push into electric vehicles,…
- Behind Booz Allen’s effort to get carmakers to work together against hackers – Washington Post: Booz Allen said that nearly all major car manufacturers are working with its … Lear Corp., LG Electronics, NXP Semiconductors, and Japanese manufacturer … Companies that join Auto-ISAC are given access to information about…
- Peugeot family says Opel deal paves way for global expansion – Automotive News: PSA Group’s acquisition of Opel gives the French automaker greater scale to pursue global expansion plans, family shareholder…