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- India’s Eicher set to make $1.8 billion-$2 billion binding bid for Ducati: paper – Reuters: India’s Eicher Motors is set to make a $1.8 billion-$2 billion bid for Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati, the Economic Times daily reported on Thursday, although the sale of the brand by German owner Volkswagen remains in limbo.
- The death of the car show? – Reuters: Frankfurt’s vast auto show, which opens next week, is already getting attention of the wrong kind – for its impressive list of no-shows.
- BMW readies mass production of electric cars, 12 models by 2025 – Reuters: Germany’s BMW (BMWG.DE) on Thursday said it will have 12 electric cars on offer by 2025 as it prepares to unveil a new …
- Jaguar Land Rover says harder to attract suppliers, EU staff due to Brexit – Reuters: EU citizens are demanding longer contracts and better conditions to move to Britain and the number of new international suppliers willing to work in the country is limited, the boss of Jaguar Land Rover, Britain’s biggest carmaker, told .
- BMW i5 to be revealed as EV saloon with range of up to 435 miles – Autocar: BMW will preview the third model in its electrified i brand line-up with the unveiling of a new concept car at next week’s Frankfurt motor show.
- Mercedes-AMG hypercar has F1-style steering wheel, digital dashboard – Autocar: A lightened version of the official image AMG’s next hypercar has been shown in a little more detail, as an interior shot reveals more F1-derived parts
- Florida Car Dealers Say Insurers Halting Policies Ahead of Irma – Bloomberg: Insurers including Progressive Corp. and Allstate Corp. have stopped issuing policies on new cars in certain Florida counties, hindering vehicle sales…
- Auto suppliers Delphi, Magna join funding round for Lidar company Innoviz – Reuters: Top automotive suppliers Delphi Automotive and Magna International Inc have joined a $65 million funding round for Innoviz Technologies, the maker of laser-based sensor technology for autonomous vehicles, the Israeli company said on Thursday.
- From Software to Staffers, Tesla and SpaceX Share More Than Musk – Bloomberg: The solution saved Tesla about eight hours of work per car, an eternity on an assembly line aiming to ramp up to mass-market volumes. Rocket ships…
- Nissan says new electric vehicle competitors ‘positive’ for market – Reuters: He did not elaborate on the timing of other EV models. Nissan on Wednesday launched the latest version of its Leaf electric car, facing stiff competition …
- China e-car venture Future Mobility names brand Byton, eyes U.S., Europe – Reuters: Chinese electric-car venture Future Mobility Corp, co-founded by former BMW and Nissan Motor executives, has named its brand “Byton” that it plans to launch in the United States and Europe soon after starting sales at home in 2019.
- LiDAR Startup Innoviz Raises $65 Million As Robot Car Vision Race Heats Up – Forbes: While Velodyne’s 3-D vision devices currently cost thousands of dollars each, Innoviz CEO and co-founder Omer Keilaf estimates his will sell for about…
- Jaguar Land Rover Will Electrify Its Lineup In 2020 – Forbes: Swedish automaker Volvo is working on a similar initiative to electrify its lineup by 2019. Several other carmakers will debut all-electric concepts or…
- All Jaguar Land Rover vehicles will be electrified from 2020, automaker says – CNBC: Jaguar Land Rover is the latest automotive giant to turn to electric and hybrid vehicles. From 2019, for example, every new Volvo will have an electric…
- UK Government launches scheme to speed up autonomous car development – Autocar: Nissan has tested autonomous cars on the streets of east London Meridian project aims to create cluster of excellence for self-driving vehicle development along the M40
- What Jaguar Land Rover really announced on electrified cars – Autocar: Nothing to see here: JLR is not about to become a maker of only electric and hybrid cars from 2020
- Video: Ford Focus RS Mountune vs Toyota GT86 Initial D drift battle – Autocar: Two modified sports machines go head-to-head to see which is the driftiest. Don’t say we don’t do consumer advice…
- BRIEF-Tata Consultancy Services partners with GE to integrate intelligence into services data lake platform – Reuters: * Says TCS partners with GE to integrate intelligence into services data lake platform Source text –
- Special Report: How Honda lost its mojo – and the mission to get it back – Reuters: The driver punched the air as his red and white Honda McLaren roared over the finish line. It was Suzuka, Japan, 1988, and Ayrton Senna had just become Formula One world champion for the first time. The McLaren racing team and its engine maker, Honda Motor, were unstoppable that year, their drivers winning all but one of the 16 grand prix races.
- All new Jaguar Land Rover cars to have electric option from 2020 – Reuters: All new Jaguar Land Rover cars will be available in an electric or hybrid version from 2020, Britain’s biggest carmaker said on Thursday, as it speeds up plans to electrify its model range.
- Volvo – Fortune: Electric cars are moving from the fringes to the mainstream-particularly in China, where the government has offered big incentives to encourage…
- We’re Going to Need More Lithium – Bloomberg: The cause was a spike in the market for electric vehicles, which were suddenly competing with laptops and smartphones for lithium ion batteries. Demand for the metal won’t slacken anytime soon-on the contrary, electric car production is expected to…
- Sunderland confirmed as production facility for next Nissan Leaf – Autocar: Sunderland joins Oppama and Smyrna plants to handle global supply of second-gen electric hatch
- Alpina D5 S – 322bhp diesel due in saloon and estate forms – Autocar: British version to get twin- rather than triple-turbo engine; prices to start at around £62,000
- Jaguar Land Rover to electrify model range from 2020 – Autocar:
- Jaguar Land Rover to make only electric or hybrid cars from 2020 – Guardian: The UK-based manufacturer promised that all new vehicles from 2020 will be fully electric or hybrid, a year later than Volvo’s target, but a big step…
- BMW X7 concept leaks ahead of Frankfurt motor show debut – Autocar:
- Kia reveals shooting brake concept ahead of Frankfurt motor show – Autocar: Kia continues its upward ambition into the premium segment with a shooting brake concept
- UK needs to do more for electric car future: Jaguar Land Rover CEO – Reuters: The boss of Britain’s biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover said on Thursday that Britain needs to do more to be prepared for the mass uptake of electric cars.
- Jaguar revs up electric car race with pledge to customers – FT: Jaguar Land Rover is revving up in the race to build the cars of the future, with a promise that electrified versions of all its models will be available by…
- Nissan signals a future EV crossover model – Reuters: Nissan Motor Co said on Thursday it was considering producing an electric SUV in the near future as it expects demand for electric vehicles (EVs) to increase in coming years.
- Jaguar Land Rover says hopeful of smooth trading after Brexit – Reuters: Jaguar Land Rover is hopeful that exporters in Britain will be able to trade in Europe after Brexit without bureaucracy and red tape because politicians on both sides will want to do the best for their countries, its boss said on Thursday.
- Jaguar reveals Future-Type concept with ‘Sayer’ steering wheel – Autocar:
- Classic Jaguar E-Type goes electric – Autocar: The Concept Zero is identical to the classic original except it uses a 295bhp electric motor
- Thyssenkrupp sees boost for steel from shift to electric cars – Reuters: … ESSEN, Germany () – Thyssenkrupp’s European steel business, expected to be …
- Jaguar Land Rover Plans to Give Its Model Range an Electric Jolt – Bloomberg: The move is less aggressive than plans by Volvo Car Group. The Swedish brand intends to offer only hybrid or battery versions of its new models as of…
- BRIEF-Ford Aug China vehicle sales fall 1 pct y/y – Reuters: * Aug China vehicle sales total 97,863 units, down 1 percent y/y, versus a decrease of 7 percent in July
- MARKET BUZZ: Geely Up After August Sales Surge; Macquarie Sees Momentum Slowing – Nikkei: Geely Automobile Holdings up 2.4% at HK$19.78 following 80% jump in August vehicle sales. “YTD sales total 718,000, up…
- Howes: Revolutionary self-driving rules pushing Detroit – Detroitnews: Michigan Sen. Gary Peters has long worried that arcane federal rules would be the biggest obstacle to American development of self-driving car…
- Geely climbs as August sales volume jumps 80% – FT: Geely Automobile rose as much as 4.8 per cent on Thursday after the company said sales volumes surged in August. Geely said in a filing to the Hong…
- Stuck in the Middle With Nissan – Bloomberg: Nissan Motor Co.’s updated Leaf electric vehicle stopped just short of meeting lofty expectations. One of the original EV leaders, Nissan had tinkered…
- Car makers look to China to improve fuel economy – Nikkei: So far, Volkswagen of Germany has allied with Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group, Daimler of Germany has joined hands with BAIC Motor and Ford…
- 2017 Hyundai Elantra Sport Review – Forbes: There are two questions the Hyundai Elantra Sport inspires: “what’s that” is first, followed by “how is it?” Both can be answered efficiently. It’s no GTI.
- Renault Samsung adds QM6 gasoline model to domestic lineup – Yonhap: Renault Samsung Motors Corp., the South Korean unit of French carmaker Renault S.A., has added the gasoline…
- Hyundai suffers labor problems at home and political fallout in China – Nikkei: SEOUL/CHONGQING Hyundai Motor cannot seem to catch a break these days. Talks between the automaker and its trade union at home recently…
- Chinese Startup Racing Tesla Brings Driverless Trucks to Arizona – Bloomberg: The vehicles will have 10 cameras, three radars and a control system to … Waymo — spun off from Google’s self-driving car project — said in June it’s…
- Are small pickup trucks safe? – CBS News: The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is out with ratings on eight small pickup trucks. “Mainly we’re looking at the area around where the driver…
- Post-Harvey Houston faces a car crunch – Yahoo: “There is a high demand going on now,” said Ezequiel Zepeda, a salesman at Houston Direct Auto, a used car company. Zepeda these days is…
- Exclusive: An army of tow trucks tackles Houston’s flood-damaged cars – Reuters: On Tuesday he was hustling to pick up a car from a subdivision in the … The company estimates there are about 325,000 flood-damaged vehicles …
- Nissan chooses value over range with new Leaf – Automotive News: Nissan is continuing to work on increasing range, and will introduce a performance version of the Leaf early next year with a range of more than 200…
- VW preps for learning curve on autonomous, electric and connected vehicles – Automotive News: Volkswagen AG is preparing for a steep learning curve in the transition to autonomous, electric and connected vehicles. At the Technology…
- Nissan Targets Tesla With New a New Leaf – Bloomberg: Jose Munoz, Nissan North America chairman, discusses the company’s efforts to fend off Tesla with a new model of the Leaf that offers self parking…