- Stellantis to halt Italian van plant next week due to parts shortage … – Reuters
- Musk expected to take stand as trial resumes over Tesla tweet – Reuters
- Elon Musk Jury Should Be Warned Ahead of His Testimony, Opponents Say – Bloomberg
- Musk Directed Tesla Autopilot Video Saying Car Drove Itself – Bloomberg
- Tesla shareholder Tencent backs Elon Musk despite Twitter distraction – CNBC
- Tesla’s Gruenheide plant should ramp up output, local minister says – Reuters
- Elon Musk Didn’t Lie but Used the ‘Wrong Words’ in Tesla Funding Tweet, Says Lawyer – Businessinsider
- Tesla Driver a Loyal FSD User Even After Crash With Autopilot – Businessinsider
- GM explores mini electric pickup – Automotive News
- Here’s what Twitter lost in advertising revenue in final months of 2022 – Reuters
- Toyota’s aggressive plan to ramp up production – Automotive News
Friday Morning Auto News, Jan 20, 2023: Stellantis runs out of parts in Italy. Musk, director of fake autopilot video to take the stand, jury should be warned. More.
Thursday Morning Auto News, Jan 19, 2023: Britishvolt’s collapse seen as ‘an unmitigated disaster’ for UK auto industry. Watch 2 totally staged scenes from 2016 Tesla video. More
- Britishvolt’s collapse seen as ‘an unmitigated disaster’ for UK auto industry – Automotive News
- A Tesla Crashed During Filming for Self-Driving Ad, Engineer Said – Businessinsider
- Elon Musk Trial Opens to Debate Over Nature of Tesla Tweets – Wall Street Journal
- 2 totally staged scenes from a 2016 tesla self – Businessinsider
- Elon Musk depicted as liar, visionary in Tesla tweet trial – Washington Post
- Tesla Has the Most Valuable Car Brand. Too Bad It Isn’t the Strongest. – Barrons
- Sacked GM workers in India sue company, CEO Barra for unpaid compensation – Reuters
- Volvo’s former CTO Henrik Green to depart – Automotive News
- New BYD Atto 3 confirmed for UK sale in the coming weeks – Autocar
- Hertz is bringing thousands of EVs and chargers to the city of Denver in a broad new partnership – CNBC
- Britishvolt site draws interest from more than a dozen companies – FT
- Davos 2023-Uber not planning any company-wide layoffs – Reuters
- How Tesla’s Price Cut Is Making Its Rivals Sweat – Barrons
Remembering Dr. Carl Hahn, and finally the truth about China can be told

Dr. Carl Hahn. picture courtesy Yahoo.Finance
Sadly, Dr. Carl Hahn, one of Volkswagen’s best CEOs, left us last week at the age of 96. I had the honor of working for him when I was a very young copywriter, and when he was the CEO of Continental Tires. I also worked for on the Volkswagen account a lot after Hahn returned to Volkswagen in 1982. Hahn was famous for having turned the Beetle from a Nazi car into an American cult, and for bringing Volkswagen to China, now by far the largest market of Volkswagen’s empire. Back when, and now in many eulogies, Hahn was praised for his long-term strategic thinking and foresight.
Here is the truth about Volkswagen and China, as told to me by Hahn’s right hand man and multipurpose executive Werner “W.P.” Schmidt, who also departed from the living a few years ago.
Wednesday Morning Auto News, Jan 18, 2023: Musk’s Twitter auctions-off espresso machines and kegerators to raise money. “Funding secured” trial begins. More
- Twitter is auctioning off espresso machines and kegerators from its San Francisco headquarters – CNBC
- Tesla, shareholders to lay out arguments in ‘funding secured’ fraud trial – Reuters
- Musk Jury Chosen for Tesla Investor Fraud Trial Over 2018 Tweets – Bloomberg
- Renault 2022 sales slip 9% – Just-Auto
- Jeep Avenger electric SUV to launch from £36,500 – Autocar
- New 2023 Hyundai Kona gets EV option and sporty N line trim – Autocar
- 2023 Hyundai Kona to get ICE variants and first-in-class tech – Autocar
- Elon Musk vs. Twitter: Cracks in the Empire – Axios
- Andrea Agnelli to quit board roles at Stellantis, Exor – Reuters
- Toyota limits orders for Lexus in Japan due to chip shortage – Nikkei
- Aston Martin DBS 770 is £314k, 759bhp swansong – Autocar
- Toyota plans to produce 750000 vehicles globally in February – Reuters
Tuesday Morning Auto News, Jan 17, 2023: Musk’s ‘funding secured’ trial begins in SF. Nissan, Renault “rebalancing.” More.
- Musk ‘funding secured’ trial set to begin in San Francisco – Automotive News
- White hat hackers gain access to data at 7 more automakers – Automotive News
- Elon Musk’s Tesla Tweets Could Cost Him Billions More — in Court – Bloomberg
- Nissan, Renault Near ‘Historic’ Rebalancing Of Alliance: Source – Barrons
- Tesla, Musk face trial in shareholder case over 2018 tweets – Reuters
- Elon Musk Faces Trial Over His 2018 Plan to Take Tesla Private – New York Times
- Elon Musk’s Appetite for Destruction – New York Times
- China’s BYD Will Start Selling Electric SUVs in the UK This Quarter – Bloomberg
- Tesla, BYD Finalizing Deals to Invest in Indonesia EV Space – Bloomberg
- Ex-McLaren CEO Mike Flewitt named new BAC chairman – Autocar
- Xpeng Follows Tesla With Major Price Cuts on China Electric Cars – Bloomberg