- Three reasons why the auto industry needs women – Renault-Nissan – Just-auto: Speaking from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Marie-Françoise Damesin, Executive Vice-President of both Alliance and Renault Human Resources, has highlighted three “very important reasons” why women are essential to the automotive industry.
- CHINA: VW strikes supply accord with China dealers – report – Just-auto: Volkswagen in China has reportedly agreed to set ‘sensible’ sales targets for its Chinese dealers who are suffering a drop in profitability in China’s slowing vehicle market.
- Kia returns to Super Bowl for 6th consecutive year – Automotive News: Kia’s 2015 Super Bowl commercial will star Pierce Brosnan parodying his role as James Bond.
- Germany to give self-driving cars a highway test track – Via Google News: As a country that is readily associated with the automobile industry, it can’t but be interested in the development of the cars of the future. That is why…
- BELGIUM: EU Commissioner calls for standardised road pricing – Just-auto: The European Union’s Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc has called for a standardised EU-wide road pricing system.
- CHINA: Great Wall operating profit slipped in 2014 – Just-auto: Great Wall has said that its operating profit margin slipped to 14.8% in 2014 from 17% a year earlier.
- JAPAN: Toyota to rethink pay system for workers – Just-auto: Toyota is reportedly planning to revise how it compensates factory workers in order to reward performance and encourage young talent.
- INDIA: Nissan plans to double Datsun network – Just-auto: Nissan is reportedly planning to double the size of its Datsun brand India dealership network by 2016.
- UK: Most cars relatively unscathed by Hoegh Osaka drama: ship owner – Just-auto: Owners of the Hoegh Osaka carship say most of the vehicles on board the vessel are able to be driven off, with relatively few damaged by water ingestion.
- INDIA: Maruti misses third quarter profit expectations – Just-auto: Maruti Suzuki’s third fiscal quarter sales rose 12.4% to 323,911 vehicles. Exports grew 43.8% to 28,709 units. But the company missed analysts’ profit expectations.
- Inauspicious: Tesla’s December Record Spells Trouble in China – Yahoo:
- GERMANY: Porsche recalls 13,500 vehicles for fuel leak – Just-auto: Porsche has recalled 13,500 vehicles globally to check for a fuel leak.
- Car review: Why the Mercedes-Maybach S600 is far more than a car – Via Google News: The primary purpose of the humble automobile is to mobilise people; to allow them to transport themselves to their destinations. But some cars leave…
- Nissan set to produce new Frontier pickup in Mexico – Reuters: MEXICO CITY, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Japanese automaker Nissan will begin producing the sixth generation of its Frontier pickup in Mexico, the company said on Tuesday.
- Toyota takes early Super Bowl lead – Automotive News: Toyota delivers an emotional punch to the gut with its spot for the 2015 Super Bowl.
- Is Volvo looking to manufacture cars in South Carolina? – Via Google News: COLUMBIA, SC ? Volvo Cars, said to be eager to rebuild sales in the U.S., might be looking to build an automobile manufacturing plant stateside, and…
- Oil-rich Saudis find new help in struggle to delay action on climate change: Cheap gas – Washington Post: As the ruler of a country that sits atop 300 billion barrels of oil, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah was no fan of proposals to limit the burning of fossil fuels. During most of his reign, the king’s chief envoy to climate talks was a global-warming skeptic who boasted of his success at scuttling climate treaties.Read full article >>
- Nissan Plans 1,000 New Stations to Quickly Charge Electric Cars – NY Times: The move by Nissan comes days after BMW and Volkswagen announced a joint effort to build 100 high-speed public charging stations on the East and West Coasts.
- ‘Mud, Sweat and Gears’ is like ‘car S&M’ – Via Google News: mud-sweat-gears-bbc-america-premiere.jpg BBC America’s newest car series, “Mud, Sweat and Gears,” is a bit “like car S&M.” British automobile…
- 2016 Porsche Panamera – latest spy pictures – Autocar: Porsche plans a total revamp for its second-generation saloon, giving it sharper looks, an advanced new platform and new V6 and V8 engines