- Saudi looking beyond oil price slump as rig count spikes – Reuters: As the global energy industry stares transfixed at a spectacular drop in U.S. rigs, Saudi Arabia is ramping up the number of machines drilling for oil and gas despite a sharp fall in the price of crude.
- Nissan Celebrates 75000 LEAFs Sold In US – Insideevs: “When the lease was up on my first Nissan LEAF, I knew that I didn’t want any other car. I had to have another Nissan LEAF. I love how quickly I can…
- Russia’s Automobile Industry Is In Serious Trouble – Forbes: The automobile industry stands out as one that has gotten absolutely … According to Rosstat, Russian factories produced 215,000 cars in January and…
- Atlanta is “hugely important” for Tesla Motors – Bizjournals: After a year of battling dealer-friendly laws in several states, Tesla Motors Inc. appears to be turning a corner. On March 18, New Jersey Gov.
- Nissan Sells 75000th US Leaf – Has It Also Now Outsold The Chevy Volt? – Hybridcars: This month Nissan is celebrating its 75,000th Leaf sold in the United States and – pending March sales results in a couple weeks – the car may also…
- JD Power-LMC says U.S. March auto sales nearly flat versus year ago – Yahoo: U.S. new-vehicle sales in March rose only 0.3 percent from a year ago, consultancies J.D. Power and LMC Automotive said on Friday. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, March sales in the world’s …
- Collapse of Oil Prices Rocks Auto Industry – Detroit Bureau: Unforeseen events such as the sudden collapse of oil prices and the conflict in the Ukraine have combined to re-shape the outlook for the automobile industry. The volatility of various market is creating a list of winners and losers. To see the list, go to TheDetroitBureau.com.
- Pact with Iran May Open New Market for Automakers – Detroit Bureau: The nuclear arms talks between Iran and the United States, which have rattled politicians in Washington D.C., Tel Aviv and Tehran, are also being watch closely inside the auto industry. Iran is potentially a substantial new market for makers. Go to TheDetroitBureau.com for more.
- Sportier 190PS Nissan Pulsar arrives, priced from PS19645 – Honestjohn: Nissan has introduced a 190S 1.6-litre turbocharged petrol engine to the Pulsar range. The new DIG-T model also gets suspension upgrades and…
- Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA) CEO: Too early To Ban Human Driving – Insidermonkey: Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO, Elon Musk, believes that autonomous cars might prove to be much safer in the future such that human drivers…
- RUSSIA: Kremlin mulls US$332m automotive subsidy: analyst – Just-auto: Russia is mulling providing subsidies to the automotive industry this year of RUB20bn (US$332m) says a Moscow analyst, with the country facing unprecedented economic headwinds.
- Toyota says sportscar co-developed with BMW will sit above the GT86 – Worldcarfans: Toyota Europe vice-president and product planning chief Karl Schlicht has disclosed preliminary details about the company’s upcoming sportscar.
- Lotus Elise special edition and Exige Club Racer revealed – Autoexpress: News 20 Mar, 2015 Lotus celebrates 20th anniversary of Elise with special edition model, plus faster and lighter Exige S Club Racer
- GM CEO Mary Barra to be quizzed over botched recall – CNN: Read full story for latest details.
- NY Post Article Predicts The Demise Of Radio In Cars, Broadcast Execs Firmly Disagree – Allaccess: Technology is changing the choices drivers have in cars, with connected cars … visual platform which will use the tuner which is in every automobile.
- All Signs Point to Apple (AAPL) Moving to Manufacture Its Own Electric Vehicle – Stifel (TSLA) (F … – Streetinsider: His LinkedIn bio highlights development work in connected cars, UI and … worked as a product engineer on Ford’s hybrid electric vehicle systems,…
- The house of the future? It’s a Honda – Washington Post: There are no flying cars in Susan O’Hara and Stuart Bennett’s garage, nor robot servants waiting to fetch their slippers and a martini…
- Made-in-India Datsun Go to come with airbag soon – Autocarpro: The Datsun Go hatchback, which received a zero star rating at the Global NCAP crash test results in November 2014, is to be equipped with a driver’s…
- Tesla, blackjack, and burgers: Woz tweets his Reno roadtrip – Cultofmac: That, in short, is what separates Jobs (and, indeed, Tim Cook) from Apple … Woz recently took a roadtrip to Reno with his wife, in his $100,000 Tesla…
- How Often Will the Tesla Self-Driving Car Crash? – 247wallst: Tesla says new software will allow car owners to navigate on major highways, where the car can drive itself. What it did not say is how risky the plan is.
- BMW settles with the FTC over restrictive Mini warranties – Slashgear: BMW’s auto warranties were scrutinized by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) which lead to an official complaint from the FTC. BMW of North…
- Next BMW i Model Won’t Arrive Before 2020 – Gas2: BMW’s i3 is a cute little sedan. It’s i8 is a hard edged supercar. Is there room for a model in the middle? There’s a lot of speculation that a mid-size…
- MG6 to get ‘major improvements’ for 2015 – Autoexpress: News 20 Mar, 2015 MG is set to unveil comprehensive updates for the MG6 hatchback, with revised styling, engines and interior
- Shandong EV Expo in China: the Sikixing M1 & M4 – Carnewschina: This is the fantastic Sikixing M1, a new low-speed electric vehicle (LSEV) from China, seen earlier this week on the Shandong EV Expo (intro). The M1 immediately became one of my favorite cars on the show, looking impossible cute and cool at the same time. The vehicle comes with big black bumpers for a tiny []
- Uber cars pull ahead of Big Apple’s cabs – Iol: Cars operated by Uber Technologies now outnumber New York’s yellow cabs, the latest sign that its mobile phone app is changing the…
- Branson to rival Tesla Motors with new road-going EV? – Paultan: It’s tough being on top, as they say. When one thinks of electric vehicles, eight out of ten individuals would respond with a Tesla product. As a result….
- Nissan Pulsar gets warmer with new DIG-T 190 – Motoringresearch: Nissan Pulsar DIG-T 190 Nissan has made the Pulsar a bit more interesting with the introduction of a 190hp warm hatch version, the DIG-T 190.