Top News:
- Takata said to seek installment plan to pay for recall – Detroit News: Takata Corp. asked automakers to allow it to pay for costs related to its recalled air bags by installment
- Why a PS270,000 Aston Martin barn find makes financial sense – Autocar: Are the prices commanded by dilapidated ‘barn find’ classics entirely unrealistic, or is there method in the madness?
- Fiat-Chrysler expands recall of Jeeps for airbags – Just-auto: FCA US is expanding by an estimated 62,148 vehicles its recall of US-market SUVs to upgrade airbag software. The action follows a routine review of…
- BMW is one big, happy family as squabbles damage rival Volkswagen – Automotive News: The normally secretive Quandt family, which controls a majority stake in BMW, broke silence to praise the…
- Tesla hires Apple recruitment head after losing own recruiter to Apple Car project – Ibtimes: Apple came under pressure from investors in March to buy Tesla Motors. During the iPhone-maker’s annual shareholders meeting on 10 March,…
- How Toyota reinvented the car factory – Autocar: The Toyota Production System has been highly influential in mass manufacturing Created like a giant Scalextric track, the Japanese company’s new production line is set to revolutionise the way that it makes cars Toyota has long been recognised as the king of production line philosophy.
- Takata won’t set aside more cash reserves for recalls-CFO to analysts – Reuters: Takata Corp will not set aside more cash to pay for an expanding car recall linked to its air bag inflators because the defect cited by automakers was not “officially recognised”, analysts quoted its chief financial officer as saying.
- A123 Systems and Apple agree to settle employee-poaching case – Ibtimes: The accusation comes in line with rumours that Apple is working on building a new electric car to rival Tesla. Apple had denied the claims, and asked…
- Car-Safety Crisis Grows as Toyota, Nissan Expand Recalls – Bloomberg: Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will recall about 5 million more cars after finding air-bag inflators in Japan that could be susceptible to abnormal…
- Honda to recall 4.8 mln more cars globally for Takata air bags – Reuters: Honda Motor Co said on Thursday it would recall another 4.8 million cars globally to replace potentially fatal air bag inflators made by Japan’s Takata Corp, already at the centre of one of the biggest automotive recalls to date.
Other news, rumors, and gossip:
- Investors Sell Tesla Motors on Strength on Insider Selling (TSLA) – Wkrb13: Tesla Motors logo Investors sold shares of Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) on strength during trading on Wednesday after an insider sold shares in the…
- Volkswagen T1 transformed into a 530 PS monster for Worthersee – Worldcarfans: Based on an old Volkswagen T1, the vehicle uses an air-cooled engine from Porsche 993, equipped with two turbochargers and delivering 530 PS…
- Tesla Motors Inc Turn Signal Puts Drivers At Fault In Crash – Learnbonds: Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) is pointing to the possibility of a driver being held responsible in case of an accident as it moves to unveil its turn…
- End of the Road for Tesla, Ride-for-Hire Bills – Texastribune: With bulked-up lobbying teams making a free-market pitch at the Texas Capitol, Tesla Motors and the ride-for-hire services Uber and Lyft seemed to…
- Volkswagen celebrates 40 years of GTI with 400 horsepower GTE Sport plug-in hybrid concept – Cnet: The Volkswagen GTI is turning 40 years old soon and VW is celebrating the occasion with a new GTI Clubsport and the insane GTE Sport plug-in…
- confirmed that it will launch the CRF1000L Africa Twin. The Japanese manufacturer has stated that the new adventure motorcycle will stay…
- Volkswagen explains test engine failure – Eurosport: Volkswagen says an engine failure during its Rally of Portugal test was … A Volkswagen spokesman emphatically denied this was an involuntary…
- Norway to stick with electric-car subsidies – Ecomento: Local authorities will also be given greater discretion over policies such as allowing electric cars to drive in bus lanes, or that exempt electric cars from…
- Tesla’s Battery System Generates Controversy – Realmoney: On May 6 the widely known and frequently controversial boss of Tesla Motors (TSLA) introduced the company’s latest product that could upend energy…
- Tesla Motors Inc Should Take This Cue From Apple Inc. – Learnbonds: How fast Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) can ramp up sales on the battery business remains to be seen as the automaker moves to revamp itself as…
- Tesla resolves driverless car liability argument with one tweak – Zdnet: Tesla Tesla has turned to the classic turn signal as a means to solve the question of responsibility when driverless cars…
- New Ford City crosswalks on hold thanks to renegade painter – Triblive: An unknown person painted patches of damaged crosswalks on Fifth Avenue in Ford City and the job is causing problems for crews paid to do the…
- Renault admits something wrong at factory – Grandprix: But the Frenchman said Renault is working hard to solve its problems, and keen to race away from earlier suggestions it might split with Red Bull or…
- Renault’s Alpine sports car inches ever closer to production – will rival Porsche Boxster, Audi TT – Paultan: It’s been a long time coming, this one – Renault’s Alpine-badged sports car was first mooted way back in 2012 with the project seemingly see-sawing…
- Didi Kuadi offices raided, rekindling private car-taxi war – Wantchinatimes: For instance, the car service app operated by China Auto Rental announced in March that as long as registered users of the app paid 100 yuan…
- Buemi over the moon with Monaco win: We can win almost everywhere – Electricautosport: Sebastien Buemi and e.dams-Renault have gone down in history as they were victorious in the very first race for electric cars in Monaco after starting…
- Electric cars bound for Cuba – from Cayman Islands – Compasscayman: He plans to introduce electric cars to Cuba within the next two months. … The Cuban government will put the new electric vehicles into service at the…