Top News:
- Should a Driverless Car Decide Who Lives or Dies in an Accident? – Bloomberg: The gearheads in Detroit, Tokyo and Stuttgart have mostly figured out how to build driverless vehicles. Even the Google guys seem to have solved the…
- California is Nirvana for Car Thieves – Detroit Bureau: The Golden State is the land of golden opportunities for car thieves as California was home to seven of the top 10 areas for vehicle theft in 2014, including the San Francisco-Oakland area which was the leader per capita in the country. For more, go to TheDetroitBureau.com.
- RUSSIA: Mercedes/GAZ exercise production caution in unstable market – Just-auto: Mercedes-Benz says it will not produce more Sprinter vans in Russia than the market demands as partner GAZ also acts cautiously in the current volatile economic environment.
- ITALY: FCA long way off making GM offer – Just-auto: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is a long way from making any offer to GM shareholders, FCA chief executive Sergio Marchionne has said.
- RUSSIA: GAZ parent ‘wastes not one rouble’ in efficiency drive: RM CEO – Just-auto: GAZ Group parent, Russian Machines says “not one rouble” is wasted in the company as it continues its efficiency moves to drive down costs in the business.
- Takata president makes public apology for airbag deaths – Automotive News: Takata President Shigehisa Takada made a public apology for the eight deaths and hundreds of injuries related to the company’s airbags dating back more than a decade.
- Supersonic car gears up for speed record – FT: Project seeks sponsors for 1,000mph challenge
- Mini’s car-sharing plan will help owners rent their cars – Automotive News: Mini has joined the rush to solve the problem of customers abandoning car ownership in favor of car-sharing, launching a scheme…
- New Lotus 3-Eleven teased – Autocar: The new Lotus was spied at Goodwood on Thursday New 3-Eleven will have more than 500bhp per tonne and cost about PS70k when it arrives next year after a Goodwood Festival of Speed debut
- US: Chevy eyes more profit from new Cruze – Just-auto: General Motors redesigned 2016 Cruze, on sale in the US early next year, will generate US$1,500 more profit per car than the old model, GM has estimated.
- JAPAN: Takata inflator probe ‘not progressing well’ – CEO – Just-auto: Takata chief executive Shigehisa Takada has said an internal probe into why the supplier’s airbag inflators were failing was not progressing well, as millions of cars continue to be called back to replace the potentially deadly component.
- Nissan Juke-R 2.0 revealed at Goodwood – Autocar: Nissan has revealed the latest extreme version of its Juke crossover – the 600bhp Juke-R 2.0
- Renault Espace’s Tesla-like touchscreen could be a winner – Automotive News: Renault’s large, vertically-mounted touchscreen on its new Espace large minivan seems like a smart move as connectivity increasingly becomes a key…
- Toyota, Nissan expand air bag recalls after latest US action – Reuters: Toyota said it would recall another 2.86 million vehicles across 24 models produced between April 2003 and December 2008, including 1.729 million…
- GM readies wireless downloads of new features – Automotive News: GM is preparing to roll out vehicle technology that allows new features to be downloaded wirelessly, the company’s head of global product development says.
- Takata CEO: internal probe into failing air bags ‘not progressing’ – Reuters: The head of Takata Corp said an internal probe into why the Japanese supplier’s air bag inflators were failing was not progressing well, as millions of cars continue to be called back to replace the potentially deadly component.
- Honda to roll out street legal superbike – Detroitnews: Honda’s announcement follows the unveilings of the Ducati Panigale R, BMW’s HP4, the Kawasaki H2R and the Yamaha R1M – all of them street…