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- Tesla’s Model 3 to Cost $35K in March, But Production Still 2 Years Away – CNBC: Tesla’s long-awaited mass-market car, the Model 3, now has a price and … Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Motors Inc.
- Auto-Parts Dispute Taps the Brakes on Pacific Trade Deal – WSJ: The spat over which cars should be eligible for duty-free trade surfaced
- Marchionne’s uncomfortable truths – Autocar: FCA’s Sergio Marchionne thinks the car industry is slowing destroying itself. Is he right?
- UK: Nissan allocates redesigned Juke to Sunderland – Just-auto: Nissan Europe has again picked its Sunderland, north-east England, factory to build its segment-pioneering Juke model.
- Uber starts Brussels licensed service, vows to keep UberPOP – Reuters: “When there is a minority of taxi drivers that delivers ultimatums to the state, that attacks Uber drivers and pulls passengers from the cars, clearly there…
- Mercedes working on Tesla Model S fighter, report says – Automotive News: With the EU mandating a fleet CO2 emission target of 95 grams per kilometer for Europe’s new car fleet by 2020, Mercedes parent Daimler spent…
- Renault Alaskan concept previews new pick-up due in 2017 – Autocar: The Renault Alaskan concept has been revealed, and previews the company’s planned production pick-up truck, due to go on sale next year.
- Nissan invests PS100m in Sunderland plant to produce Juke model – Ibtimes: Nissan gave a boost to the manufacturing industry by announcing a PS100m ($152m) investment in its Sunderland plant to build the Juke model.
- Toyota Etios Cross to Get Makeover Soon, What to Expect? – Ibtimes: Toyota is also rumoured to introduce its outgoing Innova model as Innova Cross with changes like touchscreen infotainment system with bluetooth and…
- French carmakers duel over Iran – Reuters: Now Renault plans to use $560 million of its cash that had been trapped in Iran to seize the advantage, after July’s international deal to lift sanctions in…