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- UAW Taking Heat for Newest Version of FCA Contract – Detroit Bureau: UAW officials wrapping up a second tentative contract are already facing heat from critics of the first contract. Find out the problem at TheDetroitBureau.com.
- Germany says 3.6 mln VW cars will require hardware changes – Reuters: BERLIN Oct 9 Roughly 3.6 million Volkswagen cars in Europe with 1.6-litre engines will require hardware changes in the wake of the company’s…
- Four more carmakers join diesel emissions row – Guardian: Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Mazda and Mitsubishi have joined the growing list of manufacturers whose diesel cars are known to emit significantly more…
- VW: using cheat software may not be illegal in European tests – Autocar: Firm admits it is “theoretically” possible it cheated Euro tests – but claims it may not breach regulations if it did The Volkswagen Group has admitted its cars could “theoretically” have used its manipulation software during European emissions tests – but is trying to establish whether doing so would be illegal.
- GERMANY: Porsche boosts Europe sales 51% in September – Just-auto: Porsche boosted European sales 51% year on year in September to 7,005 cars with sales in Germany up 26% to 2,269. Year to date European volume rose 34% to58,150 vehicles.
- Sales of imported cars continue to fall, Nissan to lower price of new Patrol to stimulate consumption – Automotive News: Gasgoo.com (Shanghai Oct 9)- Recently, Nissan officially debuted its Patrol 2016 in China, followed by other new models in a bid to speed up…
- Russian car sales plunge as automakers raise prices – Automotive News: Russian car sales plunged more than forecast in September, slumping the most in three months as a weaker ruble pushed…
- Elon Musk Takes Potshots At ‘Tesla Graveyard’ Apple, German Carmakers – Ibtimes: “We always jokingly call Apple the ‘Tesla Graveyard,'” Musk said, … When asked about Apple’s alleged foray into the electric car market, Musk said it…
- India’s car sales rise 9.5 pct y/y in Sept – industry – Reuters: Carmakers sold 169,590 cars in September, according to data from the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). Total passenger vehicle…
- Lexus plans global debut of new concept in Tokyo – Automotive News: Lexus plans to launch a fuel cell LS around 2018, Japan’s Best Car magazine reported this summer. A rendering of the car depicts a basic LS…
- China Plans Charging Stations for 5 Million Plug-in Cars by 2020 – Bloomberg: China has made the development of electric cars a strategic initiative as part of …. in Europe so far this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.