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- Ford China sales rise 3% to 1.1 million vehicles in 2015 – Automotive News: Lincoln today said it sold 11,630 vehicles in China in 2015, the brand’s first full year in that country, as Ford’s total sales there rose 3 percent to a record 1.1 million.
- Lincoln tallies 11,630 sales in China debut; Ford Motor rises 3% – Automotive News: Lincoln today said it sold 11,630 vehicles in China in 2015, the brand’s first full year in that country, as Ford’s total sales there rose 3 percent to a record 1.1 million.
- GM faces first ignition-switch court trials – Automotive News: General Motors next week faces the first of hundreds of court trials demanding that the automaker pay for the deaths of loved ones or injuries ranging from broken bones to paralysis.
- Mercedes pulls ahead of Audi in race to top BMW sales – Reuters: The launch of a new E-Class is expected to add further momentum, Daimler said. “We anticipate additional sales impetus in 2016 from the new…
- Audi says sales rise 3.6 percent in 2015 to 1803250 cars – Reuters: Luxury brand Audi on Friday said annual sales rose 3.6 percent to a record 1,803,250 cars last year. Sales in Europe rose 4.8 percent to 799,950…
- Mercedes-Benz sales rise 13.4 percent to 1.87 million cars in 2015 – Reuters: The Stuttgart-based carmaker said global sales rose 9.1 percent in December to 178,017 cars, helping Mercedes to its strongest quarterly sales of…
- Volvo Cars Sees 2016 Growth After Second Straight Sales Record – Bloomberg: Volvo Car Group predicted its third consecutive record in annual auto sales in 2016 as the Swedish company adds to its lineup of premium vehicles…
- Fragrance anyone? Touch-free car controls split world’s drivers – Reuters: Germany’s BMW demonstrated a 7 Series car that recognizes five simple … asked Henry Jasny, vice president of Advocates for Highway and Auto…
- Chinese automaker BYD boosts 2015 profit estimate on clean car demand – Reuters: BYD said that even though it is producing vehicles at full capacity, it cannot meet demand, adding that it had received “a mountain of orders” for its K9…
- Hyundai to build Santa Fe Sport at Alabama plant – Automotive News: Hyundai Motor Co. said Thursday it will add production of the Santa Fe Sport at its Montgomery, Ala., plant in early summer to…
- How China’s Dirty Cities Are Reshaping Car Design Across World – Bloomberg: Decisions made in Beijing already are affecting cars people drive in Dallas and Los … fleets consist of at least 30 percent plug-in hybrids or electric cars. … than the U.S. for the first time ever, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
- Hyundai Mulls Making Luxury Car in China to Ease Sticker Shock – Bloomberg: Hyundai Motor Co. is weighing plans to build its new luxury Genesis cars in China to overcome import tariffs that add 25 percent to the sticker price…
- Prepping for First SUV, Rolls-Royce Begins Testing New Aluminum Spaceframe – Detroit Bureau: There has always been something a bit anachronistic about Rolls-Royce, retro if you prefer.
- Car sales in Western Europe see strong end to the year – Just-auto: Car sales in Western Europe grew by 14.3% in December according to data released by LMC Automotive.
- Renault-Nissan Gives Details on Autonomous Vehicle Plan – WSJ: The Renault-Nissan Alliance said it would put out a combined 10 vehicles over the next five years with semiautonomous or fully autonomous…
- Takata Looks Way Past Its Air Bag Woes – Bloomberg: One might think that an auto parts company whose main product is at the center of a 19-million-vehicle recall involving a dozen carmakers would have…
- Renault-Nissan alliance plans self-driving cars over next 4 years – Reuters: The cars will have a feature called “single-lane control” that allows them to drive autonomously on highways without switching lanes. Renault-Nissan…
- Mercedes working on a range of EVs, E-Class self-driving upgrades – Reuters: Daimler sold a small stake it held in Tesla in 2014. “We are competitors,” Weber said. Weber said Mercedes’ plans to add electric vehicles would…
- Volkswagen CEO to hold high-level talks in Washington on emissions scandal – Reuters: In an interview with Reuters, Diess said fixing older VW cars equipped with 2.0-liter diesel engines would be more difficult than bringing more recent…
- Mitsubishi finds no auto buyer for US plant – Just-auto: Mitsubishi Motors hasconfirmed a report in Japan’s Nikkeibusiness newspaperwhich said the automaker was unable to find a buyer for its US factory in Normal, Illinois, and take on its workers.
- VW CEO to Meet With EPA Chief as Talks Continue on Diesel Recall – Bloomberg: McCarthy said Thursday that VW’s proposals to bring its cars into compliance with emissions standards have so far been inadequate. The agency and…
- U.S. average new-vehicle fuel economy drops below 25 mpg – Automotive News: While the U.S. auto industry set a sales record in 2015, the average fuel economy of light vehicles purchased last year fell below 25 mpg for the first time in nearly two years, a monthly report said.
- Mercedes Turns its New E-Class Into a Self-Driving Test Car – Fortune: Meanwhile, Daimler is already testing its autonomous driving technology in Nevada, and in May 2015 the company was issued a license to test…
- CES – Pioneer shows ADAS support technologies – Just-auto: Pioneer is exhibiting its automotive technologies which can be integrated to support Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), autonomous driving, and other vehicle elementsat this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
- Mobileye wants automakers to share maps for autonomous cars – Automotive News: Tech supplier Mobileye wants to convince automakers that join its project to create crowd-sourced maps to share their data, creating a constantly updated, global digital map to guide self-driving cars, Chairman and Chief Technology Officer Amnon…
