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- BYD sells battery buses to Canadian city – Just-auto: The City of St. Albert in Alberta province said it would become the first municipality in Canada to order long-range all-electric buses to deploy on city streets for public transit use. BYD, the world’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer, will provide the all-electric buses, which will be delivered to the city in late summer or early autumn this year.
- Daimler enjoys a record February – Just-auto: Mercedes-Benz sold 133,752 vehicles to customers in February, up 11.2% year on year and a record for the month. Record unit sales were achieved…
- Audi to learn from Tesla and take risks – Autocar: Audi will learn from Tesla in bringing products to market faster and taking more risks, according to new technical boss Stefan Knirsch
- Toyota Launches A Wooden Car – Forbes: In a month at the Design Week in Milan, Italy, Toyota will show the Setsuna concept, a roadster (not a convertible) with the main chassis and body…
- Exclusive: At 100, BMW sees radical new future in world of driverless cars – Reuters: After a century building what it calls the “ultimate driving machine”, BMW is preparing for a world in which its customers will be mere passengers, and the cars will do the driving themselves.
- Why Tires Are More Profitable Than Mercedes – Bloomberg: … people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and …. Gas-guzzling trucks and sports utility vehicles are popular again with … The French company also raised its passenger car tire margin target for the…
- Mercedes-Benz has best-ever February on strong China, Europe – Reuters: FRANKFURT Daimler’s (DAIGn.DE) sales of its Mercedes-Benz passenger cars rose 11.2 percent in February to 133,752 vehicles, the most it ever …
- UK ‘slow month’ February sales best since 2004 – Just-auto: UK new car registrations continued the positive start to 2016 in February, growing 8.4% year on year to 83,395 units, according to Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) data.
- Some Japanese Diesel Cars’ On-Road Emissions Higher Than in Lab Tests – WSJ: Two Toyota vehicles and a Nissan vehicle tested on roads emitted up to 10 times the amount of nitrogen oxides, or NOx, than the standard they…
- Alternative Energy Vehicles Account HALF of BYD’s Profits for the Very First Time in 2015 – Automotive News: Gasgoo.com (Shanghai Mar 4th)- Recently, Chinese domestic carmaker BYD has announced that its net profits in 2015 jumped 552.63% to totally…
- Google’s self-driving car team beefs up auto experience – Reuters: … from exterior design to manufacturing. They hail from a wide range of companies, including Tesla Motors Inc, Ford Motor Co and General Motors Co.
- South Korea’s juggernauts sputter in China – Nikkei: 3 player in China’s fast-growing car market, behind Germany’s Volkswagen and General Motors of the U.S., Hyundai is losing market share as its sales…
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce sues Seattle over Uber, Lyft ordinance – Reuters: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued the city of Seattle on Thursday over an ordinance that allows drivers of ride-hailing apps Uber [UBER.UL] and Lyft to unionize, saying it violates federal antitrust laws.
- Australians snap up cars and homes in fillip to economy – Reuters: New vehicle sales score records for both Jan and Feb. * Fuels hopes consumption can keep economy on faster track. By Wayne Cole. SYDNEY …
- Uber teams with Florida city on public transit test – Reuters: A Florida city is testing whether it can save millions of dollars in road-building and other public transportation expenses by subsidizing the cost of rides with Uber Technologies Inc.