Top News:
- Bollore’s London electric car club scheme faces delay – Reuters: An electric carsharing scheme being rolled out in London by French firm Bollore is taking longer than expected to set up fully because contract talks with the capital’s local councils are dragging on.
- What Keeps Killing Electric Cars? – Forbes: Many people think that the electric vehicle’s time has finally come, with the roughly 300,000 orders for Tesla’s Model 3 providing a boost to advocates…
- Bosch Is `Discussing’ Investment in Digital-Map Consortium HERE – Bloomberg: Robert Bosch GmbH, the world’s biggest car-parts supplier, is considering investing in digital-map consortium HERE as part of a strategy to expand…
- 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet breaks cover – Autocar: This is our first sight of Mercedes’ forthcoming open-top E-Class, which could be officially revealed later this year
- Jaguar Land Rover deal to take over Silverstone moves forward – Autocar: Race circuit’s owner the British Racing Driver’s Club (BRDC) votes to proceed with negotiations with JLR, which wants to make the track its home
- Fastest drift ever recorded: Nissan GT-R breaks Guinness world record – plus video – Autocar: 1361bhp Nissan GT-R breaks the Guinness world record for the fastest drift ever recorded at 189.5mph
- SIAM slashes vehicle growth forecast on new anti-pollution steps – Reuters: Policy changes such as higher taxes on cars and a ban on the sale of large diesel … “Parent companies of global car makers are not very optimistic.
- Russia’s March auto sales down 10 pct y/y – AEB – Reuters: MOSCOW, April 8 New car sales in Russia fell 10.0 percent year-on-year to 125,917 vehicles in March, the Association of European Businesses (AEB) …
- Mercedes-Benz hits Q1 record for car sales – Just-auto: Mercedes-Benz delivered 198,921 cars to customers in March, more than ever before in one month (+8.4%)
- Alfa Romeo Stelvio on course for 2017 launch – Autocar: Italian rival to the Porsche Macan enters latter stages of development; spy shots reveal bodywork clues
- Datsun redi-Go teased again ahead of global unveiling on April 14 – Ibtimes: After the first teaser image of the upcoming redi-Go was released earlier this month, Nissan’s sub-brand Datsun released another teaser image ahead…
- Mercedes diesel owners file new lawsuit in United States – Reuters: Owners of Mercedes diesel cars filed a new class-action lawsuit in the United States saying the vehicles likely contained a “defeat device” used to cheat emissions testing, an accusation that Daimler , which owns the carmaker, denied.
- India Auto Sales Expand at Fastest Pace in 5 Years on New Models – Bloomberg: Passenger vehicle deliveries in India expanded at their fastest pace in five years as new model introductions by Suzuki Motor Corp., Hyundai Motor…
- BRIEF-GM says March China vehicle sales -0.6 percent y/y – Reuters: * March China vehicle sales total 296,939, -0.6 percent y/y, versus -9.3 percent y/y in Feb
- Germany to Get Tough on Dirty Diesels by Empowering City Bans – Bloomberg: German towns and cities plagued by car and truck pollution will soon get the legal tools they need to ban older diesel vehicles from streets where…
- GM Ignition Payout Cancels Trial Over Father of Five’s Death – Bloomberg: Bloomberg the Company & Its Products …. deadly ignition switch defect in millions of vehicles, General Motors Co. settled a case that was set set … After the recall, “we located the car and found the defective switch and had it tested. … The jurors said unanimously that the car deviated from the company’s…
- Do the new Ford Mustang V8’s spiritual roots lie in Essex? – Autocar: The latest Mustang was born in the USA, but it has plenty in common with European hot Fords such as the Cortina, Escort Twin Cam and Capri