Top News:
- Google Founder Larry Page Funding Flying Car Companies Zee.Aero And Kitty Hawk – Ibtimes: … of secretive startups looking to revolutionize personal transport by developing flying cars, according to a new report from Bloomberg Businessweek.
- Uber CEO Travis Kalanick reveals he has a 1999 BMW M3 convertible but no valid driver’s licence – Ibtimes: Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has constantly reiterated his company’s goal to make their ride-hailing service so simple and affordable that people do…
- ECB Said to Buy Volkswagen Securities in Second Day of Purchases – Bloomberg: Purchases included securities issued by troubled German carmaker Volkswagen AG; Continental AG, Europe’s second-biggest car-parts maker; and…
- Video: Wild bike-engined Tata Nano with 200bhp driven – Autocar: The Tata ‘Super Nano’ has a 200-odd bhp superbike engine in the rear, an appropriate braking and suspension system and tonnes of attitude
- Suzuki CEO Latest Victim of Fuel Economy Cheating Scandal – Detroit Bureau: The 86-year-old CEO and other top executives at Suzuki are resigning or taking large pay cuts due to the fuel economy scandal.
- Prosecutors say Volkswagen sold vehicles with unauthorized exhaust pipes – Yonhap: Seoul prosecutors said Thursday Volkswagen, faced with an emissions cheating scandal, appears to have sold thousands…
- Why raising UK local content won’t be easy – Comment – Just-auto: Back in the 1980s when Nissan started to assemble the Bluebird (Ford Cortina fighter) model in the UK, there was much head scratching over the true status of the car.
- The secret car that caught Steve Jobs’ eye – and may offer clues to Apple’s own – Guardian: Bryan Thompson with his V-Vehicle prototype that he took to Steve Jobs’ Palo Alto home in 2010, where they talked materials and design approach.
- BMW CEO foresees car that knows how you feel – Automotive News: BMW CEO Krueger next to the Vision Next 100 self-driving concept car. The production version will be a “companion that responds to you as an…
- Chinese EV growth will challenge suppliers – Magna – Just-auto: Magna reckons the anticipated significant growth in China’s new electric vehicle (NEV) makerswill present ‘huge challenges’ as suppliers look to provide the necessary components.
- Skoda could face dieselgate prosecution – Autocar: The DfT is considering bringing the Volkswagen-owned firm to court over emissions test cheating
- Suppliers say Chinese auto industry consolidation “unavoidable” – Just-auto: Consolidation among China’s myriad automakers will be “unavoidable” as a way to combat the inevitable slowdown in previouslyextremely strong growth rates, according to suppliers Lear and Dana.
- London Black Cabs Seek Their Own Brexit With Paris Calling – Bloomberg: “We are offering a global product that will be a global beater,” said Johansen, who says the car can reach European markets even with a Brexit.
- Mazda reveals new comfort-focused electronic chassis system – Autocar: The new technology, named ‘G-Vectoring Control’, will be released this year. It’s part of Mazda’s new philosophy: ‘prioritising long-distance comfort’
- Hyundai delays European launch of upscale Genesis brand – Automotive News: Hyundai confirmed it will launch its new Genesis premium brand in Europe but not until the end of the decade at the earliest when it will…
- Automotive Council aims for 60% UK content on cars – Just-auto: a body that exists to strengthen co-operation between UK government and the UK automotive sector and set strategic direction – believes that the UK auto industry should be aiming to raise the UK content in UK-produced cars from the current level of around 41% average to 60%.
- Welcome to Larry Page’s Secret Flying-Car Factories – Bloomberg: Flying cars, of course, are ridiculous. Lone-wolf inventors have tried to build them for decades, with little to show for their efforts besides disappointed…
- Continental says China unpredictable – Just-auto: Continental has said unpredictability in China will continue for some time as automakers and suppliers adjust to more modest levels of growth.
- Honda Jazz-based crossover WR-V coming to India in 2017: Report – Ibtimes: Honda Jazz-based crossover WR-V coming to India in 2017. … It is probably one of the worst kept secrets that Japanese car-maker Honda is readying…
- Honda recalls more vehicles in Japan over Takata air bags – Reuters: Automakers are ramping up recalls after the auto parts maker, under pressure from the U.S. government, agreed last month to declare more of its …
- Renault Kadjar long-term test review: alarm problems – Autocar: A glitch in the Kadjar’s alarm has been a major annoyance, but fuel economy continues to impress
- Big-Brother Pizza: Domino’s to Track Customers on Way to Stores – Bloomberg: They can also specify whether they’re coming on foot, on bike or by car. Cooking starts when the map shows customers are within range, the company…
- Datsun Go-cross may come to India in 2019, likely to be priced above Rs. 5 lakh – Ibtimes: After launching the redi-Go, the entry level hatchback from its low-cost brand Datsun, Nissan is now shifting its focus to crossover and SUVs in India,…