Top News:
- Virtual Keys Looming on the Horizon – Detroit Bureau: Carmakers are moving closer to using “virtual keys” that can be embedded in smart phones, providing a world of convenience to drivers and making car sharing easier.
- Audi sales chief happy with US diesel emissions talks – Just-auto: Volkswagen could reach a “final” settlement with USregulators as early as October over its large engine diesel cars that cheated emissions tests, Audi’s sales chief has said.
- Autonomous cars with emoji displays in the pipeline – Autocar:
- Google Heats Up Car-Sharing Battle – Detroit Bureau: Google is the latest player to toss its keys into the ride-sharing ring. The tech giant will expand a carpooling test program using its Waze smartphone app to allow commuters all over the San Francisco Bay Area hitch a ride to work. More from TheDetroitBureau.com.
- Ricardo and Quanchai China to develop new diesel engines – Just-auto: Ricardo has signed an agreement with Anhui Quanchai Engine – one of China’s largest diesel engine makers – to support the development of a new generation common rail diesel engine platform for commercial applications.
- U.S. Auto Sales Seen Sliding for August on Dialed-Down Discounts – Bloomberg: … 17.2 million cars and light trucks, according to a Bloomberg survey of analysts, down from a 17.9 million rate in July that was the highest of the year.
- Honda and Daido develop high-performance magnet for electric drive applications – Just-auto: Honda Motor and Daido Electronics have developed a new method for making high-performance magnets – used in motors in electric vehicles and other products – that eliminates the need for rare-earth metals imported from China.
- Uber plans to have 50 fully electric cars in London by end Sept – Reuters: UL], which allows users to instantly hail a taxi ride using their smartphone, said some British customers would soon be traveling in electric cars, in …
- Lambo’s next act: Targeting women and families – Automotive News: Forget what you know about raging bulls. Lamborghini wants to show you a softer side of Italian supercars.
- Formula 1-inspired Mercedes-AMG hypercar to feature Lotus tuning – Autocar: Rumours gain momentum, suggesting Mercedes’ rival for the Aston Martin AM-RB 001 is under development; Lotus involvement could involve chassis set-up
- VW could reach a settlement over diesel cars by October – Ibtimes: Embattled German carmaker Volkswagen could reach a financial and technical settlement with US authorities over large-engined diesel cars found to…