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- California Mandate Expected to Grow EV Sales – Detroit Bureau: California’s Zero-Emission Vehicle program is expected to increase sales of electric, plug-in hybrid and alt-fuel vehicles in next decade. Get details at TheDetroitBureau.com.
- US transport chief: automakers will back self-driving car oversight – Reuters: “I strongly believe we’ll get great compliance from the auto industry,” Foxx told Reuters in an interview at the department’s Washington headquarters …
- BRIEF-Nissan’s Infiniti global sales up 12 pct in September – Reuters: BRIEF-Nissan’s Infiniti global sales up 12 pct in September … Infiniti global sales reached 164,636 for the first three quarters this year, representing …
- Volkswagen Polo GTi name for 2017 World Rally Championship contender – Autocar: Volkswagen’s impression of how the new-for-2017 Polo GTi will look
- Volkswagen Tiguan SUV imported for testing purpose in India – Ibtimes: Volkswagen has imported a unit of new Tiguan SUV to India, fuelling fresh rounds of whispers in the auto corridors about the launch of the model in…
- BMW i5 to join full range of i cars – Autocar: BMW’s third model under its electrified i sub-brand has been revealed in patent images released in Japan, after BMW filed patents for i-cars, bearing the badges i1 through i9
- Faraday Future EV supercar to use world’s most energy-dense batteries – Autocar: Faraday Future’s FFZERO1 concept
- S. Korea’s auto sales shrink 2.1 pct in Sept. – Yonhap: The five automakers are Hyundai Motor Co.; Kia Motors Corp.; GM Korea Co., the South Korean unit of U.S. automaker General Motors Co.; Renault…
- Reduced output sets Hyundai Motor sales back 2 pct in Sept. – Yonhap: South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said Tuesday that its global sales slipped slightly from a year earlier in…
- BRIEF-Maruti Suzuki says domestic sales of Baleno cars reach 100000 units – Reuters: BRIEF-Maruti Suzuki says domestic sales of Baleno cars reach 100,000 units … Reuters is the news and media division of Thomson Reuters.
- Honda’s Foot-Dragging Over Takata Said to Frustrate Stakeholders – Bloomberg: As troubled air-bag maker Takata Corp. courts buyers to resolve the auto industry’s biggest recall ever, top customer and shareholder Honda Motor…
- Riding on Datsun redi-Go, Nissan India posts 89% growth in September – Ibtimes: Nissan Motor India Pvt. Ltd, the Indian arm of the Japanese car maker Nissan has registered a growth of 89 percent in September. The company sold…
- Renault Samsung sales plunge 38.8 pct on weak exports in Sept. – Yonhap: Sales of Renault Samsung Motors Co., the local unit of French automaker Reanult S.A., dropped significantly from a year…
- Toyota, Daihatsu to set up joint emerging markets company – Reuters: Toyota Motor Corp on Tuesday said it will set up a joint internal company with subsidiary Daihatsu to develop and market compact vehicles in emerging markets, as Toyota aims to expand market share in other Asian markets.
- Toyota Plans New Unit to Focus on India and Emerging Markets – WSJ: Earlier this year, Toyota said it would buy Daihatsu for about $3 billion to bolster its small car business. Daihatsu is well known in Japan for building…