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- Tesla says Model 3 deliveries for new bookings in 2018 – Reuters: Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors Inc said on Tuesday customers placing new orders for Model 3 cars will be able to take deliveries only from 2018.
- Tesla Says Newly Reserved Model 3 Delivery to Start Mid-2018 – Bloomberg: Tesla Motors Inc. said buyers who place new orders for Model 3 vehicles can expect to begin receiving deliveries as soon as mid-2018, with…
- VW Judge Says He ‘Strongly’ Favors $14.7 Billion Accord – Bloomberg: U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco said he is “strongly” inclined to approve the settlement requiring VW to buy back cars with 2.0-liter…
- U.S. judge ‘strongly inclined’ to approve VW buyback settlement – Reuters: A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday said he is “strongly inclined” to approve a record-setting $10.033 billion proposed buyback and compensation offer from Volkswagen AG for 475,000 owners of polluting 2.0-liter diesel vehicles.
- VW Judge Says He’s ‘Strongly’ Leaning Toward Approving Accord – Bloomberg: U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco said he “strongly” favors the settlement requiring VW to buy back cars with 2.0-liter diesel engines…
- Tesla Extends Delivery Date of Model 3 for New Reservations – WSJ: Tesla has said that 373,000 Model 3s were reserved. Tesla this week posted the later delivery schedule for new reservations on its website, which…
- Jeep plots large range expansion with smaller and larger SUVs – Autocar: Buoyed by the success of the Renegade crossover, the go-anywhere brand is plotting a more comprehensive line-up
- Tesla Model 3 deliveries pushed back to ‘mid-2018 or later’ – Autocar: Around half a million orders for Tesla’s mass-market electric car appear to have pushed back delivery times; orders now equate to more than $14 billion of implied future sales
- Are These VW’s Electric Cars of the Future? – Detroit Bureau: Set to reach market no later than 2020, the VW ID will be the first of 30 battery-electric vehicles from the German maker as it shifts from its familiar,…
- Barra made Clinton’s long working list for VP pick – Automotive News: General Motors CEO Mary Barra was listed among 39 potential candidates to be Hillary Clinton’s running mate in a hacked email released today by WikiLeaks.
- Tesla quietly pushes back delivery estimate for new Model 3 orders to mid-2018 or later – CNBC: Members of the media photograph a Tesla Motor Inc. Model 3 vehicle that is displayed outside the company’s Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada, U.S.,…
- A grown-up with edge: Honda’s retooled CR-V and what people are saying – Automotive News: Honda’s fifth-generation CR-V features more space, horsepower, refinement and, perhaps most importantly, a volume knob. Here’s what people are saying about the 2017 Honda CR-V.
- Safe bets, bloat and hockey sticks: The 2017 BMW 5 series and what people think – Automotive News: BMW has revamped the 5 series for the 2017 model year with many technical and communications systems borrowed from the 7-series bin. The new, slightly larger 5 series is set to go on sale in February.
- I tried (and failed) to co-drive for World Rally legend Markus Gronholm – Autocar: An attempt to give two-time WRC champ Grönholm directions around a San Marino stage unfortunately doesn’t reveal hidden co-driving talents
- Buick on Target for New Sales Record with 2 Months to Go – Detroit Bureau: For a brand that came close to being shut down six years ago, Buick is showing solid signs of good health, the maker today reporting it has topped the 1 million sales mark in record time with more than two months of the year left to continue burnishing the total. More from TheDetroitBureau.com.
- Batteries May Trip ‘Death Spiral’ in $3.4 Trillion Credit Market – Bloomberg: Battery technologies starting to disrupt the electricity and automobile … While hybrid and battery-only cars are making slow progress in denting sales…
- Canadian Union Sets Deadline for Ford Negotiations – Detroit Bureau: Ford is the last of the three automakers to negotiate with the Canadian auto workers union, Unifor. These talks are likely to be the most contentious due to the two-tiered wage system. Find out the pitfalls at TheDetroitBureau.com
- Ford slows output at four assembly plants – Just-auto: Escape sales were off 12% last month, the just-auto data showed, with YTD growth under 1%. Fiesta volume plunged almost 40% with YTD sales…
- Car of the Future Doesn’t Come Cheap – Bloomberg: As driving becomes automated, electric motors displace combustion engines and cars are crammed full of gizmos, the companies supplying all that..