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- VW, Didi in talks for high-end car-hailing service in China – Reuters: Volkswagen AG said on Thursday it is in talks with China’s Didi Chuxing to set up a high-end ride-hailing service, while also announcing ambitious sales goals for electric and hybrid vehicles in the world’s biggest auto market.
- VW and Didi Chuxing Planning a High-End Car Hailing Service in China – Fortune: Volkswagen said on Thursday it is in talks with China’s Didi Chuxing to set up a high-end ride-hailing service, while also announcing ambitious sales…
- VW’s Chief Faces Long Road to Overhaul Auto Maker – WSJ: BERLIN-When Matthias Muller took the wheel at the world’s biggest car company last year, he pledged to steer Volkswagen AG out of its worst-ever…
- Vauxhall Grandland X to compete with Skoda Kodiaq – Autocar: The Crossland X small SUV will fill the void left by the departing Meriva in Vauxhall’s 2017 line-up; it’ll be joined by the Grandland X large SUV and three Insignia variants
- VW loses more European market share as effect of emissions scandal lingers – Automotive News: The biggest winner overall last month was Jaguar Land Rover, whose Jaguar sales rose 62 percent and Land Rover’s volume increased by 2.5…
- Volkswagen Looks to Move Past Emissions Scandal – WSJ: One year after the emissions scandal hit Volkswagen, CEO of Volkswagen North America Hinrich Woebcken sat down with WSJ at the LA Auto Show…
- PSA, Renault, VW lead European car sales decline – Reuters: Renault group registrations were 2.1 percent lower, and Volkswagen suffered a 1.8 percent sales slide largely attributable to the core VW brand’s 7.8 …
- Toyota to sharpen focus on electric cars through new in-house unit – Reuters: View of a Toyota logo on a wheel at the Mondial de l’Automobile, Paris auto show, during media day in Paris, France, September 30, 2016.
- Audi predicts the death of the production line – Autocar: Audi predicts big change in the way cars are built within the next 10 years, involving autonomous vehicles delivering components
- Hyundai Motor unveils self-driving Ioniq EV at LA auto show – Yonhap: The Hyundai Ioniq EV concept car draws keen attention from dozens of … The Ioniq is Hyundai’s first dedicated electric vehicle that has a maximum…
- Uber says Taiwan’s steps against it hurting citizens – Reuters: Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] urged Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to let the island’s people decide whether they want Uber services in Taiwan, the latest salvo in the wrangle between the authorities there and the global ride-hailing service company.
- Toyota Sees the Battery-Power Light – WSJ: It focused instead on gas-electric hybrids and fuel-cell vehicles that perform more like conventional cars. Toyota’s jump onto the battery bandwagon is…
- 2017 Volkswagen e-Golf revealed in LA – Autocar: New Golf EV can cover 186 miles on a single charge, a 50% increase compared with its predecessor
- Jeep Compass revealed at LA motor show – Autocar: Jeep’s Nissan Qashqai rival makes its public debut in LA following a first unveiling in Brazil; it arrives in Europe in the second half of 2017
- BRIEF-China’s Didi Chuxing says in tie-up with Volkswagen China – Reuters: TOKYO, Nov 17 Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday it would create a new in-house team to develop electric vehicles as the Japanese automaker …
- See How Jaguar Rebuilt Its XKSS Supercar, a Legend From 1957 – Bloomberg: It’s technically a “continuation car,” a special type of replica in which production ceased but has since restarted using original designs and methods…
- VW Loses More European Market Share as Scandal Effect Lingers – Bloomberg: Volkswagen accounted for 24.9 percent of the region’s car sales in October, compared with 25.3 percent a year earlier, the Brussels-based European…
- Volkswagen aims to sell 400000 new energy vehicles a year in China by 202… – Reuters: A Volkswagen (VW) logo covered with mud and dust is seen on the wheel of a car in Grafenwoehr, Germany, October 26, 2016. REUTERS/Michaela …
- Tesla-SolarCity Meet at Altar for Merger Musk Portrays as Fate – Bloomberg: Musk, 45, has laid out his vision for a vertically integrated clean energy behemoth offering consumers electric cars, solar roofs and batteries for the…
- Resurrecting the Original Supercar – Bloomberg: The classic car has been recreated in painstaking detail using techniques and material from the era. Bloomberg was given exclusive access to the…
- Jeep plans off-road Trailhawk variant of retooled Compass – Automotive News: The redesigned 2018 Jeep Compass, due in U.S. dealerships next year, will offer a new off-road ready trim level but largely keep its styling cues cribbed from the larger Jeep Grand Cherokee.
- Tesla and Tucker: A tale of two startups – Detroitnews: This unlikely tale could be about Tesla … or Tucker. For 1948, Preston Tucker promised a car that would cruise at 100 mph, get 65 mpg and innovate…
- New Jaguar XKSS revealed in LA – Autocar: The first Jaguar XKSS to be built in 60 years has been revealed in Los Angeles today; nine examples are set for production
- Car Designers Take Cues From Sci-Fi Films – WSJ: Auto brands, including Fiat Chrysler, Ford and Mercedes-Benz, are turning to special-effects tools to help them envision how drivers might use visual information in future dashboard displays.
- Mazda drives ahead with US diesel car launch – FT: But Mazda executives say diesel still has the potential for larger-sized cars and pickup trucks while electric vehicles faces issues in terms of the high…
- Audi sees potential for just one diesel model in US – Reuters: Covered Audi cars are seen during the Sao Paulo International Motor Show in Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker.
- For Subaru, when and where to add capacity as U.S. sales streak rolls on – Automotive News: If you are Fuji Heavy Industries, the parent of Subaru, one of the hottest brands in the U.S., when do you take the next step, capacity-wise, and start gnawing away at the big numbers of the volume giants?