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- Bollore’s Electric-Car Venture Leaves Investors on Side of Road – Bloomberg: French billionaire Vincent Bollore’s push into electric vehicles has been a huge success, at least in terms of publicity and eye-catching contracts. For investors, it hasn’t worked out so well. Shares of his battery company, Blue Solutions SA, have …
- VW joins Ford, BMW to offer Amazon’s ‘Alexa’ voice service – Automotive News: While other automakers including Ford, BMW and Hyundai are introducing Alexa, their applications work only with via a smartphone app connected to…
- Bentley reveals ‘world’s fastest’ vehicle – Guardian: Bentley has unveiled its Continental Supersports claiming it is the fastest and … However, current Guinness World Records world’s fastest’ car, the Bugatti … Bentley also said the Continental Supersports Convertible, is the fastest…
- Detroit auto show a tale of haves, have nots – Detroitnews: Smaller carmakers have trouble competing in an increasingly technological industry
- Professional drivers propose 50-year ban on self-driving – Guardian: An organisation representing professional drivers has called on New York state legislators to ban self-driving vehicles for 50 years, citing the potential…
- Toyota Chairman: We Have Full Confidence in US Market – Bloomberg: Toyota Motor Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada discusses the company’s prospects in the U.S. market with ‘s Francine Lacqua at the World…
- Panasonic aims to move Tesla auto partnership beyond batteries: CEO – CNBC: Panasonic aims to extend its partnership with electric car maker Tesla Motors beyond batteries and into self-driving technology, as the Japanese…
- Mercedes-Maybach SUV set for 2019 launch – Autocar: The Mercedes-Maybach SUV as imagined by Set to be key rivals of the Bentley Bentayga, Range Rover SV Autobiography Dynamic and yet-to-be-launched Rolls-Royce Cullinan, the luxury SUV will cost around PS150,000
- Feds pick Willow Run site for self-driving designation – Freep: Southeast Michigan is getting an important designation in the competition to be a hub for self-driving and autonomous vehicle technology.
- Uber to pay $20 million to settle U.S. claims it misled drivers – Reuters: Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] has agreed to pay $20 million to settle claims by the U.S. government that it exaggerated prospective earnings in seeking to recruit drivers and downplayed the costs of buying or leasing a car, documents filed with a federal court on Thursday showed.
- US Ends Probe of Tesla Fatal Crash Without Seeking Recall – New York Times: NHTSA released guidelines last year that attempt to ensure safety without slowing development of semiautonomous and self-driving cars. The agency…
- Cramer blames Amazon for the success of Tesla & Netflix – CNBC: In particular, it is why the short-sellers are losing billions of dollars every day on their bets against the two companies, he said. “They just don’t understand the Amazon factor, meaning you may not see what is causing all the love for either company …
- Toyota Chairman Says Fuel-Cell Cars Need More Time to Catch On – Bloomberg: Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada, known as the “father of the Prius” for his work on the world’s best-selling hybrid car, said fuel-cell vehicles will take…
- Motherson Sumi to buy Finland’s PKC Group for $609 million – Reuters: India-based car parts maker and engineering group Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd has agreed to buy Finnish truck wire maker PKC Group for 571 million euros ($609 million), PKC said on Thursday.
- Toyota bullish on hydrogen investment – Nikkei: Takeshi Uchiyamada told The that he sees great promise for the Hydrogen Council, a body of 13 companies including Toyota and Anglo-Dutch…
- Tesla rallies after analyst brings forward Model 3 launch forecast – FT: Shares in Tesla rose 2.3 per cent to $243.76 after Adam Jonas at Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock to “overweight” from “equalweight” and lifted his price target by 26 per cent to $305. The move welled the bullish Tesla camp on Wall Street, with eight …
- Another round of Takata airbag recalls filed by 13 automakers – Automotive News: More than a dozen automakers this week recalled another 652,000 vehicles with Takata airbag inflators in the U.S.
- Michigan testing site named federal driverless car proving ground – Automotive News: The American Center for Mobility self-driving vehicle test bed under construction in Ypsilanti Township, Mich., has been awarded a federal designation as a proving ground for the development of driverless cars, officials said Thursday.
- Czech inventor gives snow chains a modern makeover – Reuters: Gross plans to roll out the first plastic devices for cars in February, with a view to … (Reporting by Television; editing by John Stonestreet) …
- JPMorgan: Here’s What to Expect From General Motors & Tesla Come Earnings Time – Barrons: Morgan Stanley’s Adam Jonas might be back in the bull camp on Tesla Motors (TSLA), but JPMorgan’s Ryan Brinkman and team see no need to…
- Sneak Peek: 2018 Jeep Wrangler – Forbes: Perhaps the biggest news is the introduction of an as-yet unnamed pickup truck version, based on the four-door Wrangler “Unlimited” models that’s…
- BRIEF-Toyota says North American vehicle production reached 2.12 mln in 2016 – Reuters: BEIJING, Jan 20 China’s fixed-asset investment rose 8.1 percent in 2016, less than expected and the slowest annual pace since 1999.
- GM’s Cruise Automation releases self-driving Bolt video – Detroitnews: Video from November shows sped-up 22-minute ride in San Francisco with GM President Dan Ammann as a rider
- Tesla’s Autopilot Vindicated With 40% Drop in Crashes – Bloomberg: In fact, the evidence disclosed by Tesla in the investigation included crucial data that’s been missing from the safety debate surrounding automated…
- BMW plans more purchasing with Daimler – executive in FAZ – Reuters: A BMW logo is pictured at the Jacob Javits Convention Center during the New York International Auto Show in New York, U.S., April 16, 2014.
- US Regulators Close Tesla Autopilot Probe – WSJ: The Tesla co-founder has beaten back criticisms that Autopilot, updated … Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car company has eschewed systems with human…
- Sigh of Relief for Self-Driving Cars as Tesla Cleared in Probe – Bloomberg: The push to bring self-driving cars to American roads got a significant boost on Thursday when the nation’s chief auto safety regulator essentially…
- China’s BYD Again Outlines Plans to Enter US Market – Detroit Bureau: Even with an incoming president threatening to erect stiff trade barriers on automotive products, China’s BYD says it wants to start selling automobiles…
- This Chinese Automaker Wants to Be the First to Sell Cars in America – Fortune: BYD plans to sell electric passenger cars in the United States in about two to three years, an executive said on Thursday, as it races to be the first…