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- Diesel cheating inquiries widen to Renault and Fiat – Reuters: European carmakers were drawn into widening investigations into diesel emissions cheating on Friday, with French prosecutors examining Renault and British authorities seeking answers from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV.
- EU Presses Italy to Respond on Fiat Chrysler Emissions – WSJ: U.S. allegations that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles cheated on diesel emissions spilled over to Europe, with authorities pressing Italy to respond to German accusations of cheating against the Italian-American car maker.
- Renault Investigated Over Emissions – WSJ: French prosecutors said they have opened an investigation into Renault on suspicion of emissions fraud and assigned three judges to the case.
- RPT-Senior VW managers warned not to travel to U.S. -sources – Reuters: Senior Volkswagen managers have been warned not to travel to the United States, legal and company sources told , after six current and former managers were indicted for their role in the German carmaker’s diesel test-cheating scheme.
- Renault Shares Slide as France Opens Diesel Emissions Probe – Bloomberg: which doesn’t sell vehicles in the U.S. — faces allegations that its cars are a pollution hazard, a spokeswoman for the prosecutors office said…
- Paris prosecutor opens probe into emissions cheating at Renault: source – Reuters: The Paris prosecutor has launched a judicial investigation into possible cheating on exhaust emissions at carmaker Renault , a source at the prosecutor’s office said on Friday.
- French judicial probe opened into possible cheating over Renault emissions… – Reuters: Logo is seen on a ribbon at a dealing centre Renault store in Minsk, Belarus June 9, 2016. … Renault shares fell sharply on the revelation of the probe.
- Will London’s pollution problem spell the end of diesel cars? – Autocar: With various global cities turning on diesels and EU air quality regulations repeatedly being broken, the end of diesel engines could be near…
- PARIS PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATING RENAULT FOR POSSIBLE CHEATING OVER EMISSIO… – Reuters: LONDON, Jan 13 Britain said it was urgently seeking information from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency after it accused carmaker Fiat …
- UK seeks details from US over Fiat Chrysler diesel emission accusations – Reuters: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne speaks next to the Utility Vehicle of the Year award given … REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo.
- VW Pulled Out of Daimler Deal Before Embarking on Diesel Cheat – Bloomberg: A deal with Daimler, which owned Chrysler when the talks were under way, could have thwarted the disaster by offering access to the Mercedes-Benz parent’s BlueTec diesel technology, which uses a urea solution to clean up…
- Marchionne Faces Cheating Charge From Weaker Position Than VW – Bloomberg: “They can’t get a break,” said Rebecca Lindland, an analyst at car-shopping researcher Kelley Blue Book. “They haven’t been able to get steady…
- Fiat Rises as Investors Question VW Parallels in Cheating Charge – Bloomberg: The emissions-violations accusations lodged against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV Thursday may look like those that have cost Volkswagen AG more…
- Tata Group Names Chandrasekaran as Chairman – WSJ: India’s Tata Group chose a new chairman Thursday. Tata Sons, the holding company that controls the group, said it will appointNatarajan Chandrasekaran.
- Holden announces date for last car to roll out of Adelaide plant – Guardian: … The company, which is owned by US-based General Motors, will then import all its…
- Naver to test self-driving cars soon – Yonhap: Naver Corp. said Friday that it will test self-driving cars on roads soon, as South Korea’s largest Internet portal taps deeper…
- Fiat Chrysler CEO says EPA development won’t impact targets – La Repubblica – Reuters: Accusations by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles violated emissions laws will not have any impact on the carmaker’s business plan targets, CEO Sergio Marchionne told La Repubblica newspaper on Friday.
- Tata’s New Boss Is a Safe Choice – Bloomberg: Selling or shuttering the domestic passenger car business — or taking Jaguar Land Rover out of Tata Motors Ltd. and listing it in London or Hong Kong…
- Deliver My Ride lets car buyers bypass showrooms – Freep: A new website from two longtime Detroit businessmen aims to help car buyers … manufacturer sites like Ford.com and third-party aggregators like True Car … Eventually, McInerney said, he envisions that the company will earn more…
- BRIEF-Tesla Motors says customers will be charged a fee to supercharge bey… – Reuters: AMSTERDAM, Jan 13 The Dutch central bank (DNB) has warned that financial institutions need to do more to guard against corrupt practices when …
- A $267000 Sports Car Got Cheaper With Brexit — If You’re Irish – Bloomberg: “Like the U.K., Ireland has right-hand drive, plus it has the euro,” said Ashley Winston, who sources cars on request across the U.K. from his London…
- Honda to resume Civic sedan output in Japan; weighs U.S. exports – Automotive News: Allocating manufacturing capacity for the Civic in Japan may enable Honda to free up production capacity in the United States, where the market for sedans is shrinking in favor of crossovers.
- Back home: Honda brings Civic sedan to Japan in branding push – Reuters: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid … The Civic posted record annual sales in 2016 in the world’s No.2 auto market after the latest revamped version of the …
- Volkswagen executive denied bail over emissions scandal – FT: A federal judge on Thursday denied bail to a Volkswagen executive who took an ill-timed vacation to Florida and was arrested only days before the…
- Volkswagen Executive to Remain in Custody – WSJ: MIAMI-A federal judge on Thursday ruled that Oliver Schmidt, one of the six Volkswagen AG executives charged this week in the company’s…
- Opinion: Is it time to say goodbye to diesel? – Autocar: Environmental pressures might convince more Brits to stop filling up at the black pump, but it could send used petrol car values skywards
- Auto Stock Roundup: Record U.S. & China Sales; GM, Ford Reveal Outlook – Yahoo: General Motors Company GM and Ford Motor Co. F also revealed details of their 2017 outlook and capital deployment plans. Meanwhile, Penske…
- Fiat Supplier Cummins Has Better News Ahead – Bloomberg: Don’t mind the drop in Fiat supplier Cummins Inc. today. Things are actually looking up for the truck-engine maker. The stock plunged as much as 4.7…
- EU says expects answers from Italy over alleged Fiat emissions cheating – Yahoo: Germany has asked the EU executive to mediate its dispute with Italy, which rejected its allegations of hidden software on the Fiat 500X, Fiat Doblo…
- Op-Ed: Fiat emissions scandal just the latest from an industry skilled at ‘deception and trickery’ – CNBC: Today’s charges that Fiat Chrysler used deceptive software to cover up diesel emissions could be just the latest example of that, but most of the ways…
- We’re ‘fundamentally different’ from Volkswagen, Fiat Chrysler CEO says – CNBC: Earlier on Thursday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accused Fiat Chrysler of using software that allowed excess diesel emissions in about…
- EPA Makes An Example Of Fiat Chrysler After Missing VW Diesel Cheating Scandal – Forbes: The charges are the direct fallout from the sweeping diesel emissions scandal that engulfed Volkswagen after the German automaker admitted in…
- Bentley Will Offer Every Model as a Hybrid – Yahoo: Coming up with a 700 horsepower four-seater cabriolet was Bentley in … That’s because Lamborghini is doing the same with the Urus, while Audi is…
- Fiat Chrysler leads European shares lower on emissions accusations – Reuters: MILAN, Jan 12 European shares fell on Thursday weighed down by Fiat Chrysler, which wiped out one sixth of its value in a late session slide after the …