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- Intel seeking indirect stake in mapping firm HERE: German cartel office – Reuters: Chip maker Intel has sought approval to buy a stake in HERE, a digital mapping firm controlled by Germany’s carmakers Daimler , BMW and Volkswagen , a filing to the German cartel office showed.
- BRIEF-Autoliv and Volvo Cars sign final agreement to form joint venture – Reuters: * Autoliv and Volvo Cars sign final agreement to form joint venture
- Dr. Z Reclaims Luxury-Car Crown From BMW With Mercedes Makeover – Bloomberg: And with plans to keep up the pace with a slate of edgy electric cars, Mercedes looks set to defend the No. 1 ranking at least until Zetsche’s current…
- Fiat Chrysler Pauses From Gas-Guzzlers to Show Electric Minivan – Bloomberg: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is laying out a vision of a battery-powered, self-driving minivan that it bets even a millennial could love. That may not be…
- Op-Ed: VW in pole position for 2017 comeback – CNBC: … more than half a million vehicles carrying the defeat device and pledging additional funds to tackle climate change and promote electric-car sales.
- Mitsubishi Qashqai rival to launch in 2017 – Autocar: The XR-PHEV concept Expected to be revealed at the Geneva show in March, the new SUV will sit between the ASX and Outlander
- Sweden’s Best-Selling Car of 2016 Was Just Announced-And It’s Not a Volvo – Fortune: That honor was taken by the Volkswagen (vlkpf) Golf, which soaked up 5.9% of new car sales last year, the BBC reports, compared to Volvo’s share of…
- FCA to reveal self-driving, electric concept vehicle at CES – Freep: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will reveal a new, semi-autonomous electric vehicle designed for millenials with families at CES, better known as the…
- CES 2017: Fiat Chrysler’s New Concept Car Aims to Win Over Millennials Of Any Age – Fortune: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will reveal an electric concept vehicle at CES on Tuesday that is designed to suit the wide-ranging needs of millennial car…
- It’s Aye, Robot, as Driverless Cars Finally Steer Near Showrooms – Bloomberg: Car electronics supplier Delphi Automotive Plc went coast-to-coast in 2015 in a self-driving Audi Q5 sport-utility vehicle to prove the autonomous…
- Advances by small carmakers keep S. Korea’s auto market growing – Yonhap: The rise came mostly from increased sales by three small carmakers — GM Korea Co., Renault Samsung Motors Co. and Ssangyong Motor Co.
- What I’d Do Differently: Fake Elon Musk – Yahoo: If things go according to plan, we can have an autonomous, all-electric car in production by 2014, maybe 2015 at the latest. Now I’m considering that it…
- Japan automakers’ tie-up synergies to take shape in 2017 – Nikkei: Toyota President Akio Toyoda, left, and Suzuki Chairman Osamu Suzuki after the October announcement of the two automakers’ partnership talks.
- Hyundai, Kia target sales rebound, helped by U.S., China and Russia – Automotive News: Photo credit: BLOOMBERG … Hyundai and Kia are targeting to deliver a combined 8.25 million vehicles in 2017 from 7.88 million units a year earlier,…
- South Korea bans sales of some Nissan, BMW and Porsche models – Reuters: Nine of the models have been banned since last month and Nissan’s Qashqai diesel sport utility vehicle has been banned since June, the …
- South Korea Halts Some Nissan, BMW Sales in Emissions Probe – Bloomberg: This follows a fine in May on the Japanese automaker, whose Qashqai … to all foreign car brands covering 23 companies involving 110 diesel models.
- Hyundai, Kia target sales rebound after first fall in 18 years – Reuters: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Files … The projected 5 percent rise in global sales for 2017 to 8.25 million vehicles easily beats the 1.9 percent rise forecast …