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- Californians Snub Free EVs, Carmakers Say in Pushback on Mandate – Bloomberg: The proportion of Californians making electric cars their new set of wheels has stayed flat for years even though incentives make some models…
- London Taxi Company to build electric taxi and van in £300m Warwickshire plant – Autocar: The new plant is the first new vehicle manufacturing plant in Britain for more than a decade, and is also its first dedicated electric vehicle production facility
- 2018 Vauxhall Corsa hatch spotted with revised interior – Autocar: Opel development car shows how Vauxhall’s future hatchback will look; larger dimensions suggest it’ll have more cabin space
- Tata Steel looks to expand key product beyond BMW to volume brands – Automotive News: Hurt by rising steel imports from China, Tata Steel in Europe is aggressively pushing its higher-margin tailored blanks business to generate more…
- GM Bets Chevy Equinox Can Win Money Left on Table Amid SUV Boom – Bloomberg: While the largest U.S. automakers’ competitors have pumped out new and refreshed sport utility vehicles to cash in on the booming segment, GM soldiered on with an Equinox that last underwent major changes seven years ago. Equinox deliveries slumped 13 …
- Seat confirms large SUV for growing line-up – Autocar: An image of the new model Seat’s new large SUV will be based on the Skoda Kodiaq; will sit alongside the Ateca and the upcoming Arona in the brand’s SUV line-up
- Charged Up – Electric Cars Are Morphing Into Many Species – Forbes: Electra Meccanica Vehicles Corporation, a Vancouver-based Canadian designer and manufacturer, has developed an all-electric, single passenger…
- Toyota Industries Buys Dutch Equipment Maker for $1.25 Billion – Bloomberg: Toyota Industries Corp., a parts-and-assembly affiliate of Japan’s largest carmaker, has agreed to buy Dutch baggage and parcel handling equipment…
- Inside Alabama’s Auto Jobs Boom: Cheap Wages, Little Training, Crushed Limbs – Bloomberg: Regina Elsea was a year old in 1997 when the first vehicle rolled off the Mercedes-Benz assembly line near Tuscaloosa. That gleaming M-Class SUV…
- China’s Chery files trademark complaint against Mercedes over green car brand – Reuters: Chinese automaker Chery Automobile Co Ltd [CHERY.UL] has filed a complaint with the country’s trademark regulator over Mercedes-Benz’s use of the “EQ” name for a line of green-energy vehicles, throwing up a potential road block for the Daimler AG unit in the world’s largest electric car market.
- Porsche Design’s New Monobloc Actuator Wristwatch Is Modeled On Porsche 911 RSR – Forbes: Porsche Design releases its new Monobloc Actuator collection at Baselworld 2017, the largest watch and jewelry fair in the world, which opens its…
- Toyota Industries buys Vanderlande for 1.2 billion euros – Reuters: The logo of Toyota is seen during the 87th International Motor Show at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann.
- France not ruling out reducing Renault stake, but must be at right price: Sapin – Reuters: France has increased its stake in Renault in recent years, currently holding just under 20 percent of the company’s share capital, but Sapin told BFM …
- RPT-Mobileye deal to fuel investment in late-stage Israeli start-ups – Reuters: * Israeli start-ups raised nearly $5 billion in 2016, up 11 pct
- Payne: Hydrogen-fuel Honda Clarity, first drive – Detroitnews: A futuristic, water-emitting, $369-a-month Honda is a screaming bargain. Only in La La Land.
- Suppliers see opportunity as auto industry shifts to mobility – Automotive News: The automotive industry landscape is changing via rapid advancements in technology. So much so, that suppliers are joining their manufacturing customers in a whole new industry — mobility.
- UK car production hit 17-year high in February – Reuters: British car production hit a 17-year high in February, extending a recent trend of surging output as a strong rise in exports once again compensated for a slump in demand at home, an industry body said on Thursday.
- Do the math: Older used cars in short supply – Detroitnews: There aren’t that many used cars for sale from 2009 and 2010 because of the recession
- Car thieves moving from Tiida to Hilux-cops – Guardian: Car thieves are beginning to move away from Nissan vehicles- primarily Tiidas and B series cars-and are stealing more Toyota Hilux pick ups.
- Microsoft Licenses Patents to Toyota In Bid For Bigger Car-Tech Role – WSJ: Microsoft agreed to license a batch of patents to Toyota as part of the software giant’s effort to leverage its vast intellectual-property portfolio to become a key provider of connected-car technology.
- Microsoft’s Plan to Dominate Connected Cars – Fortune: “The connected car represents an enormous opportunity for the auto … The company says that it sees driving becoming far more personalized and…
- Canada seeks to end Uber’s tax advantage over taxi companies – Reuters: The new national budget unveiled Wednesday by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government took aim at ride-sharing providers such as Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL], looking to end a tax advantage they have over traditional taxi companies.
- Cost of US car fuel standards could be 40 percent lower: report – Reuters: Instead of an average cost of $875 per vehicle for incremental technology needed to meet the new standards, as compared with 2021 standards, …
- BRIEF-Microsoft announces patent license agreement with Toyota – Reuters: announced a new patent licensing agreement with Toyota Corp. that includes broad coverage for connected car technologies Source text …
- Microsoft announces patent license agreement with Toyota, enhancing connected car experience … – Yahoo: “Microsoft doesn’t make cars; we are working closely with today’s car companies to help them meet customer demands, and we’re pleased today to…
- Volkswagen Tests Waters With First Bond Issue After Emissions Scandal – WSJ: Volkswagen AG plans to the return to the bond markets Thursday for the first time since its emissions-cheating scandal, testing confidence after an…
- Center for Sustainable Energy to Administer Charge NY Drive Clean Rebate Initiative – Yahoo: The Drive Clean Rebate initiative is the latest action by Governor Cuomo to increase the number of electric cars in New York State. Earlier this month…
- Staff levels at BMW’s Dutch Mini assembly plant to overtake UK’s – Reuters: FILE PHOTO: Workers assemble cars at the plant for the Mini range of cars in Cowley, near Oxford, Britain June 20, 2016. REUTERS/Leon …
- Take a ride inside this luxury, open-air electric car – Washington Post: The company behind the Air, California-based Lucid Motors, is in the … the loan program was “an important component in accelerating” Tesla’s vehicle…
- Electric Motor Market Expected to Reach $117288 Million, by 2022 – Allied Market Research – Yahoo: Therefore, the sale of electric vehicles in India is expected to reach 7 million by 2020. The Japanese Government passed the Green Vehicle Promotion…
- Finland’s Valmet to build new Mercedes-Benz compact cars – Reuters: … had signed a new contract to build future Mercedes-Benz compact cars for Daimler AG.
- UK lawmakers demand more answers from VW over diesel scandal – Reuters: Around 1.2 million cars are affected by the scandal in Britain with fewer than half repaired so far, prompting anger from politicians and drivers who …
- BMW’s Hazard Lights Are Blinking – Bloomberg: The company’s captive financial services unit financed half of all BMW’s new vehicle sales in 2016, some nine percentage points higher than four…
- BRIEF-VW’s Skoda Auto sees deliveries growing in 2017 -CEO – Reuters: … is the news and media division of Thomson . Thomson is …
- Uber expands international headquarters in Amsterdam – Reuters: The U.S. ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc said on Wednesday it will move its international headquarters in Amsterdam to a larger building ahead of plans to increase staff to 1,000 from 400.