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- Jaguar Land Rover reaches agreement to buy renewable electricity from EDF Energy – CNBC: Jaguar Land Rover added that its supply was supported by the Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin scheme. This means that a specific portion of…
- Intel to buy Mobileye for $14-$15 billion, Israeli media say – Reuters: U.S. chip giant Intel has agreed to buy Israeli driverless technology firm Mobileye for $14-$15 billion, Israeli media reported on Monday, in what would be the largest ever acquisition of Israeli high-tech company.
- Ford’s Lincoln plans to produce luxury SUV in China by late 2019 – Reuters: Ford Motor Co’s luxury unit Lincoln plans to produce luxury SUVs in China by late 2019, as it steps up its move into the world’s largest auto market and aims to catch up with German and U.S. rivals who already manufacture in the Asian nation.
- Ford to Start Producing Luxury Lincoln SUV in China by 2019 – Bloomberg: Sales of the marque have almost tripled to about 33,000 vehicles in China last year. The automaker will continue to import Lincoln vehicles from North..
- Captains of German industry to accompany Merkel on Trump trip – Reuters: Bosses of German companies including engineering group Siemens and carmaker BMW will travel with Chancellor Angela Merkel to meet U.S. President Donald Trump this week, sources familiar with the matter told .
- China may roll back electric car quotas as industry pushes back – Reuters: New energy vehicles last year accounted for just 1.8 percent of sales in the world’s biggest autos market, according to calculations based on …
- Porsche Mission E: electric car to have wide range of variants – Autocar: The 2015 Mission E concept previewed the final car’s design Porsche chairman Oliver Blume reveals Stuttgart car maker’s plans to produce several versions of its electric model following a launch in 2019
- Innogy in talks with car consortium over charging stations – CEO – Reuters: ESSEN, Germany Innogy is in “intense” talks with a group of carmakers, Chief Executive Peter Terium told journalists on Monday, hoping to be selected as a supplier of super-fast charging stations for electric vehicles across Europe. “It’s not a done …
- Shares of Mobileye soar more than 30% on $15 billion takeover by Intel – CNBC: U.S. chip giant Intel has agreed to buy Israeli technology firm Mobileye for $63.54 per share in cash.
- GM-Peugeot Deal Shows Scale Is What You Make of It – WSJ: General Motors’ decision to pull out of Europe flies in the face of a century-old industrial logic: that the more cars mass-producers make, the lower their…
- Carmakers jockey to power the cars of the future – Nikkei: At the event, there were 58 gasoline-powered cars, 23 electric cars with lead-acid batteries and 58 steam-powered cars on display. “It was still unclear…
- 2017 Hyundai Ioniq: The Most Efficient Hybrid You Can Buy – Forbes: The car cost under $9,000, or about 20 percent less than competitive Japanese … Yes, I said hybrid and electric car because the Hyundai Ioniq comes in both … The Ioniq Electric is a pure EV using an 88 kW (118 horsepower) motor…
- 2017 Bentley Continental Supersports: One Last Hurrah – Forbes: Though no official word has been announced, the second chapter of the Bentley Continental is soon coming to an end, but not before going out with a…
- Fresh Tesla Model 3 Prototype Video Surfaces – Forbes: A new video of a prototype of Tesla Motors soon-to-be-released Model 3 surfaced over the weekend. The video, via Electrek as posted by Unplugged Performance, is about a minute long. The footage was taken at SpaceX offices in Hawthorne, Calif., a city …
- Could Opel deal set off a chain reaction? – Automotive News: Historically, deals like General Motors’ sale of Opel/Vauxhall to PSA Group have set off a chain reaction in the industry: an urgent sizing-up…
- To Take on Tesla, Sweden’s NorthVolt Seeks $1 Billion Next Year – Bloomberg: NorthVolt AB, the Swedish company founded by a former Tesla Inc. executive, wants to cut the cost of storing power in half with a 4 billion euro ($4.2…
- An Ex-Tesla Exec’s $4.2 Billion Battery Battle With Musk – Bloomberg: NorthVolt AB, the Swedish company founded by a former Tesla Inc. executive, wants to cut the cost of storing power in half with a 4 billion euro ($4.2 billion) lithium-ion battery factory. The Stockholm-based company wants to raise 1 billion euros by …
- Battery-makers on Turnbull’s Tesla chat: ‘Give Australian companies a fair go’ – Guardian: Garnaut was referring to Elon Musk, the billionaire co-founder of electric car giant Tesla, who tweeted that Tesla could solve the power shortage issue…
- Tesla’s Australian Gamble – Bloomberg: Elon Musk might have found an exception. The Tesla Inc. chief executive officer promised Atlassian Corp. co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes last week that he could install a 100-megawatt-hour energy-storage plant within 100 days at a battery-pack price of…
- GM isn’t done pruning – Automotive News: CEO Mary Barra made clear last week that the Opel deal is not the end of the automaker’s effort to pare its portfolio, though other moves under…
- Security experts shrug off CIA memo – Automotive News: A CIA memo dated Oct. 23, 2014, briefly indicated the agency was considering exploring how to hack into cars remotely. The revelation resulted in a lot of panicky headlines, but security experts have shrugged it off.
- Technology in Motion to mark Detroit as mobility hub – Automotive News: A three-day, late-summer summit will tout southeast Michigan as a center of advanced automotive technology.
- European execs wary of U.S. trade changes – Automotive News: President Donald Trump’s vows to turn American trade policy toward a more protectionist stance, including imposing a 35 percent tariff on imported cars, could have far-reaching consequences for European automakers.
- Turin outpost will help GM’s push into diesels – Automotive News: GM’s Turin engineering center, born from the ashes of a failed alliance with Fiat, will remain a part of GM and continue to develop diesel engines for its global vehicles.
- Volkswagen becomes a felon – Automotive News: After nine years of hiding its illicit, covert actions and at least a year of actively trying to deceive regulators, Volkswagen fully admitted its guilt, pleading guilty to three felonies related to widespread emissions violations.
- Hertz wants more big cars – Automotive News: Hertz hopes to turn around its fortunes by adding more midsize and large vehicles to its fleet in the first half of the year. It also may be unloading more of its smaller cars.
- Volvo pegs EV range at 250 miles – Automotive News: Volvo’s first-ever electric vehicle will likely have a range of at least 250 miles and a price starting between $35,000 and $40,000 when it…
- Exotic brands: A hub of bespoke activity – Automotive News: Aston Martin also brought its own low-volume toys to Geneva to launch its new AMR performance subbrand. AMR, overseen by its Q division for…
- Bentley tests EV waters with concept – Automotive News: Bentley didn’t disclose any details about its size or capacities, but it did dangle juicy hints as to what a future Bentley electric vehicle would be capable…
- Ford’s new 3-banger can run on 2 cylinders – Automotive News: Ford debuts second 3-cylinder engine, a 1.5-liter, that features cylinder deactivation and can run on two-cylinders
- Sturdy crossovers, supercars, EVs under Geneva lights – Automotive News: from sturdy crossovers to lightning-fast supercars to an app-summoned autonomous two-seat EV — sparkled under the bright lights at the Geneva auto show.
- Infiniti taps Renault racing tech for concept – Automotive News: Infiniti’s newly unveiled Project Black S performance concept, shown last week at the Geneva auto show, traces its heritage not to parent company…
- GM and PSA see mobility as their marker – Automotive News: The company’s mobility services in Europe include its OnStar operations and a Maven car-sharing service for employees at its Ruesselsheim,…
- Does Marchionne grasp lessons of GM-PSA? – Automotive News: The General Motors-PSA-Opel deal captured a lot of attention at the Geneva auto show, including the attention of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO…
- Honda’s Civic Type R to take on hot hatches – Automotive News: Honda’s 306-hp Civic Type R hatchback, which debuted last week at the Geneva auto show, targets rival hot hatches such as the Subaru…
- GM, Opel and the price of freedom – Automotive News: If General Motors’ sale of its Opel and Vauxhall brands were an NBA trade, the commissioner likely would veto it for being too lopsided. When all…
- Premium brands jump into mobile madness – Automotive News: While NCAA corporate sponsors Buick and Infiniti still will pepper the TV airwaves with products during the tournament, the March Madness Live app…
- Opel deal caps Ammann’s ‘ruthless’ drive – Automotive News: As GM’s president, Ammann headed the negotiations with PSA Group of France that led to the sale of Opel last week. A former Wall Street banker who…
- Emissions rules made GM’s decision easier – Automotive News: Were it designed as a global vehicle, it likely would fall flat at home — a considerable risk, given it remains Opel’s biggest volume model with 264,000…
- Mazda MX-5 – just another motoring journalist praising one – Autocar: Because you can’t hear the hairdresser jokes when you’re going sideways
- Ford’s Dearborn transformation takes 1st step at mall – Detroitnews: Ford remakes wing of Fairlane mall to house workers as 10-year plan to remake its Dearborn facilities unfolds
- Smith: GM steals show in Geneva – Detroitnews: ?It’s a giant leap from any Opel, or for that matter, any other current vehicle available anywhere, when you talk about the new Mercedes-Maibach SUV…
- MyTaxi Expands in UK as Parent Daimler Plots Future of Cars – Bloomberg: MyTaxi is to begin converting London users of its acquired Hailo app to the German company’s smartphone software, as the unit of Daimler AG begins…
- 2018 Mercedes A-Class to get sharper looks and 400bhp AMG model – Autocar: