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- Mitsubishi Shogun Sport to go on sale in Britain in January – Autocar: Already on sale in Asian markets, the new 4×4 looks set to arrive in the UK at start of 2018; previous-generation car axed in 2006
- Panasonic, Start Your Engines – Bloomberg: At the top of that tree is automotive batteries, car cockpits and advanced driver assistance systems. The only non-vehicle segment enjoying…
- Hyundai Kona: more detail shown ahead of June debut – Autocar: Fourth model in its maker’s SUV line-up is charged with making Hyundai Europe’s leading Asian automotive brand; it’ll cost about £15k
- India’s record diesel demand to continue in 2017, growth to slow – Reuters: India’s diesel demand is expected to rise to record levels again this year as a slew of infrastructure projects boosts use of the transport and industrial fuel, although a government-induced cash shortage will hold growth to its slowest in three years.
- BRIEF-India’s Mazda Ltd March-qtr profit rises – Reuters: is the news and media division of Thomson . Thomson is the world’s largest international multimedia news agency, providing …
- Battery Billionaire Needs Some Juice – Bloomberg: Yet the Breton billionaire has a less bellicose side hustle: he’s spent more than a decade developing electric batteries for cars and buses, as well as…
- Artificial intelligence entering new stage as vehicle for entertainment – Nikkei: Teams participating in driverless robot racing events use the electric car, which can travel at speeds of up to 320kph. The races are determined by the…
- Debt pile up in US car market sparks subprime fear – FT: Kathy Boluch was in a bit of a state when she visited her local used-car … In both cases, big banks and finance companies relaxed underwriting…
- SK Innovation to focus on battery, chemicals biz – Yonhap: The company said it seeks to develop a powerful electric vehicle battery by 2020 which would enable a car to travel 700 kilometers on a single charge.
- Hot seat has scorched many top Ford execs – Detroitnews: Ford CEOs have faced headwinds in the past and it’s no different for outgoing CEO Mark Fields
- Oil dips as ongoing glut outweighs strong start to summer driving – Reuters: U.S. demand for transport fuels such as gasoline for cars, diesel for buses and jet fuel for planes tends to rise …
- Hinrichs, Farley divvy up Ford operations – Automotive News: DETROIT – Ford Motor’ revamped management structure installs two veteran executives in new, more powerful positions that could put one of them…
- Tesla’s former Autopilot head is launching a self-driving-car company – and it could have a big … – Yahoo: But it is noteworthy to see one that boasts the star engineers behind Google’s and Tesla’s respective projects as its leaders. Aurora Innovation is a new…
- EU ministers agree on new type approval rules for motor vehicles – Reuters: BRUSSELS May 29 EU ministers on Monday agreed on new draft rules for approving cars, despite resistance from Germany, giving the European