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- Ford sales fall 5.1% in June – Detroitnews: Analysts projections call for June to be one of the weakest sales months for the auto industry
- Toyota, Nissan, Honda sales edge up behind strong truck volume – Automotive News: Toyota, Nissan, and Honda posted higher June U.S. sales on strong truck and crossover demand. Ford deliveries slipped on lower car shipments. U.S.
- Safest used first car revealed: Skoda Citigo beats Volkswagen Up – Autocar: The Skoda Citigo beat the Volkswagen Up and Seat Mii to the top spot Skoda’s city car named as the safest used first car by a panel of experts, beating its sibling models from Volkswagen and Seat The safest used car young drivers can buy as their first set of wheels has been revealed.
- States yanking electric-car incentives and slapping on new fees to pay for infrastructure – CNBC: A growing number of states are imposing new fees on electric vehicles as officials scrounge for ways to pay for infrastructure projects they say are long…
- New Subaru Impreza revealed ahead of Frankfurt motor show – Autocar: Subaru’s latest Ford Focus rival sits on the brand’s new global platform and retains all-wheel drive
- Tesla to deliver mass market Model 3 cars starting on July 28 – FT: Mr Musk who often turns to Twitter for announcements had teased on Friday that he would have an update on the $35,000 mass market vehicle – that is cheaper than Tesla’s falcon-winged Model X vehicle and its Model S sedan – on Sunday. And in a…
- Tesla’s Musk says Model 3 gets regulatory nod for production – Reuters: /File Photo. Tesla Inc’s (TSLA.O) high-volume Model 3 sedan passed all regulatory requirements for …
- Sell Your Tesla Stock On Today’s Model 3 Launch News – Forbes: About a year ago, I suggested that Tesla stock was too high. … difference between Tesla — and Apple — profit (the two companies earned net margins…
- Carmakers Outsell June Estimates in US to End Drab First Half – Bloomberg: Toyota Motor Corp.’s deliveries climbed 2.1 percent in June, while Honda Motor Co. sales rose 0.8 percent from the same month last year, both…
- Honda Beats June Estimates as Market Concludes Drab First Half – Bloomberg: Honda Motor Co.’s U.S. auto sales rose more than analysts estimated in June, giving a positive start to mid-year reports following a five-month streak…
- Tesla to start selling lower-cost Model 3 car on Friday – CBS News: Tesla CEO Elon Musk said his company’s lower-priced Model 3 electric car will go on sale on Friday. Musk wrote on Twitter on Monday that the…
- Jaguar’s Latest Supercar Is Also Its Fastest Yet – Bloomberg: “There is nothing frivolous on this car,” said Mark Stanton, director of Special Vehicle Operations at Jaguar Land Rover. “It’s a car to be driven, and…
- Tesla shares rev up as Model 3 deliveries to start in July – Reuters: Tesla Inc’s shares were up 3 percent in premarket trading on Monday after the luxury electric-car maker said it would deliver its mass-market Model 3 sedan to first 30 customers on July 28.
- Honda and Hitachi invest £34 million into new electric car company – Autocar: Honda is a leader in hydrogen tech with its new Clarity but is now investing in EVs Honda looks to fast-track EV development through major partnership with automotive tech company
- Porsche develops autonomous racing car software – FT: It will then upload the data so a self-driving Porsche can replicate the entire … Porsche is using former Formula One racing driver Mark Webber, who…
- Euro zone PMI data are wildly exaggerated: Economist – CNBC: Workers assemble an Opel Astra automobile near a supply of glass panels at the Opel automobile plant in Gliwice, Poland, on Monday, March 6, 2017…
- Honda’s June sales edge up behind record truck volume – Automotive News: Honda Motor Co. posted a 0.8 percent rise in U.S. light-vehicle sales in June behind record truck volume. Sales slipped 1.3 percent at the Honda…
- China ‘traffic-straddling’ bus scrapped after fundraising probe – FT: The elevated bus prototype – an electric vehicle 22m long, 7.8m wide and 4.8m high that could hold 300 passengers – appeared to enjoy some…
- Tesla Set to Deliver First Model 3 Cars July 28 – WSJ: Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk indicated late Sunday that the company would deliver the first batch of its new Model 3 sedans on July 28.
- Dongfeng Honda Sales over 300000 Units in Half a Year – Automotive News: Dongfeng Honda first launched new Jade and Spirior Sport Hybrid in January, and then in March put new flagship SUV – UR-V into the market.
- Dongfeng Renault sold 37000 units in the first half of year, accomplishing 60% of annual target – Automotive News: Dongfeng Renault faces a large growth in its sales volume since the two SUV models Kadjar and Koleos have been produced in domestic market.
- Qoros will make a low-price brand, sharing the same platform with Chery – Automotive News: As the middle-and-high-end brand in Chery Group, Qoros Auto has five models on sale including Qoros 3 and Qoros 5. The total sales volume…
- First Tesla Model 3 deliveries to start this month – Autocar: CEO Elon Musk confirms launch and announces that production will reach 20,000 units per month from December
- French sales rise nearly 2% in June with Daimler, Toyota leading gains – Automotive News: Daimler sales increased 23 percent, including 32 percent for the Mercedes brand, though Smart sales fell 24 percent. Toyota recorded a gain of 9.2…
- GM Korea CEO to quit to focus on AMCHAM role – Yonhap: James Kim, who has managed South Korean operations of General Motors Co. for the past two years, will quit the position…
- How Fast Can a Ford Car Go? – New York Times: But one Detroit giant, Ford, avoided corporate welfare thanks to the prescience of its C.E.O., a former Boeing executive named Alan Mulally. Mulally…
- Canadian National Railway says oil spills after train derails in US – Reuters: The incident occurred when 20 cars of a Canadian National Railway Co freight train, carrying crude for Exxon Mobil Corp to Louisiana, went off the …
- Trucks drive through the energy-efficiency policy gap – FT: The global initiative to curb emissions together with a buzz around electric cars and other cleaner technologies has driven debate among international…
- Chinese consumers most satisfied with Hyundai among carmakers – Nikkei: Beijing Hyundai sales director Kwon Hyuk-dong, right, receives a trophy from J.D. Power CEO Finbarr O’Neil in Beijing. (Photo provided by Hyundai…
- Elon Musk: Tesla Model 3 to roll off production line two weeks early – Guardian: The first Tesla Model 3 will roll off the production line this week, according to tweets from Tesla Motors’ chief executive Elon Musk. “Model 3 passed all…
- Pink Floyd’s Drummer Is the Warren Buffett of Classic Ferraris – Bloomberg: “I never wanted to be a car collector, I wanted to go motor racing,” Mason said. “What happened was that, thanks to the success of the records, I ended…
- Tesla CEO Musk Says Model 3 Passes All Regulatory Requirements – Bloomberg: Tesla Inc. investors, customers and fanboys got some much-anticipated news on the Model 3 timeline when Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk announced that the the mission-critical model has passed all its regulatory requirements for production two weeks…
- S. Korea’s five carmakers’ sales fall 14 pct on weak demand – Yonhap: Hyundai Motor Co., Kia Motors Corp., GM Korea Co., Renault Samsung Motors Corp. and SsangYong Motor Co. — sold a total..
- Elon Musk gives green light: Tesla’s first mass-market car, the Model 3, hits production this week – CNBC: Tesla Motors’ first mass-market car, the Model 3, will begin rolling off the line on Friday, two weeks earlier than planned, Elon Musk said
- Tesla’s First Mass-Market Car, the Model 3, Hits Production This Week – New York Times: Tesla Motors’ Model 3, which will sell for around $35,000. It is a critical test of the company’s plan to become a producer of mass-market electric cars.
- BRIEF-Autoliv signs agreement with Velodyne over self-driving cars – Reuters: * Autoliv enters LiDAR commercialization agreement with Velodyne
- Elon Musk Just Said When the Tesla Model 3 Is Coming – Fortune: Elon Musk announced late Sunday on Twitter that the first production Tesla Model 3 vehicle is expected to roll out on Friday, with the electric car…
- BRIEF-Tesla CEO Musk says expecting to complete model 3 SN1 on Friday – Reuters: is the world’s largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news …
- GM Korea’s June sales dip 21 pct on weak local demand – Yonhap: GM Korea Co., the South Korean unit of General Motors Co., said Monday its June sales fell 21 percent from a year earlier…
- Toyota takes ‘just-in-time’ production to another level – Nikkei: Toyota Motor will streamline its compact vehicle production by eliminating last-minute changes in the assembly sequence — thus relieving…
- Renault Samsung’s June sales jump 15 pct on exports – Yonhap: Renault Samsung Motors Corp., the South Korean unit of French carmaker Renault S.A., said Monday its June sales rose…
- Indonesia sets tariff ranges for online car-hailing services – Reuters: Indonesia set minimum and maximum tariffs for online car-hailing services in a bid to ensure comparable pricing with conventional transport providers and address complaints of undercutting, sending shares of the nation’s top two taxi firms soaring.
- Schaeffler prepares its place in electric future – Automotive News: If you are used to combustion engines and producing transmissions and clutches, as we are, you know that in an electric car with a battery-driven…
- 2004 Bronco concept hits street — sort of – Automotive News: “The Ford Bronco seen in Dwayne Johnson’s upcoming movie, ‘Rampage,’ is the 2004 Bronco concept,” a spokeswoman said in an emailed…
- BMW’s uses Spartanburg to make case for free trade – Automotive News: BMW’s X3 unveiling in Spartanburg, S.C., was a statement to the Trump administration about the merits of free trade.
- GM committed to transforming its work force, retiring HR chief Quattrone says – Automotive News: Mary Barra’s crusade to fix GM’s internal failings has made considerable progress, says retiring HR chief John Quattrone. But no one in the executive suite is ready to declare the mission accomplished.
- Ease consumers into online sales, Cox exec advises – Automotive News: The prospect of a “click to buy” button on dealership sites “scared consumers to death,” says Cox Automotive’s Mark O’Neil.
- VW expects 2 crossovers to do double duty in U.S. – Automotive News: The Atlas and Tiguan should help VW click with U.S. consumers and meet stiffer CAFE regulations.
- Hyundai struggles to sustain sales growth – Automotive News: Did Hyundai’s sales growth for 2016 rely too heavily on fleet sales and service loaners?
- Ghosn eager to capitalize on global sales crown – Automotive News: YOKOHAMA, Japan – Carlos Ghosn says his newly expanded Renault-Nissan Alliance, fresh off its acquisition of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., could be…
- Dealership builds loyalty with rebates – Automotive News: Emich Volkswagen gives its customers 10 percent back on their annual service purchases, up to $100 per person, good for future spending at the dealership.
- Behind Hyundai’s sales struggle – Automotive News: LOS ANGELES – The headlines for Hyundai Motor America’s 2016 sales results were the kind any automaker would be proud of: Hyundai and the…
- Aston scales back RapidE – Automotive News: Aston Martin has cut production plans for its Tesla-fighting RapidE electric model, after investment partner LeEco pulled out of the project, Aston CEO…
- A self-driving shuttle? Let’s put a stop to it – Automotive News: A steady parade of automakers have revealed plans to make autonomous vehicles within a few years. But a small French company, Navya, is actually…
- Takata winds down, but recall goes on and on – Automotive News: “Vehicle owners in the United States are not required by law to complete recall repairs. They must decide to bring their vehicles in for repair, and many…
- Electric 3 series planned, report says – Automotive News: FRANKFURT – BMW will introduce an electric version of its 3 series at the Frankfurt auto show in September, a German newspaper reported last…
- Range Rover eyes Bentley fighter – Automotive News: BARCELONA, Spain – Land Rover is open to creating a halo model to take on the Bentley Bentayga superpremium SUV, Land Rover’s design chief…
- BMW X3: It better be top seller – or else – Automotive News: SPARTANBURG, S.C. – BMW AG CEO Harald Krueger expects the third-generation X3 compact crossover going on sale late this year to outsell all…
- Automakers out billions on Takata deal – Automotive News: Honda, Toyota and Nissan combined have earmarked more than $10 billion to cover their share of the massive global recall of defective Takata airbag…
- VW crossovers will do double duty – Automotive News: Hatami said while Hyundai and Kia warranties are similar, the powertrain limited warranty is not transferable beyond five years or 60,000 miles from…
- BMW adds M to X3 – Automotive News: SPARTANBURG, S.C. – BMW’s 2018 X3, which goes on sale at U.S. dealerships in November, will include the first M Performance model in the…
- Ghosn knows what it means to be No. 1 – Automotive News: Consider what General Motors, Toyota and Volkswagen have encountered as they hovered at the top of the industry – each of them crashed for one…
- Turning point for Key Safety – Automotive News: “At the end of the day, I don’t think we can be a full-system supplier” for self-driving vehicles, Luo said. “Our strategy is to focus on safety.”.
- GM stays committed to work force transformation – Automotive News: John Quattrone, retiring head of human resources at GM: “The pride is … DETROIT – Once every quarter, General Motors CEO Mary Barra gathers…
- Phoenix emerging as Mich. rival for self-driving tests – Detroitnews: A self-driving Volvo XC90 owned by Uber was seen in Scottsdale the same day, and an Uber spokeswoman said it was mapping communities to…
- UK urged to clarify data rules from connected cars – FT: Intel has estimated that fully self-driving cars, which are years away from … such as paying only according to the roads that have been driven on.
- Analysis: What’s behind the massive fall in Korean automobile sales in China? – Automotive News: Even if Kia or Hyundai feels that there is no choice but to leave the market, they would require the approval of their local Chinese partner before being…
- Hyundai tops JD Power satisfaction rankings in China this year – Yonhap: In 2017, Hyundai Motor took the No. 1 position back in China after losing it to Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroen Automobile Ltd., a joint venture between…
- Hyundai to seek gov’t approval to visit NK for memorial service – Yonhap: Hyundai Group is planning to ask the government to give it permission so its senior management can visit North Korea next…