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• Factbox: Fiat Chrysler’s Chinese Suitor, Great Wall – New York Times: It began exporting its pickup trucks in 1998, with thefirst vehicles going to the Middle East. * An early spotter of the SUV opportunity, in 2002, GreatWall…
• China’s Great Wall confirms interest in Fiat Chrysler – Reuters: China’s Great Wall Motor Co Ltd is interested in bidding for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), a company official said on Monday, confirming reports it is pursuing all or part of the owner of the Jeep and Ram truck brands.
• Tata Motors CEO says to invest $625 million to boost sales – Reuters: Tata Motors will invest more than 40 billion rupees ($625 million) to boost sales of its passenger and commercial vehicles, its chief executive said on Monday, as the Indian automaker looks to return to profit in its domestic business.

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• Swiss road agency bans new Porsche Cayenne registrations – Reuters: Switzerland’s road agency on Friday imposed a preliminary ban on new registrations of Porsche Cayenne cars equipped with manipulated diesel engine management software.
• Teslas of the World a Boon to Aluminum and Copper Too – Bloomberg: Supporting Land’s thesis, electric cars contain about three times more copper than a regular vehicle, according to Glencore. Even more is needed for…
• Uber’s Kalanick Fires Back at Investor in Legal Battle – WSJ: Uber’s former chief executive said Benchmark Capital is engaged in a personal attack that threatens to further damage the company and called for the legal dispute to be settled in arbitration.

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• Sixt CEO hints at car-sharing merger talks between BMW and Daimler – Reuters: German carmakers Daimler and BMW may be in talks to combine their car-sharing services Car2Go and DriveNow, the chief executive of car rental company and DriveNow partner Sixt hinted on Thursday.
• Hyundai plans long-range premium electric car in strategic shift – Reuters: Hyundai Motor Co said on Thursday it was placing electric vehicles at the center of its product strategy – one that includes plans for a premium long-distance electric car as it seeks to catch up to Tesla and other rivals.
• Taiwan to discuss lithium ion battery energy storage with Tesla following blackout – Nikkei: The Taiwanese government is planning to approach Tesla to discuss the feasibility of setting up lithium ion battery facilities for storing…

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• China’s Geely beats expectations as Volvo pays off – Reuters: China’s Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd said on Wednesday that first-half profit more than doubled, scoring its fastest earnings growth in eight years as cars designed with its Swedish affiliate Volvo won over domestic consumers.
• China’s Geely says has no plan to buy Fiat Chrysler – Reuters: Chinese carmaker Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd denied media speculation on Wednesday that it planned to make a takeover bid for Fiat Chrysler (FCA), the world’s seventh-largest auto manufacturer.
• Merkel vows to pressure auto firms to boost electric cars – Reuters: Germany must exert pressure on auto companies to accelerate the transition to electric cars, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday as German firms try to mend their reputation after a diesel emissions scandal.

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• Fast and Dirty Natural Gas Plants Get Boost From Electric Cars – Bloomberg: The challenge for the U.K. is to have enough power plant capacity to cover demand peaks until electric-car users adjust their charging habits to when consumption and prices are low. Britain will need to add 52 terawatt-hours of power capacity between …
• 2019 Porsche 911 Cabriolet seen testing with new rear wing – Autocar: The eighth-generation 911 will mark the end of naturally aspirated engines with the introduction of a petrol-electric version
• Tata Power June-quarter profit more than doubles – Reuters: Tata Power Co Ltd’s first-quarter profit more than doubled, helped by higher income from its core power generation business.
• EV push could boost polluting gas plants in UK, utility firm says – Automotive News: The government’s goal to replace gasoline and diesel cars with those powered by electricity could see the construction of so-called open-cycle gas…

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• Musk’s Electric-Car Vision Doubted by Major Auto-Parts Suppliers – Bloomberg: Some of the world’s top auto-parts suppliers aren’t buying all the enthusiasm about the electric vehicles hyped by Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk and larger carmakers trying to keep up. Executives at five of the 25 biggest suppliers to automakers in North …
• Range-topping 187bhp Audi Q2 2.0 TFSI quattro revealed – Autocar: 0-62mph comes in 6.5sec; it’s the hottest Q2 ahead of the forthcoming Mini Countryman JCW-rivalling SQ2
• Germany believes European Commission will propose electric cars quotas – Reuters: ) – Germany believes the European Commission will propose quotas for electric cars in it next review of measures to cut emissions, a spokesman for the German environment ministry said on Friday. The Commission said on Monday it had no …
• German authorities investigate diesel Ford Mondeo – Autocar: 2.0 TDCi Mondeo is being scrutinised to find cheat devices; Ford insists none has been used

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• Mitsubishi to export new model from Indonesia next year, supply Nissan – Reuters: Mitsubishi Motors Corp will start exporting its new multipurpose vehicle from its Indonesian plant next year, and plans to eventually supply the model to the group’s new parent Nissan Motor , Mitsubishi’s chief executive said.
• VW Group, Tata cooperation talks have ended: source – Reuters: Cooperation talks between Germany’s Volkswagen Group and India’s Tata Motors about joint development of a car for emerging markets, have ended amicably, a Volkswagen Group source said on Thursday.
• VW, Tata Motors Call Off Partnership Plans as Savings Fall Short – Bloomberg: For Volkswagen, the end of the talks represents another setback in its quest to create vehicles thrifty enough to appeal to buyers in countries like India. [ There is more … ]