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• Uber suspends unlicensed service in Norway in change of tack – Reuters: Uber said on Monday it would suspend its unlicensed service UberPOP in Oslo until Norway introduces new rules, as the U.S. ride-hailing app adopts a more conciliatory tone with national authorities.
• Daimler Trucks plans self-driving lorries at airports – FT: Daimler Trucks is aiming to get ahead of rivals in the shift to mobility services with a simplified, self-driving fleet of lorries that can remove snow at…
• Russia’s 2017 new car sales forecast revised upwards -AEB – Reuters: Russia’s car market is expected to grow by 10.8 percent this year, the Association of European Businesses (AEB) lobby …
• Sweden’s Ericsson proposes Ronnie Leten as new chairman – Reuters: Ericsson’s current chairman Leif Johansson, a former CEO of truck-maker Volvo, said in July he was planning to step down before the company’s …

• AEB raises Russia’s 2017 new car sales forecast – Reuters: Sales of new cars and light commercial vehicles in Russia will increase 10.8 percent this year to 1.58 million units, the …
• Great Wall, Chery, other Chinese brands push to gain foothold in Europe – Automotive News: Chery introduced the Exeed TX compact crossover at the Frankfurt show. Exeed models will be coming to Europe within a few years, Chery says.
• BMW 8 Series coupe and convertible sighting shows design differences – Autocar: BMW’s new flagship coupe has been spied testing in both forms; it’s due to go on sale in 2018
• Tesla lorry launch postponed to 16 November – Autocar: The Tesla lorry has been part-revealed in a preview image shown during an interview with TED Tesla CEO Elon Musk said difficulties in Model 3 production line, as well as relief efforts in Puerto Rico, have delayed launch
• Take A Seat Tesla, The Real Revolution In EVs For The Masses Is On The Bus – Forbes: BYD opened a dramatically enlarged plant in Lancaster, California, this month that’s designed to make 1,500 electric buses, delivery vehicles, forklifts…
• Renault Energy Services launched to boost smart-grid charging – Autocar: Renault’s new brand will help connect its existing electric vehicles to the grid as energy suppliers Subsidiary will help increase vehicle to grid integration with electric models
• Toyota looks to past and future for Tokyo – Automotive News: TOKYO – Toyota will update two of its most staid and storied nameplates at the Tokyo Motor Show this month while exploring new hybrid ideas with…
• Shaky NAFTA deal threatens Navistar’s Mexico-made exports to world – Reuters: Less than half the trucks exported from …. Navistar’s Escobedo plant was producing three vehicles a day when it …
• Nissan’s September China vehicle sales up 15.1 pct y/y – Reuters: Japan’s Nissan Motor Co said on Monday its sales in China last month rose 15.1 percent from a year earlier to 142,300 …
• Breakingviews – China’s oil giants brace for electric car crash – Reuters: As a battery maker poised to profit from the shift, Wang’s guesstimate is certainly self-interested, and probably wishful thinking. Electric cars accounted for less than 2 percent of China’s market share in 2016, and a bottleneck in battery production …
• The real risks of artificial intelligence – Guardian: Here, he explains to Jack Stilgoe that we should worry more about the short-term risks of stupid AI in self-driving cars and smartphones than the…
• Nissan recall shows how strict Japan is – Automotive News: Nissan Motor Co. said last week it will recall more than 1.2 million vehicles in Japan – a callback encompassing virtually every passenger car the…
• Robo-taxis are coming – from suppliers, too – Automotive News: Daimler, Renault-Nissan, General Motors and Ford Motor Co. all have said they are working on self-driving vehicles for ride-hailing services. Now, Tier…
• Are they betting the farm? – Automotive News: So far, sales of electric vehicles have been very disappointing in the U.S. and around the world. With gasoline prices fairly reasonable in this country…
• Marchionne fights tide on battery EVs – Automotive News: Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, has never been a fan of battery electric vehicles. Last week in Italy he made one of his most…
• Pull of a $100000 pickup? Luxury plus extreme capability – Automotive News: Meanwhile, Ford won’t be alone in probing the upper limits of pickup prices. Fiat Chrysler is right behind with a pair of Ram trucks and General Motors…
• Mercedes Reveals Formula 1 Technology For The Road In Project One Hypercar – Forbes: Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of Daimler AG, and Lewis Hamilton present the new concept car Mercedes AMG Project One in Frankfurt. Photo by Thomas…
• Toyota reintroduces Hilux into Japanese market – Autocar:
• Lamborghini plans all-new four-door model for 2021 – Autocar: An render of the Lamborghini Saloon Italian car maker looking at fourth model line after upcoming Urus SUV
• China Bus Maker Brings Together Republicans, Democrats In California – Forbes: So congratulations to China electric bus maker BYD for managing to bring together sitting congressmen and dignitaries from both sides to a Los…
• Car manufacturing reaches end of the road in Australia – Nikkei: Ford Motor of the U.S. was the first to make cars in Australia, beginning operations back in 1925. With Japan’s Nissan Motor and Mitsubishi Motors…
• They Were the World’s Most Confident Consumers. Then Their Cash Disappeared – Bloomberg: Data such as car sales indicate an upturn and economic growth will pick up in October-March after slowing to a three-year low in the April-June…
• Maserati Quattroporte | Used Car Buying Guide – Autocar: Prices for good 4.2 models start from around £12K For a used car with real soul and an inspiring V8 soundtrack, forget Munich and look to Modena. John Evans has the gen on how to pick a tidy Maserati Quattroporte
• Mitsubishi unveiling electrifying Evolution SUV concept – Autocar: Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will unveil its e-Evolution Concept at the 45th Tokyo Motor Show in late October which the manufacturer says…