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- Five Ways Utilities Can Gain From Building Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure – Forbes: Five Ways Utilities Can Gain From Building Electric Vehicle Charging … States that move forward on policies facilitating EV growth will reduce…
- It’s No Use Honking. The Robot at the Wheel Can’t Hear You – Bloomberg: In California, where companies like Cruise Automation Inc. and Waymo LLC are ramping up testing of self-driving cars, human drivers keep running…
- rker rights would cost tens of millions of pounds – Reuters: Uber said on Tuesday that treating its British drivers as workers, entitling them to rights such as the minimum wage and holiday pay, would add tens of millions of pounds to the taxi app’s costs.
- Panasonic expects autonomous driving system launch in 2022 – Reuters: Panasonic Corp’s autonomous driving system is expected to be launched in commercial vehicles as early as in 2022, in a move that will likely help the Japanese company narrow its gap with rival suppliers in a highly competitive market.
- Kobe Steel’s Falsified Data Casts Another Blow to Japan’s Reputation – New York Times: Last week, Nissan Motor said unqualified staff members had carried out inspections at its factories, prompting it to recall 1.2 million vehicles, though it…
- Cost-cutting VW shrinks dealer network, launches online sales – Reuters: Volkswagen plans to shrink its European dealer network and introduce online sales as the cost-cutting automaker adjusts to changing purchasing habits in the digital age.
- Kobe Steel’s data-fabrication stuns Japanese manufacturers – Reuters: T), Mitsubishi Motors (7211.T) and Takata Corp., which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. Toshiba Corp (6502.T) is still battling the fallout of a …
- NVIDIA unveils next-generation chip for fully autonomous cars – Reuters: Silicon Valley graphics chipmaker NVIDIA unveiled on Tuesday the first computer chips for developing fully autonomous …
- Self-Driving Delivery Trucks Could Be Hitting City Streets Next Year – Fortune: Deutsche Post will outfit its StreetScooter electric delivery vehicles with ZF’s self-driving system called ProAI-basically the brain of the car, which is…
- China Charges Toward Electric-Car Supremacy – WSJ: SHANGHAI-Watch out Detroit: A Chinese electric car revolution is on the way. China is placing big bets on a plan to reshape the global auto industry…
- Ferrari SUV: brand is “dead serious” about model, says boss – Autocar: Ferrari’s SUV-like vehicle according to Sergio Marchionne has responded to recent speculation of a Ferrari SUV, suggesting that a utilitarian vehicle will happen ‘Ferrari-style’
- Toyota, Nissan among automakers checking parts hit by steel scandal – Automotive News: Japanese automakers including Toyota, Nissan and Mazda are investigating whether falsely labelled products supplied by Kobe Steel have…
- Fiat Chrysler pushes back on consolidation with Great Wall – Automotive News: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne said he was not sure a tie-up with Great Wall Motor was the answer to his quest for…
- Mazda signals new engine technology, fresh design language – Automotive News: Mazda will showcase future trends in drivetrain technology and exterior design with two concept cars at this this month’s Tokyo auto show.
- Renault invests in EV sustainability with innovative smart charge company – Autocar: Renault is Europe’s biggest producer of electric cars Car maker has bought 25% of Dutch start-up and launched a new app to control charge demand
- Japan’s New Satellite to Help Keep Self-Driving Cars-and North Korea-In Line – WSJ: TANEGASHIMA, Japan-With its latest satellite launch, Japan is taking a leap in technology to keep its self-driving cars in their highway lanes, land…
- Japan carmakers enjoy cruise in China fast lane – Reuters: Japan’s top carmakers are enjoying strong growth in China, the world’s top auto market, bucking concerns about a slowdown in …
- ASIA MARKETS: Hong Kong Stocks Waver After Retreat On Wall Street – Nikkei: Geely Automobile Holdings slid 1.3% despite reporting on Monday a 42% jump in September sales. The stock, which has more than tripled this year,…
- Honda says Sept China vehicle sales up 15.5 pct y/y – Reuters: Honda Motor Co’s sales in China increased 15.5 percent in September from a year earlier, following a 20.6 percent rise in …
- German exports surge in August, shrugging off strong euro – Reuters: New cars of several brands of German carmaker Volkswagen AG are … BERLIN () – German trade activity picked up in August as exports …
- moves closer to 21-year high; Kobe Steel plunges – Reuters: Toyota Motor Corp gained 1.6 percent while Mitsubishi Motors and Tokyo Electron both rose 1.9 percent. Seven & i Holdings advanced 2.5 percent …
- Hyundai Motor’s Sept. sales rise 3.5 pct on base effect – Yonhap: South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. said Tuesday its September sales rose 3.5 percent compared with a year…
- Mazda signals new engine, design language with concepts at Tokyo show – Automotive News: Mazda Motor Corp. will showcase future trends in drivetrain technology and exterior design with two concept cars at this this month’s Tokyo…
- Factbox: Kobe Steel’s data fabrication leaves “Made-in-Japan” champions scrambling – Reuters: … Steel’s announcement include Toyota Motor Corp, Honda Motor Co, Nissan Motor Co, Mazda Motor Corp Subaru Corp and Mitsubishi Motors Corp, …
- Highlights of Monday’s NHL games – Reuters: The Flames had dropped 25 consecutive games in Anaheim — with their last victory at Honda Center coming on Jan. 19, 2004. Calgary logged its first …
- Japan Inc. Tested to Breaking Point – Bloomberg: Just as failure of a structural metal part can cause cascading problems that endanger a car or aircraft, so Kobe Steel risks undermining the integrity of…
- Japanese steelmaker Kobe becomes latest to admit fabricating data, warning car and jet makers – CNBC: Products with falsified data were shipped to about 200 companies, the … Japan’s transport ministry has called for automakers to make safety checks of…
- Payne: Super Cruise helps Cadillac pull ahead on driverless – Detroitnews: Compared to other state-of-the-art systems I’ve tested from Tesla, BMW, Audi and Volvo, the new system from General Motors Co. is the most mature.
- Tesla Model 3 woes could boost GM, others – Detroitnews: Potential Tesla buyers might look elsewhere for an electric car instead of a Model 3 they don’t want to wait for
- MARKET BUZZ: Hong Kong’s HSI Little Changed; Geely Slips After Sep Sales – Nikkei: Geely Automobile, up over 20% this month through yesterday and over 250% this year, slips 0.6%; automaker set monthly sales record as September…
- confidential: Small Volvos not on the agenda, Dacia Duster options, Mazda design – Autocar: Our reporters empty their notebooks to round up this week’s gossip from across the automotive industry
- Here’s What Kobe Customers Are Saying on Falsified Data Scandal – Bloomberg: … if so, if it is subject to data falsification.” Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said it is confirming affected models as well as whether there’s impact on car safety…
- Hyundai’s new i30 N wins on TCR International debut – Yonhap: The ‘i30 N TCR’, Hyundai Motor Co.’s purpose-built circuit race car, beat rivals at its TCR International Series debut held…
- Hankook Tire supplies tires for Toyota Camry models – Yonhap: Hankook Tire Manufacturing Co., the world’s seventh-biggest tiremaker by sales, said Tuesday it has begun supplying…
- Japan-Wide Scandal Erupts Over Steel Company’s Falsified Data – Bloomberg: “We are rapidly working to identify which vehicle models might be subject to this situation and what components were used,” Toyota spokesman…
- Steel Firm Faked Data for Metal Used in Planes and Cars – Bloomberg: …. Suzuki Motor Corp. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. all said they are checking whether their…
- The EPA’s Smoke and Mirrors on Climate – New York Times: The Trump administration has mangled the costs and benefits of one of the most significant climate regulations of the Obama years in an effort to justify its repeal, which Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency …
- Mercedes-Benz CLS makes way for AMG GT four-door with luxury focus – Autocar: Four-door will be based on E-Class underpinnings; it will likely be topped by a hybrid straight-six AMG version
- Kobe Steel shares set to plunge after data falsification – Reuters: The admission from the steel and aluminum maker follows similar scandals at Japanese companies including Nissan Motor, Mitsubishi Motors and …
- When sales of this truck are good, businesses are doing good. – The – Washington Post: As reported by 247WallStreet, sales of Ford F-series pickup trucks are surging this year. The truck line accounted for an “extraordinary” 37 percent of…
- General Motors Just Bought This Startup to Fuel Its Self-Driving Car Plans – Yahoo: GM did not disclose how much it paid for Strobe, but it said that the startup’s 11 employees would join the company. “Strobe’s LiDAR technology will…
- Tesla’s Elon Musk Reveals the Next Big Automotive Trend: Gasoline – Fortune: “We can definitely make a innovative new car, but that’s not the hard part,” … The Model T will be the company’s first vehicle powered by an internal…
- Is There a Middle Ground in the Tesla Debate? – Barrons: The debate over Tesla seems to be a particularly partisan battle, even by Wall Street standards. There are those believers, undeterred by bad news,…