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- French government sells 14 million Renault shares – Autocar: Only 15% of Renault is now owned by the French state; Renault will buy back 1.4 million shares, which will be offered to employees
- Westfield to build new mid-engined £30k sports car in 2018 – Autocar: Kit car sales are funding Westfield’s other projects Ecoboost petrol, Wankel hybrid and full-electric powertrains will be available, with around 250bhp on tap; 1000 per year is the target
- The GOP Proposes Tax Reform That US Shale Will Love, Tesla Will Hate – Forbes: Flanked by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep.
- Car Owners Face Fuel Shock as Test Results Gap to Reality Grows – Bloomberg: Car owners in Europe are paying about 400 euros ($460) a year more than they expected for fuel because of a record gap between what vehicles…
- Continental European, UK car sales go separate ways – Reuters: Western European car registrations rose 4.6 percent in October as surging demand for new vehicles in France and southern Europe …
- Diesel registrations drop by a third in October 2017 – Autocar: Overall market drops by 12.2% compared with October 2016, with a 29.9% decrease for diesels
- Koenigsegg breaks production car speed record – Autocar: A two-way average of 277.9mph makes the Koenigsegg Agera RS the fastest production car yet
- Geely Automobile Holdings October Sales Up Nearly 30% To Record High – Nikkei: Geely Automobile Holdings, the Hong Kong-listed Chinese carmaker, said Monday that total October sales volume grew…
- Poland’s Oct new car registrations up 24.7 pct yr/yr – Reuters: … models produced by Skoda, the Czech subsidiary of Volkswagen, followed by the Opel Astra, produced by Opel AG, and the Volkswagen Golf.
- Subaru dials back profit targets as US car sales sputter – Reuters: Subaru Corp’s U.S. sales have started losing steam, after having previously outpaced its bigger Japanese rivals, forcing the …
- UK car sales tumble by 12% as confidence declines – business live – Guardian: … Although diesel sales slumped, Britons actually bought more electric cars in…
- Hyundai launches upgraded Grandeur lineup – Yonhap: Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest carmaker by sales, has launched an upgraded lineup of the Grandeur sedan to…
- Government urged to plug insurance black hole over self-driving cars – Guardian: In a speech to insurers in which Grayling will claim self-driving cars will be in use by 2021, he will say: “We are creating a new compulsory insurance…
- Electric Vehicles – Bloomberg: The transformation projected is enormous: by 2040, New Energy Finance estimates there will be 530 million electric vehicles in use.
- Subaru Q2 profit disappoints, cuts annual forecast as US sales slow – Reuters: Japan’s Subaru Corp on Monday reported a … sell less cars in the United States, its biggest market, amid fierce competition.
- The Future Of The Transport Industry – IoT, Big Data, AI And Autonomous Vehicles – Forbes: By 2020, it is expected that 10 million self-driving cars will be on the road while there will be more than 250 million smart cars-cars connected to…
- Tomorrow’s Gas Station Will Charge Car, Feed You in 10 Minutes – Bloomberg: At the Circle K in Dal, 34 miles (55 kilometers) north of the capital, owners of the next generation of electric cars will within months be able to charge…
- Throwing the 48-volt switch – Automotive News: Make no mistake, we are rapidly rushing to turn all cars into electric vehicles over the next few decades. It seems that everyone, whether they like it or…
- Ford CEO Jim Hackett: We need smart vehicles for a smart world – Autocar: Hackett (left) tells Cropley: “The future is not a fantasy” We hear from the man that has been calling the shots at Ford for five months and has strong views on where the company needs to be headed
- Feds questioned Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne in UAW money laundering scandal – Freep: One year before expressing “disgust” over a scandal involving UAW training funds, Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne was questioned by federal…
- Honda Road Ahead: Blackhawks offense needs to get going – Yahoo: In the latest Honda Road Ahead, Michelle McMahon and Tracey Myers talk about the Blackhawks’ offensive struggles and how they need to get going.
- Kobe Steel executives to decide whether to resign after external probe: sources – Reuters: Kobe Steel (5406. … REUTERS/Thomas White … which earlier confirmed aluminum plates from Kobe Steel used in its cars were …
- Skoda Kodiaq GT coupe bound for Europe – Autocar: Although originally destined for China, a positive European reaction will likely bring the model to multiple markets
- Hyundai signs deal to supply trucks to Uzbekistan – Yonhap: Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday it has signed a 16 billion won (US$14 million) deal to supply 182 trucks to the Uzbekistan…
- An ETF Is Driven by Electric-Car Batteries – WSJ: With the prospects for a mass market in electric cars improving, the batteries that power them may provide an opportunity for investors. Governments.
- Marchionne questioned amid UAW corruption probe – Detroitnews: Detroit – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV CEO Sergio Marchionne has a criminal defense lawyer and has been questioned by federal investigators..
- Trump Slams Unfair Trade With Japan, Defends TPP Pullout – Bloomberg: Abe has pushed back on Trump’s remarks about U.S. car sales in Japan, saying earlier this year that a lack of advertising and dealerships played a..
- Trump says to push Japan for more ‘reciprocal’ trade, in a friendly way – Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that … but added that many millions of cars are sold by Japan into the United States, …
- McLaren F1 designer teases new car – Autocar:
- Insurance industry outlines framework for driverless car insurance – Autocar:
- Eon to add 10000 EV charging points across Europe by 2020 – Autocar:
- Akio Toyoda has both feet in the future – Automotive News: TOKYO – Akio Toyoda’s penchant for stirring things up dates to his days as a lowly section chief in the 1990s, when he tried to get Toyota to sell used…
- Midseason report: Ascending Bears defense is engine driving 2nd-half hopes – Chicago Tribune: … Hicks (96) sacks Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) during the first half at the Mercedes Benz Superdome in New Orleans on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017.
- Factbox: Kobe Steel’s affected customers – from computer chips to space ships – Reuters: Kobe Steel Ltd’s tampering with specifications has led to a scramble among the 525 customers currently affected to check the safety of their cars, …
- UK car sales in October down for seventh consecutive month – Reuters: British new car sales in October fell by about 12 percent year on year, marking a seventh consecutive month of decline, …