- Putting a Bugatti on Your Wrist – New York Times: To hear the maker of the new Parmigiani Fleurier Bugatti Type 390 tell it, that was his goal in partnering with the car company to create a watch …
- Daimler Tries to Steal Tesla’s Thunder – WSJ: We were here first! As Tesla got set to unveil its electric semitrailer design on Thursday night, a far more experienced truck maker tried to steal some of …
- Ford to invest over 750 million euros in Valencia plant – Reuters: U.S. car manufacturer Ford (F.N) announced on Friday it would invest more than 750 million euros ($885 million) in its Spanish …
- China Gives Flying Cars a Real Boost – Bloomberg: This week, China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. acquired Terrafugia Inc., a Boston-based company that plans to start selling flying cars by 2019.
- GM’s Cadillac expects China sales to jump 60 percent in 2017 – Reuters: General Motors’ (GM.N) Cadillac luxury brand expects its China sales to surge 60 percent in 2017, faster than it …
- Hyundai unveils ‘Encino’ subcompact SUV in China auto show – Yonhap: Hyundai Motor Co. has introduced the ‘Encino’ subcompact sport-utility vehicle in a Chinese motor show, in a move to …
- Sexy sedan concept confirmed by Infiniti – Autocar:
- Borgward to launch Jaguar F-Pace rival in Europe in spring 2018 – Autocar: Borgward BX7 TS The Chinese brand’s premium SUV, the BX7 TS, will be the first model from the brand to come to Europe, priced at €44,000
- Jaguar Land Rover to expand Chinese production – Autocar: The British firm’s Chinese model lineup has been expanded with the addition of the Jaguar XEL
- Jaguar Land Rover tests first driverless vehicle on public roads – Reuters: Britain’s biggest automaker, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), has tested its first driverless car on public roads, it said on Friday, …
- Jaguar XEL revealed at Guangzhou motor show – Autocar: Chery Jaguar Land Rover”s latest model offers more rear cabin space for Chinese executives who prefer to be chauffeured
- Mazda Gives Sneak Peek at Mazda6 Before LA Auto Show – Detroit Bureau: Although crossovers, sport-utes and trucks are all the rage, Mazda is looking to ensure its sedan loyalists are having their needs met with a restyled …
- Nissan chief to return part of salary following inspection scandal – FT: Hiroto Saikawa, the chief executive of Nissan Motor, said on Friday he would return part of his salary to apologise for a vehicle inspection scandal that has laid bare decades of systematic rule breaking, cover-ups and management complacency. The…
- Nissan Blames Scandal on Inspector Shortage, Management – WSJ: YOKOHAMA, Japan-Nissan Motor Co. released an internal report blaming a scandal that shut down production and hammered domestic sales on a …
- Nissan’s Infiniti to start producing new SUV in China next year – Reuters: Nissan Motor Co’s (7201.T) premium brand Infiniti will start producing a new crossover SUV in China next year, using existing …
- Peugeot Takes Slow Lane in Return to US Market – WSJ: BERLIN- Peugeot SA PUGOY 1.42% wants to become a household name in the U.S., but there is one hitch: The company that makes the Peugeot, …
- Porsche Might Add a Battery Pack to Its Fastest 911 – Bloomberg: Even though sport utility vehicles dominate the brand’s sales, the 911 — in production for more than five decades — still defines Porsche’s reputation for …
- PSA CEO says failure of Opel recovery plan would be serious for staff, company – Reuters: PSA Group (PEUP.PA) Chief Executive Carlos Tavares said a failure of turnaround efforts at Opel would spell very serious …
- Tesla sales screech to a halt in Hong Kong – Nikkei: The revised tax policy did spark a last-minute surge in Tesla sales in March: New registrations reached 2,939 that month. That brought the company’s total for the first three months to 3,697 — equivalent to over 10% of the roughly 25,000 cars it …
- Tesla’s Power Plant on Wheels Won’t Upend Trucking: Gadfly – Washington Post: Is Tesla Inc.’s Semi on the verge of doing to the trucking industry what the iPhone did to telecommunications? Probably not — but the decarbonization of road freight may still upend both the logistics business and the oil industry. To see why, have a …
- Tesla revives Roadster with a range of 620 miles – Automotive News: The specs of the Roadster are remarkable, even for an electric vehicle. It will be all-wheel-drive via three electric motors, seat two adults and two kids …
- Tesla Unveils an Electric Rival to Semi Trucks – New York Times – New York Times: In an elaborately produced nighttime presentation by its chief executive, Elon Musk, Tesla unveiled a prototype for a battery-powered, nearly self-driving semi truck that the company said would prove more efficient and less costly to operate than the …
- Elon Musk Reveals Tesla Truck With a Model 3 Heart And a 500-Mile Range – Fortune: Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled Thursday night its latest electric vehicle, a semi-truck that shares a number of parts with its new mass-market …
- Elon Musk unveils Tesla electric truck – and a surprise new sports car – Guardian: Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s first electric semi-truck on Thursday evening at an event in Los Angeles that also included the surprise reveal of a new Tesla sports car. The new Roadster, which has the same name as the first electric vehicle produced by …
- New $200000 Tesla Roadster speeds in front of electric big-rig truck – Reuters: ) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) upstaged its own debut of an electric heavy duty truck when a red Roadster pulled out of the big rig’s trailer and Chief Executive Elon Musk said the new $200,000 sports car would be the fastest …
- Tesla Unveils ‘Fastest Production Car Ever’: 0-60 in 1.9 Seconds – Bloomberg: Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk surprised the crowd gathered Thursday for the electric-car maker’s debut of its Semi truck with a next-generation version of the company’s first model. The billionaire boasted that the car will be available in 2020 as …
- Tesla unveils semi-autonomous electric truck – Detroitnews: Tesla has been touting its development of a semi-autonomous electric big-rig since…
- Tesla Unveils Electric Semi Truck With Semi-Autonomous Features – Bloomberg: The chief executive officer is revealing the Tesla Semi at a late-Thursday event near Los Angeles. The electric-car maker offered scant detail ahead of his remarks, saving information such as range, price and production plans for Musk to announce.
- Tesla Seals Order From Michigan Grocery Chain for Semi Trucks – Bloomberg: Meijer Inc. has reserved four Semi trucks for $5,000 deposits apiece, Dan Scherer, a fleet manager for the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based retailer, said at the product unveiling held Thursday at Tesla’s design studio near Los Angeles. He said the closely …
- Toyota to consider selling locally-developed EVs in China – Reuters: Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) will consider selling in China all-electric battery car models developed by its two local …
- Toyota Accelerates Electrification Initiatives in China – Toyota: Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced today that it will be rolling out an electric vehicle under the Toyota brand in the Chinese market in 2020, and that the scope of a fuel-cell vehicle feasibility study will be expanded to cover commercial…
- Toyota to re-enter EV sector starting in China from 2020 – Automotive News: Toyota to re-enter EV sector starting in China from 2020 … Toyota’s China sales in the first 10 months of this year totaled 1.07 million vehicles, …
- Toyota Teases Future Adventure Concept Coming to LA Auto Show – Detroit Bureau: Toyota and its high-line Lexus brand will be putting the spotlight on SUVs at the upcoming LA Auto Show – to no one’s surprise considering utes now …
- Amazon quietly launched an app called Relay to go after truck drivers – CNBC: Amazon has quietly launched Relay, its first app designed for truck drivers that makes it easier to pick up and drop off packages at Amazon …
- Yandex Targeting US Listing of Uber Taxi Tie-Up in 2019 – Bloomberg: Yandex NV, the maker of Russia’s most-popular internet search engine, intends to move forward with an initial public offering of its recently enlarged …
- Volkswagen board discusses 70 billion euro spending plan: source – Reuters: A Volkswagen Golf GTE is being charged during a workshop prior to Auto Guangzhou in Guangzhou, China November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby …
- Volkswagen to spend more than $40 billion on electric cars, autonomous driving – Reuters: DE) will spend more than 34 billion euros ($40 billion) on electric cars, autonomous driving and new mobility services by the end of 2022, the group said on Friday. A Volkswagen Golf … Total group investments by 2022 will total about 72 billion…
- VW to spend 1.8 bln euros on expanding Brazil lineup – Reuters: Volkswagen said it will spend about 1.8 billion euros ($2.12 billion) to expand its model lineup in Brazil as it strives to …
- VW woos suppliers owned by minorities and women – Detroitnews: Volkswagen is seeking more suppliers owned by minorities or women for its lone U.S. assembly plant in…
- Cobalt hedging not mining the route for VW in EV drive, official says – Reuters: Volkswagen is not looking to secure long-term supplies of cobalt, a key ingredient of electric-car batteries, by investing in …
- Volvo and Lynk&Co plug-in hybrid tech to launch in 2018 – Autocar: Lynk&Co 01 The compact drivetrain technology will initially allow for a full-electric range of 31 miles, moving to 50 miles in future
- The Near Future of Driving: Eyes Forward, but No Hands at 10 and 2 – New York Times: Self-driving cars will soon be a reality. Waymo, the autonomous-car division of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is already testing hundreds of …
