- Bracing for EV shift, NGK Spark Plug ignites all solid-state battery quest – Reuters: Facing the eventual demise of gasoline engines, the world’s biggest maker of spark plugs is turning its focus to a … in all solid-state batteries, which experts believe will be safer and more powerful than the lithium-ion batteries currently used in…
- China’s Baidu Sues Ex-Driverless Chief Over Alleged Secrets Theft – Bloomberg: Baidu is accelerating an effort to become China’s leading provider of self-driving cars, racing against the likes of Tesla Inc. to develop the potentially transformative technology. Baidu’s dubbed its open-source approach ” Apollo” and is now trying to…
- Volvo, Cadillac and Porsche drive subscription model growth – FT: Once every teenagers’ dream was to have their own car. Now they have an app for that. Volvo, Cadillac and Porsche are among brands that have launched subscription deals this year, as the industry dips its toe in the water of a world of selling services…
- Ex-GM board member gets lawyer amid fed probe – Detroitnews: Ashton, who resigned from GM”s board, hires self-proclaimed foe of ‘forces of…
- Nissan head office faces on-site probe over dodgy safety checks – Nikkei: Japan’s transport ministry on Friday carried out an on-site inspection at Nissan Motor’s headquarters in connection with improper final safety checks on its cars. As part of the inspection, the automaker is being urged submit documents to confirm the…
- BMW 8 Series: M Sport variant offers best glimpse of M8 design – Autocar: BMW is ramping up development of its 8 Series BMW’s new flagship coupe has been spied testing in both coupe and convertible forms; it’s due to go on sale in 2018
- Ford Apologizes for Sexual Harassment at Chicago Factories – New York Times: Jim Hackett, Ford’s president and chief executive, released an open letter, saying in part: “I am sorry for any instance where a colleague was subjected to harassment or discriminatory conduct. On behalf of myself and the employees of Ford Motor…
- Ford CEO to harassers: ‘We don”t want you here” – Detroitnews: Ford chief Jim Hackett condemns sexual harassment in an open letter to employeeshttp://rssfeeds.detroitnews.com/~/i/512169764/0/detroit/autosinsiderhttps://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/2017/12/21/DetroitNews/B99611956Z.1_20171221183046_000_G2M1PQTDP.1-0.jpg
- Some US automakers go slow on automatic emergency braking systems – Reuters: U.S. automakers installed automatic emergency braking technology that experts said could prevent thousands of deaths and injuries in just 19 percent of new vehicles sold in the 2017 model year, regulators and safety advocates said on Thursday. Last…
- Tesla Challenger Faraday Future Claims It Just Raised $1 Billion in New Funding – Fortune: Faraday Future, the futuristic automaker intent to take on Elon Musk-led Tesla Motors, says it has secured at least $1 billion in new investment, though details are scarce. Main backer Jia Yueting is also reportedly taking over as CEO of the frequently…
- Tesla tax breaks topped $150M in Nevada – Detroitnews: Most of the tax forgiveness Tesla qualified for came in the form of sales tax abatements, a total of about $108…
- BRIEF-Nissan Motor’s Executive VP Of Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management, To Retire On … – Reuters: BRIEF-Nissan Motor’s Executive VP Of Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management, To Retire On Dec 31 – Nikkei. Reuters Staff … NISSAN MOTOR’S FUMIAKI MATSUMOTO, EXECUTIVE VP IN CHARGE OF MANUFACTURING & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, WILL RETIRE ON DEC. 31 -…
- Nissan Canada Finance says breach may have exposed customer details – Reuters: Nissan Canada Finance (NCF), a unit of Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor Co Ltd, said on Thursday a data breach may have exposed personal details of some of its customers. Personal information such as name, address, vehicle make and model, vehicle…
- Beijing’s Electric-Car Push Could Produce a World-Class Chinese Auto Brand – Bloomberg: Credits typically range from two to five points per NEV, with longer-range NEVs and pure-electric vehicles earning more credits, according to Bloomberg Intelligence, so the number of actual NEVs likely will be less than 10 percent of output. In 2020,…
- Infiniti Bringing Sedan Concept to NAIAS; Could Reveal Radical Shift in Dimensions – Detroit Bureau: Is this Infiniti’s answer to the Jaguar I-Pace? Rumors have been circulating for some time that the Japanese automaker was preparing something special for the North American International Auto Show, possibly a long-awaited replacement for its long-gone…
- McLaren testing an electric vehicle – Autocar:
- Elon Musk might be the only person who still loves Twitter – Yahoo: Congratulations to Elon Musk, who apparently is having a much better time online than the rest of us plebeians. The Tesla CEO took to-you guessed it-Twitter Thursday to share his love of, drumroll please, Twitter. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk confirms Tesla…
- Daimler Buys Chauffeur Prive to Intrude on Uber’s Turf in France – Bloomberg: The German company, mass-market leader Volkswagen AG and luxury-car competitor BMW AG are among European automakers developing digitally based divisions in response to technology shifts that are changing how consumers use vehicles. While a top European…
- Elon Musk Explains When He Thinks it’s Okay To Call Someone an Idiot – Fortune: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wants everyone to know that he would only call someone an “idiot” if people were mistakenly under the impression that this person is smart-oh, and he really does love most trains, subways, and London buses. Taken out of…
- Elon Musk says public transit is ‘painful,’ Twitter fights back – then so does Musk – CNBC: Elon Musk does not like traffic. In fact, the billionaire serial entrepreneur’s The Boring Company is currently digging tunnels underneath Los Angeles to provide an alternative, less congested route for cars. Picture of The Boring Company LA tunnel…
- Ford, Mazda recall pickups 2nd time for air bag problem – Detroitnews: Recalls cover driver and passenger inflators in certain 2004 to 2006 Ford Ranger and Mazda B-Series trucks made by…
- Apple just published a patent for a navigation system for self-driving cars – CNBC: Apple’s technology proposes a computerized model for predicting routes using sensors and processors in the vehicle. The patent comes after a Bloomberg report last year that said Apple was using virtual reality to test self-driving cars. A year ago,…
- Here’s the first big purchase Bill Gates made when Microsoft started taking off – CNBC: And soon after arriving in Seattle, the Microsoft co-founder added a few more shiny new cars to his collection, including a Porsche 930 Turbo, a Jaguar XJ6 and a Ferrari 348. Gates isn’t the only successful person to spend his first big paycheck on a…
- Infiniti prepares electric concept for Detroit motor show – Autocar: Preview image suggests the car is a sports saloon; autonomy and electric powertrains are hinted at
- Greener Black Cabs to Coast Oslo’s Streets as Export Deal Signed – Bloomberg: It’s the second European export deal for London EV Co., which produces the TX eCity black cab at a facility near Coventry in England, and is owned by China’s Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. The new battery powered model was designed to meet London’s new…
- ‘I met my wife on a train platform’: Twitter responds to Elon Musk with positive public transport stories – Guardian: Elon Musk’s criticism of public transport has prompted an outpouring of stories of the connections and community formed in the midst of a “bunch of random strangers” on mass transit. The billionaire entrepreneur had expressed disdain for the…
- Japan transport ministry to inspect Nissan HQ to assess compliance measures – Reuters: Japan’s transport ministry said it would conduct an inspection at Nissan Motor Co’s global headquarters on Friday to assess measures implemented by the automaker to improve compliance following decades of improper final inspections. In October, Nissan…
- The 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk – Detroitnews: http://rssfeeds.detroitnews.com/~/i/511968200/0/detroit/autosinsiderhttp://karkontent.com/