- Renault-Nissan claims biggest global automaker title despite VW’s record sales – Automotive News: Renault-Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn said the French-Japanese automaking alliance is the world’s leading automobile group by unit sales despite rival Volkswagen AG delivering a record 10.7 million vehicles in 2017, a 4.3 percent rise. VW, which was the…
- 2018 MG 3 to face Dacia Sandero with new interior and extra power – Autocar: Already on sale in China, the new 3 is due in UK showrooms this March Already on sale in China, MG”s Sandero rival is due on in Britain this March with an all-new dashboard
- The Fall of Travis Kalanick Was a Lot Weirder and Darker Than You Thought – Bloomberg: In March, after years of trying, Gurley finally got himself appointed to the board’s audit committee and learned of the steep losses in Uber’s subprime vehicle-leasing division, which helped its drivers finance cars. Gurley’s cheerleading turned into…
- 2018 Volkswagen Up GTI priced from £13,750 in UK – Autocar: Junior hot hatch is powered by a turbocharged 1.0-litre three-cylinder direct-injection petrol engine with 113bhp
- Schaeffler names former BMW exec as new e-mobility chief – Automotive News: Schaeffler has appointed Jochen Schroeder, a former BMW executive, to lead the group’s newly established e-mobility business division, the supplier said in a statement. The unit will supply systems and components for electrified vehicles as Schaeffler…
- Land Rover Defender returns briefly to challenge Mercedes G class – Automotive News: The conversions will be done by Jaguar Land Rover Classics, an in-house company that has also built new ‘continuation’ versions of past sporting Jaguars, including the XKSS and E-Type. Defender production ran for over 60 years and is key to Land…
- Uber partners with taxi firm ComfortDelGro for new Singapore service – Reuters: Uber Technologies [UBER. … FILE PHOTO: A fleet of Uber’s Ford Fusion self driving cars are shown during a demonstration of self-driving automotive technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. September 13, … Uber’s Lion City Rentals has a fleet of…
- Geely-backed electric-car ride service raises 1 billion yuan – Nikkei: Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, the controlling shareholder of Hong Kong-listed Chinese automotive group Geely Automobile Holdings, said its electric-car-hailing platform Cao Cao raised one billion yuan ($155.5 million) in so-called Series A round of…
- Seven in a row. BMW Motorrad achieves seventh all-time sales high in succession in 2017. – Bmw: Worldwide deliveries increase by 13.2% to 164,153 vehicles. BMW Motorrad continues on its path of growth. Focus on new markets and continue with model initiative.
- PSA to offer electric option for all its cars by 2025 – FT: Peugeot owner PSA will offer all of its models with an electric option by 2025 and plans to install partial self-driving technology in most of its cars by 2030. The company, which also owns the Citroën, DS, Opel and Vauxhall brands, is embarking on a…
- Dumped Cars, EV Dreams: What We Learned at the Detroit Auto Show – Bloomberg: Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, who once told a crowd in Washington he hoped they wouldn’t buy the money-losing Fiat 500e, has changed his tune. Carmakers have less than a decade to reinvent themselves or risk being commoditized, he told Bloomberg…
- Robotic car test center aims to create toughest trials – Detroitnews: American Center for Mobility proving ground at Willow Run creates scenarios to challenge self-driving…
- Low gas prices and big spaces draw Americans to trucks – Detroitnews: A look at the large and mid-size trucks at the Detroit auto showhttp://rssfeeds.detroitnews.com/~/i/518297844/0/detroit/autosinsiderhttps://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/2018/01/17/DetroitNews/B99618758Z.1_20180117183255_000_GSR1QQ8O6.1-0.jpg
- Stylish designs help transform luxury SUVs – Detroitnews: A look at the luxury SUVS on display at the Detroit auto showhttp://rssfeeds.detroitnews.com/~/i/518297848/0/detroit/autosinsiderhttps://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/2018/01/17/DetroitNews/B99618751Z.1_20180117193851_000_GJI1QP4GI.1-0.jpg
- Europeans double down on new sedans – Detroitnews: A look at the new sedans from European and American carmakers at Detroit auto showhttp://rssfeeds.detroitnews.com/~/i/518297852/0/detroit/autosinsiderhttps://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/2018/01/17/DetroitNews/B99618755Z.1_20180117193743_000_GJI1QP3VI.1-0.jpg
- SUV revolution has changed vehicle landscape – Detroitnews: A look at the SUVs and crossovers on display at the Detroit auto showhttp://rssfeeds.detroitnews.com/~/i/518297860/0/detroit/autosinsiderhttps://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/2018/01/17/DetroitNews/B99618745Z.1_20180117193136_000_GSR1QQ9CC.1-0.jpg
- Volkswagen revival: what went so right? – FT: Figures released on Wednesday show sales at the group – whose 12 brands include Audi and Porsche – climbed 4.3 per cent in 2017, to 10.7m vehicles. Even in the US, where Reputation Management Consultants said last April that Volkswagen had “destroyed…
- Premium cars remains the standard in luxury – Detroitnews: The thoroughbreds in the luxury class have been the definition of automotive elegance, but not even sedan icons are immune from the sport-utility tsunami. The Mercedes S-class, Lexus LS and Audi A8 all saw big sales declines in 2017, as luxury…
- Mercedes boss Zetsche on Formula 1 and Ferrari’s Marchionne – Autocar: Zetsche confirmed Mercedes was committed to Formula 1 Dieter Zetsche tells Autocar his thoughts on Formula 1 and how it can be improved
- Microsoft Says AI Advances Will Require New Laws, Regulations – Bloomberg: Companies making and selling AI software will need to be held responsible for potential harm caused by “unreasonable practices” – if a self-driving car program is set up in an unsafe manner that causes injury or death, for example, Microsoft said. And…
- Mazda Says Improved Gasoline Cars Cut Need for Electric Vehicles – Bloomberg: The automaker says electric cars may be more polluting than vehicles with internal combustion engines if the electric power isn’t from a clean source. … by a gasoline-engine Mazda2 at about 9 percent less than the 162 grams-per-kilometer attributed…
- Peugeot CEO outlines ambitious plan to re-enter US, go electric – Reuters: Peugeot SA (PEUP.PA) Chief Executive Carlos Tavares said on Wednesday the French automaker is using the know-how of former Opel engineers acquired from General Motors Co (GM.N) to develop vehicles to re-enter the U.S. market, and said Peugeot will…
- Peugeot owner PSA to offer electric options for all cars by 2025 – FT: Peugeot owner PSA will offer all of its models with an electric option by 2025, its chief executive has announced. The company, which also owns Citroen, Opel and Vauxhall brands, will launch 40 new “electrified models”, chief executive Carlos Tavares…
- S. Korean firms to boost presence in electric vehicle battery market – Yonhap: South Korean makers of electric vehicle (EV) batteries are stepping up investments and technology development to meet growing demand for zero-emission cars. Jun Young-hyun, head of Samsung SDI Co., has recently said the growing market for electric car…
- GM”s self-driving fleet car makes public debut – Detroitnews: GM”s vision of the future has no steering wheel or brake pedal; Cruise AV can be seen through at least Friday at…
