- US Senate looks for way out of gridlock on self-driving car bill – Reuters: The chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday said he is pursuing different strategies to win approval this year of landmark self-driving car legislation that could make it easier for automakers to get thousands of cars on the road…
- BRIEF-Thales forms joint venture in field of cybersecurity for cars – Reuters: … * Aim of this partnership is to co-develop an integrated software platform for improved performance and cybersecurity. * Thales and Vector will combine their respective embedded systems expertise in aviation safety and in automotive software…
- Mini Electric: first pictures of ‘pivotal’ zero-emission 2019 model – Autocar: Mini is testing an electric prototype in the Arctic Circle Battery-powered Mini development is at an advanced stage; brand boss Sebastian Mackensen said it’ll handle like a true Mini
- Shares in Chinese Netflix-Style Streaming Company Plummet – Bloomberg: Shares in the main listed vehicle of Jia’s LeEco technology empire fell by their daily limit after resuming trade for the first time in more than nine months … The entrepreneur said he couldn’t spare time away from his U.S.-based electric car startup…
- FCA could be close to decision on ‘baby’ Jeep for global markets – Automotive News: If built, the small Jeep would be based on FCA’s Mini platform, which underpins the Fiat Panda and 500 minicars, as well as the Lancia Ypsilon. The 500 and Ypsilon are produced in the Tychy plant in Poland. The next generation Fiat Panda, expected in…
- GM sued by motorcyclist in first lawsuit to involve autonomous vehicle – Guardian: General Motors is facing one of the first lawsuits to involve an autonomous vehicle, after a collision between its Cruise self-driving car and a … Motorcyclist Oscar Nilsson is suing GM stating that the Chevrolet Bolt, which was operating in…
- Hyundai Motor to contribute US$46 mln to support SMEs – Yonhap: South Korea’s largest automotive conglomerate Hyundai Motor Group joined hands with the government Wednesday to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the face of the recent minimum wage hike, the SMEs ministry said. The group, which has…
- Range Rover will add coupe flagship – Automotive News: “It will be the most expensive Range Rover ever,” a company spokesman confirmed, without giving a price. The Range Rover Coupe SV will be limited to 999 examples and will be modified by Jaguar Land Rover’s Special Operations facility in Warwickshire,…
- Two-door Range Rover SV Coupe confirmed for Geneva reveal – Autocar: Land Rover has released this image of the two-door Range Rover’s interior Paying homage to the original Range Rover, this super-luxury SUV will be limited to 999 units
- Asian companies count losses, hatch ways to cope with weak dollar – Reuters: At Japan’s Nissan Motor Corporation, every one point move in the yen-dollar exchange rate hits operating profit by 17 billion yen ($154.8 million). The company has assumed an average dollar/yen rate of 108 for the 2017 fiscal year, which ends this…
- Ford GT beats Car and Driver lap record – Detroitnews: The GT’s breathtaking 2-minute and 43-second lap beat by a one-tenth second the record by the $875,175 Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid supercar that has … The GT’s lap included “163.6 mph down the front straight (second-highest all-time speed to the…
- American Drivers Begin Warming Up to Riding in Self-Driving Cars – Bloomberg: American drivers are slowly warming up to the idea of relinquishing the wheel to a robot. Although 63 percent of U.S. drivers say they’d be afraid to ride in a fully self-driving car, that’s down substantially from the 78 percent who were fearful a…
- Elon Musk Already Wanted Tesla to Succeed – Bloomberg: Elon Musk has a new compensation plan with Tesla Inc. that will give him a lot of shares for hitting some ambitious goals for Tesla’s market capitalization, revenue and profit, or nothing if he fails to meet them. Andrew Ross Sorkin calls his comp plan…
- BMW, Daimler, VW take on Tesla for EV plug supremacy – Automotive News: BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen Group hope a network of high-power charging stations they are rolling out with Ford Motor will set an industry standard for plugs and protocols that will give them an edge over electric-car rivals. At the moment, Tesla and…
- Who’s driving? Autonomous cars may be entering the most dangerous phase – Guardian: Waymo, Google’s self-driving car spin-off, discovered the handoff problem when it was testing a “level 3” automated driving system – one that can drive itself under certain conditions, but in which the human still needs to takeover if the situation…
