- Daimler Throws Shade at Tesla E-Trucks Plan as Rivalry Heats Up – Bloomberg: If that happened, Daimler would have miscalculated to an unimaginable degree, head of trucks Martin Daum suggested to reporters at an event Wednesday in Stuttgart. He announced plans to start rolling out Mercedes-Benz electric trucks for trials this…
- Ferrari 488 Pista revealed with 711bhp V8 derived from racing – Autocar: The model uses the most powerful V8 in Ferrari”s history The best supercar in the world just got lighter, punchier and even more focused; it’s the most powerful V8 Ferrari yet produced
- Ford aims to set up German bank this year to offset Brexit risk – Automotive News: Ford Credit Europe sought a German banking license, to run alongside its existing British one, last year because the future of passporting, which allows financial firms to serve the whole EU from a single base, is uncertain after Brexit. “We anticipate…
- When Ford Warned People to Stop Driving Some of Its Trucks, a Regulator Lost Sleep – WSJ: Ford Motor Co.’s F 0.19% decision to instruct tens of thousands of truck owners to stop driving vehicles with potentially lethal air bags raises fresh concerns for regulators already grappling with the largest automotive safety recall in U.S. history….
- Facelifted Ford Edge shown ahead of Geneva motor show debut – Autocar: The facelifted Ford Edge will arrive in the UK in 2019 Ford has revealed the updated Edge – its largest SUV sold in Europe – in European specification. It gets a new 2.0-litre bi-turbo engine with 235bhp
- South Korea has asked for audit into GM Korea’s ‘opaque’ management: trade minister – Reuters: South Korea’s trade minister said on Wednesday the government has asked for an audit into General Motors (GM.N) opaque management in the … The main gate to GM Korea’s Gunsan factory is seen in Gunsan, South Korea February 13, 2018. Picture taken…
- GM Offers $2.8 Billion New Korea Investment Plan, Lawmaker Says – Bloomberg: General Motors Co. has offered a $2.8 billion new investment plan for its South Korean business after threatening to exit the country amid mounting … The latest moves come amid a standoff between the U.S. automaker and South Korea after GM said it…
- Hyundai’s new Santa Fe shows off its superior value proposition ahead of US debut – Yonhap: ILSAN/PAJU, South Korea, Feb. 21 (Yonhap) — Hyundai Motor Co.’s all-new Santa Fe sport-utility vehicle showed off its superior value proposition on the roads near Seoul ahead of its planned launches in global markets, starting with the United States…
- Hyundai launches all-new Santa Fe SUV in S. Korea – Yonhap: Hyundai Motor Co. on Wednesday launched the all-new Santa Fe sport utility vehicle in the domestic market to capitalize on the growing demand for recreational vehicles. The fully-revamped Santa Fe comes as the Korean carmaker badly needs a new SUV to…
- Luxury Cars That Littered Guptas’ Yard a Way to Recoup Some Cash – Bloomberg: Lamborghini. Maserati. Bentley. Porsche. Lexus. These are just some of the luxury brand names of more than 20 vehicles that a South African civil society group says were registered to the politically connected Gupta family’s upmarket Johannesburg…
- Slowing US auto sales prompts Japan automakers to rethink discounts – Reuters: In an interview earlier this month, Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa said that the days of its high incentives would end once the automaker unloads inventories of 2017 models by the end of the financial year in March, as big discounts were unsustainable in a…
- Nissan’s Electric Vehicle Campaign May Get Boost from Japanese Trading Giant – Bloomberg: Nissan Motor Co. may get a boost from a deepening relationship with Japan’s biggest trading house as access to battery materials becomes a priority amid the industry’s push into electric vehicles. Mitsubishi Corp. on Tuesday said it plans to double its…
- 2018 Porsche 911 GT3 RS arrives as extreme finale for 991-era – Autocar: NACA ducts in the bonnet are new and aid brake cooling Latest version of Porsche”s icon packs 513bhp and a raft of chassis tweaks
- Driverless cars: mapping the trouble ahead – FT: When a self-driving car looks at the world, there are many things it sees. It has radars that measure distance to the next car; it has cameras that take in colour images of the street; and its Lidar sensors send out laser pulses that gauge the…
- Nobody Wants to Let Google Win the War for Maps All Over Again – Bloomberg: These companies converge where the law and weather are welcoming-or where they can get the most attention. For example, a flock of mapping vehicles congregates every year in the vicinity of the CES technology trade show, a hot spot for self-driving…