- The Morning Ledger: Companies Zero in on Cyber Due Diligence as M&A Activity Ticks Up – WSJ: Geely is studying Mercedes, once again. Once viewed as an also-ran, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. is moving closer to becoming China’s first global auto maker. The purchase of a 9.7% stake in Mercedes parent Daimler AG could boost the company’s…
- Low profile electric car firm with Tesla co-founder begins testing autonomous driving in California – CNBC: A low-profile Chinese-funded electric car startup that counts one of Tesla’s co-founders among its executives has begun testing self-driving car technology on California roads, the company said Monday. SF Motors has so far kept a lower profile than…
- US-Europe trade war must be avoided: German carmakers – Reuters: German carmakers said on Monday that a trade war between the United States and Europe must be avoided, expressing their … DE), pointed out that their auto production in the United States at 804,000 units was greater than their exports from Germany…
- UK new car market decline continues in February – Autocar: The Ford Fiesta remains Britain’s best-selling car There were 80,805 cars were registered last month, equating to a 2.8% reduction in demand compared with same month last year
- Rolls-Royce showcases bespoke division creations ahead of Geneva motor show – Autocar: A nod to the brand”s history, the first of the bespoke, short-wheelbase Phantoms is named ‘The Gentleman”s Tourer” Three Phantoms will take to the Geneva motor show stand, demonstrating the work of Rolls-Royce”s bespoke division with three Phantoms…
- UK car registrations fall in February, hit by diesel sales again – Yahoo: British new car registrations fell by an annual 2.8 percent in February, an industry body said on Monday, hit by a further slump in the sales of diesel vehicles which politicians have targeted over air quality concerns. Total (LSE: 524773.L – news) new…
- Mercedes-AMG C43 4Matic facelift revealed with 385bhp – Autocar: The C43’s turbocharged 3.0-litre V6 petrol engine has received a boost to 385bhp… Mercedes-AMG’s warm V6 C-Class has received a bump in power and a facelift
- China to start EV battery recycle programs in four regions – Reuters: China plans to start electric vehicle (EV) battery recycle programs in the greater Beijing Hebei Tianjin region, the Yangtze River, Pearl Delta River and Central China areas … China has set goals for electric cars and hybrid vehicles to make up at…
- New Bentley Bentayga hybrid kick-starts brand’s electrification plans – Autocar: The Bentayga hybrid is the brand”s first step towards electrification The plug-in hybrid will offer up to 31miles of electric range and sit alongside the V8 and W12 variants
- Japan venture aims to build 80 hydrogen fuelling stations by 2022 – Reuters:
- SXSW: A weird place to talk tech? – Automotive News: The official schedule offers up unorthodox panels on topics such as the “emotional life of cars,” ethical robotics and how self-driving car networks controlled by companies such as Google and Uber could engender Big Brother-like issues in the future….
- 2019 GMC Sierra gets high-tech tailgate, bed – Automotive News: It’s about usability and real innovation,” said Duncan Aldred, vice president of global Buick and GMC. “Anybody who uses a pickup truck bed, it’s going to make their lives much easier.” In the back, the next-gen pickup appears to have all of the…
- A community built for cars of the future – Automotive News: “It’s very difficult for one company to have all the expertise,” Jennifer Haroon, head of corporate development and business operations at self-driving startup Nauto, said at a Silicon Valley conference. “Those that are more open and have the talent to…
- Geely’s Li Shufu has Daimler’s full attention now – Automotive News: Instead, it was a Chinese upstart that made an unsolicited play for the inventor of the modern automobile. Reports had already surfaced in November that Daimler had rebuffed advances from Geely Chairman Li Shufu, who was seeking to acquire a small…
- Senate leaders urged to ignore ‘bogus urgency,’ fix flaws in autonomous car bill – Automotive News: A diverse group of public interest organizations is urging Senate leaders to not advance legislation loosening restrictions on the development and deployment of self-driving vehicles until self-described safety flaws are corrected. In a letter to…
- Waymo: Relax! This self-driving car is normal – Automotive News: The Waymo self-driving car isn’t for sale, but the marketing campaign for the driverless experience is ramping up. At a time when polls show a majority of Americans are still afraid to cede control of their cars to a computer, the Google unit is trying…
- Moving Detroit auto show to October could cut costs – Automotive News: Reduced costs also are expected to halt the number of automakers skipping the show and lure back those, such as Jaguar, Land Rover, Porsche and Mazda, that have been absent. Mercedes-Benz plans to skip the January 2019 show. If executives approve the…
- Small pickups present a gamble – Automotive News: Ford took a bold step in 2014 when it switched the body of its F-150 to aluminum from steel. Ford executed this incredibly involved design-and-manufacturing challenge without losing sales leadership. But in January, GM and Fiat Chrysler stuck with…
- Car-safety features stuck in slow lane – Detroitnews: Just four of 20 automakers in 2017 made automatic emergency brakes standard at least half of their U.S. models
- Toyota Motor Corporation to Merge Three Information Technology Subsidiaries and Create Comprehensive IT Solutions Company – Toyota: Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces a mutual agreement to merge three of its information technology (IT) subsidiaries as of January 1, 2019. The three companies involved in the merger are Toyota Communication Systems Co., Ltd. (TCS), Toyota…
- South Korea minister says GM Korea union, creditors should share restructuring pain – Reuters: South Korea’s finance minister said on Monday that General Motors Korea’ creditors and its labor union should share the burden of … GM Korea announced last month it would shut down a factory in Gunsan, southwest of Seoul, and that it was mulling the…
- Japanese venture aims to build 80 hydrogen stations by March 2022 – Reuters: At least 11 Japanese companies, including JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy and Toyota Motor Corp, set up a joint venture to accelerate the construction of fuel stations for … The Toyota logo is shown at the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California,…
- Almost 2500 GM Korea workers apply for voluntary redundancy package – Reuters: Almost 2,500 workers at General Motors’ South Korean unit, equivalent to 15 percent of its staff, have applied for a redundancy package … GM shocked South Korea last month when it said it was closing down one plant and would decide on the fate of…
- China’s political tug of war entangles global boardrooms – Nikkei: The headlines highlighted the contrasting fortunes of major Chinese companies with close ties to Zhejiang Province. One was the indictment of Anbang’s Wu, who is a Zhejiang native. The other was that Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, an automaker based in…
- Japan H2 Mobility, LLC established by eleven companies to accelerate deployment of hydrogen stations in Japan – Toyota: The below-mentioned 11 companies have today announced joint establishment of “Japan H2 Mobility, LLC (hereinafter JHyM)”, aimed at the full-fledged development of hydrogen stations for fuel cell vehicles (FCV) in Japan.