- Exclusive: Tesla flies in new battery production line for Gigafactory – Reuters: Tesla Inc has flown six planes full of robots and equipment from Europe to California in an unusual, high-stakes effort to speed up battery production for its Model 3 electric sedan, people familiar with the matter told Reuters this week.
- Tesla hires new chief financial officer for China – Reuters: Tesla Inc on Friday announced a number of key executive hires including former GE and General Motors executive James Zhou as its China CFO and Neeraj Manrao, a former Apple executive, as director of energy manufacturing.
- Dealers Hampering Sales of Electric Vehicles, Study Shows – Detroit Bureau: According to a study by Nature Energy, salespeople are reticent to sell people who specifically ask about electric vehicles an EV. The publication sent …
- VW to reinstate lobbyist after suspension over diesel fume tests – Bild – Reuters: Volkswagen plans to reinstate its chief lobbyist, Thomas Steg, who was suspended while the company investigated his role in tests that exposed monkeys and humans to toxic diesel fumes, a German newspaper reported on Friday.
- China’s electric-car push lifts South American lithium output – Nikkei:
- Tesla is near the top of list of stocks that Wall Street is most confused about – CNBC: Analysts on Wall Street are really divided on the trajectory of electric carmaker Tesla and it shows in their stock price forecasts. In fact, there appear to be only two other companies that analysts are more confused about: Dish Network and Valeant …
- Nissan supports Japanese car culture exhibit at the Petersen Automotive Museum – Nissan-global: Nissan announced its support of two new exhibits at the Petersen Automotive Museum that celebrate and explore the intersection of American and Japanese car culture. Both open to the public May 26.The first part of the exhibit, titled “The Roots of…
- Tesla in Autopilot Mode Accelerated Prior to Crash With Fire Truck, Police Say – Fortune: A Tesla in Autopilot mode that plowed into a stopped fire truck in Utah … Earlier this month, two 18-year-olds died in Florida after the Tesla Model S …
- Friday 5: Toyota looking for more with Fords dominating first third of season – Yahoo: Although Toyota is ahead of pace for wins compared to last year when the manufacturer scored 16 Cup victories, the president of Toyota Racing …
- US safety body outlines events of accident involving Uber autonomous test car – Autocar: Uber has been testing autonomous vehicles since 2016 Test programme halted following first known death caused by self-driving vehicle; report has detailed events leading up to and right after the incident The US National Transportation Safety Board…
- Volkswagen to Supply Vehicles for Apple’s AV Program – Detroit Bureau: The shuttle project has fallen behind schedule and consuming nearly all of the Apple car team’s attention, said three people familiar with the project, …
- WRAPUP 2-U.S. business spending on equipment improving – Reuters: New orders for key U.S.-made capital goods increased more than expected in April and shipments rebounded, pointing to a moderate pickup in business spending on equipment after slowing down at the end of the first quarter.
- Fiat Chrysler Is Recalling 4.8 Million Vehicles Over Cruise Control Flaw – Fortune: Fiat Chrysler vehicle owners are being warned not to use their vehicle’s cruise control for the time being after it was discovered that in rare cases the …
- Toyota and Suzuki partner for green powertrain and developing market models – Autocar: The two Japanese car makers are designing a framework for them to share research, technology and parts for developing markets Suzuki and Toyota have announced that talks over the past year have culminated in plans to produce a compact,…
- NYT’s Jim Stewart: Why Ford is saving the Mustang – CNBC: Jim Stewart, The New York Times, discusses Ford’s decision to continue the Mustang model as it refocuses its product line away from passenger cars.
- Macron says EU committed to defence and security alliance with United States – Reuters: French President Emmanuel Macron told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that Europe was not going to turn its back on its alliance with the United States on matters of defence and security. (Reporting by Christian Lowe Writing by Ingrid Melander)
- Apple’s self-driving partnership is the next phase of ‘Apple as a service,’ Gene Munster says – CNBC: Apple’s software and services segment has been a particular growth point for the iPhone maker in recent years.
- Doug Ford isn’t for the little guy – he’s a mercenary for the millionaire class – Guardian: A recent episode perfectly captures the appeal of Ontario Tory leader Doug Ford. Asked about a delayed mining plan in the province’s north, this is …
- Mercedes-Benz C-Class coupe priced from £37,620; cabrio from £41,439 – Autocar: Revised two-door models made their public debut at Big Apple event; first deliveries are expected to commence in July Mercedes-Benz’s facelifted C-Class coupe and cabriolet have made their public debuts are now available to order, with the coupe…
- Daimler threatened with recall of over 600,000 diesel models -Spiegel – Reuters: * Transport Minister, Daimler CEO to meet on Monday (Adds Daimler CEO meeting with transport minister)
- Fiat Chrysler Recalls Nearly 5 Million US Vehicles for Cruise Control Software Glitch – WSJ: Fiat Chrysler said the errant cruise control can be overpowered by … Fiat Chrysler’s U.S. head of vehicle safety and regulatory compliance, said.
- Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have this 1 trait in common – CNBC: who has made a fortune investing in Silicon Valley start-ups such as Uber and Tumblr – is certainly familiar …
- The one trait that Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have in common – CNBC: “If there is one quality that goes across all the great entrepreneurs, that is the singular, most important one: Resiliency,” says top VC Jason Calacanis, …
- CATL opens Japan sales office to boost cooperation with local automakers – Nikkei:
- Tesla settles class action lawsuit over ‘dangerous’ Autopilot system – Reuters: Tesla on Thursday reached an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit with buyers of its Model S and Model X cars who alleged that the company’s assisted-driving Autopilot system was “essentially unusable and demonstrably dangerous.”
- Fiat Chrysler recalls 4.8 million U.S. vehicles for cruise control defect – Reuters: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV said on Friday it is recalling 4.8 million U.S. vehicles over a defect that could prevent drivers from deactivating cruise control and warned owners not to use the function until they get software upgrades.
- Fiat Chrysler Recalls 4.8 Million Vehicles for Software Defect – Bloomberg: Bloomberg News. May 25, 2018, 5:49 AM PDT. Fiat Chrysler recalls 4.8 million vehicles for software defect, Bloomberg News reports. Developing.
- 2018’s most popular cars in Europe – by country – Autocar: In case you hadn”t heard, the Ford Fiesta has been best-seller in the UK for a number of years. Here”s what other European Union countries are buying The top ten best-selling cars in the UK are easy to spot; on every street there”s at least one…
- Citroen seeks to repeat C5 Aircross’s China success in Europe – Automotive News: It will be produced for Europe and regional markets in PSA’s factory in Rennes, France, which makes the Peugeot 5008 and has received more than …
- Police: Tesla in Autopilot sped up before Utah crash – CBS News: A Tesla Model S that crashed while in Autopilot mode in Utah this month accelerated in the seconds before it smashed into a stopped firetruck, …
- BMW will boost capacity at i3 factory in Germany – Automotive News: BMW will invest over 300 million euros to increase production at its plant in Leipzig, Germany, the automaker’s fifth-largest, laying the …
- Uber fatal crash: Self-driving SUV saw pedestrian, didn’t brake – CBS News: The autonomous Uber SUV that struck and killed an Arizona pedestrian in March spotted the woman about six seconds before hitting her, but didn’t …
- Mahindra opens first assembly plant in South Africa – Reuters: Indian automaker Mahindra and Mahindra has opened its first assembly plant in South Africa, which it sees as a launchpad to export vehicles to the rest of the continent, the chief executive of its local business said.
- India’s Mahindra opens first assembly plant in South Africa – Reuters: Indian automaker Mahindra and Mahindra has opened its first assembly plant in South Africa, which it sees as a launchpad to export vehicles to the rest of the continent, the chief executive of its local business said.
- Nissan Leaf Open Car is one-off celebratory special roadster – Autocar:
- Dodge Viper to return in 2020 with new 550bhp naturally aspirated V8 – Autocar: The V10 is gone, but a series of manual-gearboxed variants will offer V8 engines with up to 700bhp. A 2019 Detroit motor show debut is anticipated The Dodge Viper will return on the 30th anniversary of the original Viper”s debut, with V8 engines…
- Daimler Faces Recall of More Than 600000 Cars: Spiegel – Bloomberg: Daimler is facing a recall of more than 600,000 diesel vehicles, according to a report in Der Spiegel. The recall is likely to include C-Class and G-Class …
- Whatever happened to that $35000 Tesla you still can’t buy? – Guardian: This week saw Tesla’s enigmatic chief executive Elon Musk take to Twitter to announce two more powerful, and more expensive, versions of the auto …
- VW CEO counts on diplomacy to ease trade spat with U.S. -ZDF – Reuters: Volkswagen Chief Executive Herbert Diess is hopeful that diplomacy can help defuse trade tensions with the United States which is exploring putting tariffs on auto imports.
- Trump Auto Tariffs Play to His Base But Alienate His Allies – Bloomberg: Nobody asked for it, few seem to want it and yet the Trump administration is considering imposing tariffs on imported cars and trucks, threatening not …
- Nissan debuts open-air version of the new Nissan LEAF – Nissan-global: Nissan debuted the Nissan LEAF Open Car, an open-air version of the new Nissan LEAF electric car, in Tokyo today. TOKYO (May 25, 2018) – Nissan showed the Nissan LEAF Open Car, an open-air version of the new Nissan LEAF, in Tokyo today.The 100%…
- US auto import curbs would have major impact on Japan steel demand: industry group – Reuters: Japanese steel firms are worried that potential U.S. auto import curbs could have a major impact on demand for their products, the …
- Trump is Cutting the Red Tape in Space – Bloomberg: SpaceX ultimately received a commercial license from NOAA’s remote-sensing office, but the regulatory framework that requires such permits hasn’t …
- In race for self-driving cars, automakers turn tables on Apple, Google – Automotive News: A few years ago, I chatted to a senior Volkswagen Group manager who’d been involved in discussions with Apple about teaming up on autonomous …
- Russia’s standards agency says informed about recall of 4794 Mercedes cars – Reuters: Russia’s standards agency said on Friday it had been informed about the voluntary recall of 4,794 Mercedes-Benz cars …
- Toyota and Suzuki Agree to Start Discussing Joint Projects for Technological Development, Vehicle Production, and Market Development – Toyota: Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki) have agreed today to start discussing new joint projects in the fields of technological development, vehicle production, and market development. After having concluded a memorandum…
- China to Encourage Private Investment in State Carmakers – Bloomberg: Bringing private investment into state-owned automakers such as China FAW Group Corp. and Dongfeng Motor Corp. would be in line with the …
- Government air quality plans confusing consumers, says JLR UK boss – Autocar: The government is looking at ways to reduce all forms of pollution as part of its clean air strategy Senior automotive industry figures warn that more clarity is required to make plans effective The Government”s move to broaden its focus on air…
- Skoda’s strong growth brings major challenges – Automotive News: The Vision X concept previews Skoda’s new small SUV, which will be a key model in the brand’s quest to increase its global sales to 2 million by 2025 …
- NBA Playoffs: Eric Gordon Emerges and Gives Rockets an Edge – New York Times: Eric Gordon sank two free throws with 2.4 seconds left, and the Houston Rockets eked out a 98-94 victory over the visiting Golden State Warriors in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals on Thursday at Toyota Center. With the Rockets clinging to a 2 …
- Tax-dodge strategists probe loopholes in new U.S. law, IRS wary – Reuters: Tax experts for global corporations are hot on the trail of loopholes in the sweeping tax law approved in December by President Donald Trump and Republicans in the U.S. Congress.
- Uber’s Ghost in the Self-Driving Machine – Bloomberg: The car’s autonomous systems “make sure the vehicle’s aware of … The Center for Auto Safety and Consumer Watchdog this week called on the U.S. …
- The Tories Who Could Force May to Keep Britain Closer to Europe – Bloomberg: … leave the European Union, many of them work at nearby Jaguar Land Rover or its suppliers-and he fears trade barriers could put their jobs at risk.
- Future of Nissan-Renault Alliance faces investors’ scrutiny – Nikkei:
- Elon Musk plays to human fantasy, and the world plays along – FT: The executive, who is arguably the most controversial name in business today, was … to go with his electric carmaker Tesla and rocket-ship builder SpaceX. … The Boring Company was born of Mr Musk’s frustration with Los Angeles …
- Mexico’s Pena Nieto ‘optimistic’ on NAFTA as country makes new offer – Reuters: Mexican President Enrique Pena … Major Japanese auto makers including Toyota Motor Corp and Nissan …
- Isuzu Seeks to Maximize Indian Production Capacity With Supply System Revamp – Japanautomotivedaily: Isuzu Motors Ltd. (TYO:7202) is making moves to restructure its supply system for pickup trucks ahead of fiscal 2020. The []
- Tesla that crashed in Autopilot mode sped up before hitting truck: police – Guardian: Police suggested that the car was following another vehicle and dropped its speed to 55mph to match the leading vehicle. They say the leading vehicle then probably changed lanes and the Tesla automatically sped up to its preset of 60mph (97kph) without …
- Self-driving car crash report highlights Uber safety shortcomings – FT: Autonomous driving experts say that the first report into Uber’s fatal crash in Arizona has revealed clear shortcomings in the company’s driverless …
- In Fine Print of $25 Billion Offer, a Bid for a Stake in FIFA’s Business – New York Times: Son’s investments include stakes in the ride-hailing companies Uber and China’s Didi Chuxing, but also internet companies, hotel groups and even a …
- Renewed Renault Captur imminent – Autocar: Renault’s facelifted Captur SUV will be here soon with drastically reduced pricing. Where the little SUV used to ask $35,990, it will now cost $29,990.