- Dueling pickups, popular SUV among new models coming in 2018 – Washington Post: Fiat Chrysler’s Ram brand and General Motors’ Chevrolet will go at each other and rival Ford with tough-looking new full-size pickup trucks, while Nissan is stretching the range of the electric Leaf to beyond 200 miles on a single charge. A revamped …
- Honda, JLR post gains behind trucks – Automotive News: U.S. sales at American Honda and Jaguar Land Rover rose last month, kicking off an August report that is forecast to be slightly higher than last year’s.
- China’s Didi taking new safety steps, to temporarily halt some late night mainland services – Reuters: Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing Technology Co Ltd said on Tuesday it will implement new measures to improve the safety of its platform and will temporarily halt some late-night services in mainland China between Sept. 8 and Sept. 15 as it phases…
- Goldman: Tesla shares to drop 30% in the next 6 months due to increased competition – CNBC: Tesla’s electric car sales will suffer due to increased competition from other luxury automakers, according to Goldman Sachs. The firm resumed …
- Suzuki to Stop Selling Cars in China – WSJ: SHANGHAI- Suzuki Motor Corp. 7269 -0.37% said it is quitting the China market, as foreign makers of mass-market cars come under mounting pressure from Chinese rivals. The decision was also driven by changing tastes among Chinese buyers, who have …
- Look Out, Tesla: Luxury German Car Brands Pile Into Electric SUV Market – Fortune: German automakers once were laggards on the electrification front, but that image should now be firmly in the rear view mirror. Tesla has a number of reasons to be worried. Mercedes-Benz will on Tuesday unveil the EQC model, its entry into the premium …
- Mercedes EQC opens German assault on Tesla – Automotive News: Mercedes is set to unveil its EQC electric crossover, marking the start of an onslaught by German automakers against Tesla’s dominance of the fast-growing market for premium EVs.
- Wall Street expected to open mixed on the first trading day of September – CNBC: ). Major automakers – with the exception of General Motors (GM) – will report their August sales figures this morning. Analysts surveyed by Edmunds.com expect a …
- Suzuki forced out of China as buyers favor larger vehicles – Automotive News: Suzuki Motor Corp., the Japanese manufacturer known for its minicars, exited China as consumers in the world’s biggest auto market shifted purchases to larger sedans and utility vehicles. Suzuki agreed to transfer its 50 percent stake in Changan Suzuki …
- There’s a Plug-Free Way to Fill the World With Electric Vehicles – Bloomberg: Umer Anwer stops on the street near Tesla Inc.’s Brooklyn showroom and grabs his smartphone. He’s looking for a spot to charge his electric car, and …
- Audi E-tron: first electric SUV rolls off production line ahead of launch – Autocar: The first Audi E-tron was produced in Belgium, watched over by members of the firm’s management team Audi confirms E-tron will offer 402bhp and 490lb ft, and can achieve 0-62mph in less than six seconds The Audi E-tron SUV, the firm”s first full…
- Mercedes to launch an all-electric vehicle in challenge to Tesla – CNBC: German carmaker Mercedes-Benz will unveil an all-electric vehicle (EV) at a launch event in Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday. The EQC is a battery electric vehicle and the first model from Daimler-owned Mercedes’ new product and technology brand, EQ.
- Renault will phase out rebadged Dacias in Russia in upmarket push – Automotive News: Renault Group’s core Renault brand will stop selling Dacia derivatives in markets such as Russia and Brazil in a bid to go upmarket.
- Self-Driving Technology Threatens Nearly 300,000 Trucking Jobs, Report Says – WSJ: Impact would come over 25 years, with projections for lighter job loss seen than other forecasts, but higher-paying trucking work could take a hit
- Lotus names former Bentley, JLR exec as product strategy chief – Automotive News: Lotus, the UK sports-car maker that is set for a $1.9 billion revival under its new Chinese owners, named former Bentley, Jaguar Land Rover and …
- Suzuki Exits China After Dissolving Partnership With Changan – Bloomberg: Suzuki agreed to transfer the 50 percent stake it holds in Changan Suzuki to Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. as soon as legal proceedings are completed, the Japanese automaker said in a statement Tuesday. Suzuki will continue licensing of production …
- Mercedes-Benz EQ C to be revealed today – Autocar: Purpose-built EV will be revealed next year with twin-motor set-up; it’ll be revealed this evening The Mercedes-Benz EQ C has been shown from the front in new preview videos released by the brand, ahead of an official reveal today. The first public…
- Matt Levine Dissects Elon Musk’s Controversial Tweet – Bloomberg: It’s been quite a few weeks for Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk. Ever since he tweeted, in early August, that he was taking Tesla private and that funding …
- Spanish car sales up 49% ahead of WLTP – Automotive News: Kia and Fiat were the biggest winners from the sales boom. Kia’s sales rose by 138 percent while Fiat’s sales were up 135 percent. The two brands …
- Toyota Corolla Touring Sports revealed ahead of Paris debut – Autocar: Toyota has pulled covers off estate version of Ford Focus rival ahead of Paris motor show public debut After revealing the reintroduction of the Corolla name for the UK, Toyota has released the first images and details of the Corolla Touring Sports…
- Didi ride-share halt threatens to cool China’s sharing economy – Nikkei:
- Automakers fret as China clamps down on capacity, seeks consolidation – Reuters: ) – Some automakers in China are alarmed by proposed government restrictions on investing in new manufacturing capacity and the ways in which Beijing is trying to trigger consolidation of the country’s flabby auto industry through …
- Slow-Motion Crash Sees Chinese Auto Stocks Skid 40% This Year – WSJ: Dongfeng Motor Group Co. DNFGY 8.84% , Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. GELYY 0.20% and Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. 2238 -1.25% -among the largest Chinese auto makers listed in Hong Kong-have each dropped by between 4% and 7% in …
- Electric switch poses existential challenge to carmakers – FT: Chief executive Elon Musk had the luxury of beginning with a blank page, to hire just the specialists he needed and to even risk complete failure in his quest to launch the first successful electric-only car brand. One former Tesla executive compares …
- Grid storage batteries help electric vehicles go truly green – FT: Their greater use of batteries by utilities could help grids better integrate renewable sources of energy that are often intermittent. This in turn would help make electric cars truly green, by reducing their reliance on electricity supplied over the …
- Electric carmakers step up pursuit of enhanced EV batteries – FT: Now the same thing is happening with batteries, allowing electric cars to become cheaper and electric grids to store surplus energy for when it is …
- Suzuki Launches the Smash 115 and Raider R150 – Yahoo: There’s one thing that stands out when it comes to the newest Suzuki Smash 115 and Suzuki Raider R150 models-and it’s all about their colors. Recently revealed at Suzuki’s Annual Dealer Convention at the Grand Hyatt in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, …
- Brazil Uber driver accused of kicking out blind woman – Reuters: A blind woman said an Uber driver abruptly left her on the side of a Rio de Janeiro street last week after loudly berating her over her request that he turn down the car’s air conditioning, the latest safety incident involving the ride-hailing firm.
- Toyota pledges to further drop emissions – Autocar: Toyota New Zealand is pushing towards a zero-carbon future after the Productivity Commission’s final report on a low emissions economy. “The actions our business has already started taking, demonstrate our commitment to action on climate change,” says …