- A price skirmish in pickup market – Automotive News: Detroit automakers are talking trash and slinging sizable sums of cash as they jockey for position in the most competitive and challenging pickup landscape in years.
- Battle brewing with Renault over Nissan’s next chairman – Automotive News: Renault and Nissan appear to be heading for a showdown over who will be Nissan Motor Co.’s next chairman, replacing Carlos Ghosn, who remains in Japanese custody accused of financial improprieties.
- BMW announces M140i ‘Finale Edition’ – Autocar:
- BRIEF-Geely Automobile Total Jan Sales Volume 158,393 Units – Yahoo: Feb 11 (Reuters) – Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd: * TOTAL SALES VOLUME FOR MONTH OF JANUARY 2019 REACHED 158393 UNITS Source text for …
- BRIEF-Shenzhen Deren Electronic’s Unit Clinches Contract To Provide Auto Part Products For Volvo – Yahoo: SAYS ITS UNIT CLINCHES CONTRACT TO PROVIDE AUTO PART PRODUCTS FOR VOLVO Source text in Chinese:
- Detroit 3 in heavy-duty brawl – Automotive News: The big bucks that businesses spend on heavy-duty pickups have created a heavyweight brawl as the Detroit 3 race to boost their trucks’ capabilities and add technology once reserved for luxury brands.
- Detroit’s Latest Offering: Big Pickups at Bigger Prices – WSJ: Pickup trucks that cost $50,000 or more were a rarity on dealer lots a decade ago. But Detroit’s auto makers, eager for new sources of income, have …
- EVs will come with economic cost – Automotive News: Amid the euphoria surrounding electric vehicles, I have wondered what … only would offer charging stations but many other amenities for EV users.
- Five things to watch for in Nissan’s results – Nikkei: Besides that continuing case and the tensions it has precipitated with French automaker Renault, Nissan, like other Japanese carmakers, is facing the …
- Ford has high hopes with resurrected Ranger – Detroitnews: Ford has high hopes with resurrected Ranger The Detroit NewsTrailing rival General Motors, the Dearborn automaker revived the iconic midsize pickup in January after an eight-year hiatus.
- Google extends chip-making efforts to design hub Bengaluru – Reuters: Alphabet Inc’s Google has hired more than a dozen microchip engineers in Bengaluru, India, in recent months and plans to rapidly add more, according to LinkedIn profiles, job postings and two industry executives, as the search firm expands its program…
- Lyft proposes to be dealers’ ally – Automotive News: Lyft set up shop at the NADA Show to make the case that its network of drivers can provide dealers a transportation option that makes their service departments more convenient.
- Mazda PH to Get 20 Units of Mazda MX-5 30th Anniversary Edition – Yahoo: Five years ago, Mazda released the 25th Anniversary Edition of the Mazda MX-5, with the Philippine market getting 25 units courtesy of the Japanese …
- Mercedes confident on record annual sales despite January dip – FT: Luxury leader Mercedes-Benz said global deliveries fell 6.7 per cent in January … In Asia, deliveries fell 1.3 per cent, but in China – Mercedes’ biggest market … Mercedes’ parent, Daimler, last week posted a fourth quarter operating …
- Motherson Sumi Systems quarterly profit rises 6.7 percent, but lags estimates – Reuters: Indian auto parts maker Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd posted a 6.7 percent rise in third-quarter profit on Monday, helped by a strong order book.
- Musk Holds Talks in Norway on Bigger Fix to Tesla’s Service Woes – Bloomberg: Tesla Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk visited Norway to accelerate a fix to service capacity in a key market for the carmaker after delays and …
- Musk visits Norway to review Tesla delivery delays – Automotive News: Tesla’s Elon Musk visited Norway to review service in the automaker’s third-biggest global market, where delays have upset customers.
- Nissan move leads to Brexit regrets – Detroitnews: Nissan move leads to Brexit regrets The Detroit NewsBritish residents who voted to leave EU are now finding out consequences may be steep.
- Nissan, Renault to issue first earnings reports amid Ghosn crisis this week – Automotive News: What kind of financial blow has the widening scandal surrounding Carlos Ghosn delivered to Nissan and Renault?
- Opinion: why JLR isn’t all-in on electric – Autocar: Jaguar has been rumoured to be considering complete electrification When will electric vehicles become mainstream enough for JLR to kill off ICE drivetrains? Jaguar Land Rover”s strategists expressed caution over the take-up of EVs in a presentation…
- Peugeot Rifter: ‘Built with adventures in mind’ – Guardian: In fact, I’m at the wheel of the new Peugeot Rifter. But you know what, this is exactly the sort of car that little boy would love. It’s built with adventure in …
- Radical Jaguar saloon plotted in EV shake-up – Autocar: New XE/XF model could emerge as an EV or a plug-in hybrid Merging the XE and XF and migrating all mainstream models to a single flexible platform are among plans under discussion Jaguar Land Rover bosses are facing a decision on how to replace the…
- RPT-EXCLUSIVE-Tesla’s delivery team gutted in recent job cuts -sources – Reuters: When Tesla Inc announced last month a second round of job cuts to rein in costs, one crucial department was particularly badly hit. The automaker more than …
- Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Morgan Stanley, Restaurant Brands, Tesla, Walmart & more – CNBC: Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Morgan Stanley – Morgan Stanley is buying Canada-based employee stock plan manager Solium …
- Subaru strains under production pressure – Automotive News: Workers in Japan are pushed to the wall to crank out cars, while a rash of production hitches has slammed Subaru’s reputation for quality. And the problems are slowly showing up in America.
- Subaru to reveal two electrified cars at Geneva – Autocar: Japanese firm to showcase hybrid version of boxer engine as it gears up for electrified future Subaru will launch two hybrid-engined models, powered by an electrified version of its boxer engine, at this year”s Geneva motor show. The two unspecified…
- Tesla’s Musk visits Norway to review delivery delays – Automotive News: Tesla’s Elon Musk visited Norway to review service in the automaker’s third-biggest global market where delays have upset customers. Tesla doubled …
- The Ghosn Effect? Nissan, Renault Unveil First Results Post-Crisis – Bloomberg: What kind of financial blow has the widening scandal surrounding Carlos Ghosn delivered to Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA? Investors are about …
- These 7 Iconic US Companies Are Making a Comeback. Call Them the Dinos of the Dow. – Barrons: These other iconic stocks are seven “Dinosaurs of the Dow,” including U.S. Steel (X), Alcoa (AA), General Electric (GE), General Motors (GM), …
- Toyota signals a broader truck push – Automotive News: The automaker”s actions across its light-truck lineup can be summed up by a single word: More.
- Toyota Supra TRD Concept rears its head – Autocar: Toyota has revealed the lairy-looking Supra TRD Concept online, showing off how Supra buyers can amp up their sports coupe. Unfortunately you can …
- UK’s carmakers face twin concerns of global upheaval and Brexit – Guardian: Investment decisions in plants such as Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port and Jaguar Land Rover’s Castle Bromwich are particularly finely balanced because …