- Continental AG: autonomous driving revenues won’t be significant until 2030 – Reuters: Revenues from autonomous driving will not ramp up until 2030 and beyond, the chief executive of German auto supplier …
- Didi-Backed Taxify Rebrands to Bolt With Eye on Scooter Deals – Bloomberg: One of Uber Technologies Inc.’s European rivals, Taxify OU, has brought its ride-hailing business under the same brand as its e-scooter arm, ahead of …
- Fiat Centoventi First Look: A Customizable Compact EV at the Geneva Motor Show 2019 – Yahoo: The Fiat Centoventi is a revival of the companies popular Panda brand, which sold mostly in the EU, but with an EV drive-train and a totally new style.
- Hyundai may suspend production at one of its Chinese plants as slowdown bites – Reuters: * Hyundai shares rise on restructuring hope, new Sonata (Add share price reaction, analyst comment)
- India’s environment court imposes $71 million penalty on Volkswagen: Indian TV – Reuters: NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s environment court on Thursday imposed a penalty of 5 billion Indian rupees ($71.39 million) on Volkswagen AG related to …
- Japan’s Renesas to partially halt chip production for two months on China slowdown – Reuters: Automotive chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp plans to halt production at six plants in Japan for up to two months this year as it braces for a further slowdown in Chinese demand, the company said on Thursday.
- Las Vegas convention center could gamble on Elon Musk’s Boring Co. to build people mover – Latimes: Elon Musk has promised to revolutionize underground tunneling in no less a fashion than his SpaceX rocket company and Tesla electric car maker …
- Musk Now Has Real Competition in the Rush to Deploy Internet in Space – Bloomberg: In 2014, Wyler spent months laying out his ideas for Musk, only to find one day that SpaceX had decided to build a similar project of its own and had …
- National Green Tribunal imposes $71 million penalty on Volkswagen – TV – Reuters: India’s environment court on Thursday imposed a penalty of 5 billion Indian rupees ($71.39 million) on Volkswagen AG related to emission violations, local television channels said.
- New Tesla Supercharger can give 1000 miles of charge per hour – Autocar: Tesla Supercharger Electric car firm says new V3 Supercharger system will cut Model 3 charge times in half Tesla has unveiled a new third-generation version of its Supercharger system, which, it says, will allow a Model 3 to recover 75 miles of charge…
- Nissan”s big Armada has room for up to eight – Detroitnews: Armada”s second generation is based on the architecture of the similar Infiniti QX80 luxury SUV
- Opinion: the slow death of the value small car has begun – Autocar: City cars are about to be hit by huge changes in emissions regulations – and it could mean no more simple, cheap new cars Contrary to what you may think, most motoring journalists don”t turn up an event like the Geneva motor show and just ask random…
- Porsche Cayenne Coupe to go on sale this autumn – Autocar: Customers won’t have long to wait for Porsche’s upcoming BMW X6 rival, which will debut in the coming weeks The Porsche Cayenne Coupe will go on sale in autumn, Porsche’s UK boss has confirmed to Autocar. The coupe version of the Cayenne SUV will be…
- Shanghai Construction Group to build first phase of Tesla’s Shanghai plant: media – Reuters: State-owned Shanghai Construction Group (SCG) will build the first phase of U.S. electric carmaker Tesla’s factory in Shanghai, a news portal reported on Thursday.
- South Korea’s Kakao strikes deal for limited-hours carpool, ends taxi union protests – Reuters: South Korea’s Kakao Mobility has struck a deal with taxi unions that will allow it to run a car-sharing service for four hours daily on weekdays, marking an end to protests by cab drivers who had complained the service would destroy their livelihoods.
- Subaru re-engineers Levorg estate in a bid to boost sales – Autocar: Subaru has added a new engine and revised the suspension to try to recapture sales lost from the removal of the Legacy in Europe Subaru revealed a revamped Levorg estate at the Geneva motor show with the hope that the car’s significant engineering…
- Tesla says it plans to boost charger network – Automotive News:
- Tesla says new Superchargers let drivers fill up faster, 75 miles of charge in 5 minutes – CNBC: Tesla debuts its V3 Supercharger technology and says 90 percent of Tesla drivers in China have access to its chargers today.
- Tesla Says New Technology Can Recharge a Car in 15 Minutes – Bloomberg: Along with other changes, Tesla’s new V3 Supercharging network will ultimately halve the average time customers spend charging their cars, the …
- Toyota Warns of Potential Pullout From Britain on No-Deal Brexit – Bloomberg: Toyota Motor Corp. warned that it may end manufacturing in the U.K. if the country crashes out of the European Union on unfavorable terms, joining other …
- Traveling Around Florida? Ditch the Car and Ride the Rails, Says Virgin – New York Times: Traveling Around Florida? Ditch the Car and Ride the Rails, Says Virgin The New York TimesAs fewer people apply for driver’s licenses and more take ride-sharing services, the team behind Virgin Trains USA believes this is the perfect time to make train …
- Uber to expand in Germany in 2019 -Funke Mediengruppe – Reuters: Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc is planning to expand into additional cities in Germany this year, its European chief told a German newspaper.
- UPDATE 1-Volkswagen India says will contest green court’s $71 mln penalty – CNBC: Emission fiasco: NGT slaps Rs 500 crore fine on Volkswagen The Tribune IndiaEmission scandal: Volkswagen asked to deposit ?500 crore with pollution control board The HinduNGT…
- Volkswagen Touareg gets 335bhp V6 petrol engine – Autocar: UK flagship version of third-generation SUV joins existing diesel models, manages 0-62mph in under six seconds Volkswagen has added a new flagship V6 petrol engine to the new Touareg line-up, adding petrol power to the third-generation car for the…
- Volvo, Jaguar and Ford among winners as Germany sales rise 3% in February – Automotive News: New-car sales rose nearly 3 percent in Germany in February with Volvo, Jaguar and Ford among automakers growing faster than the market while Nissan, …
- VW’s Ultra-Car Maker Bugatti Joins the Push for Profitability – Bloomberg: Bugatti, known for hand-building the $5.8 million Divo amid castle grounds in France, is getting a wake up call from its charmed existence to move in line with the …
- West Australian environment authority pushes for carbon emissions offset – Reuters: Western Australia’s environment authority wants big fossil fuel projects to offset their carbon emissions to help curb global warming, a proposal resource companies said could deter investment in the gas-rich state.
