- Should car insurers use your credit score to drive up coverage costs? – CBS News: As Michigan becomes the fourth state to eliminate using credit scores as a reason to raise or lower car insurance rates, a debate is raging as to …
- Tennessee officials rehash old fight against Volkswagen union vote – Detroitnews: Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga voted 712-626 against unionization through the UAW in 2014
- Toyota to buy batteries from Chinese suppliers for first time – FT: Toyota has broken sharply with tradition and struck a partnership with two Chinese battery producers as Japan’s biggest carmaker aims at a grand …
- Tesla’s Ample Model 3 Demand Backs Optimism, Piper Jaffray Says – Bloomberg: … and the sedan’s potential to win customers from mass-market competitors should counter concerns about the electric-car maker’s performance, …
- DealBook Briefing: French Politics Ruined Fiat’s Merger Plans – New York Times: The proposed merger of Fiat Chrysler and Renault fell apart amid efforts by the French government to protect jobs and win over the backing of Japan, …
- Toyota to achieve sales target for electrified vehicles 5 yrs earlier – Mainichi: “Demand for electric vehicles has grown stronger than we had projected … But the Japanese auto giant said the goal can now likely be achieved …
- Emmanuel Macron Gets a Lesson in Capitalism – Bloomberg: Look at Carlos Ghosn’s plans for a Renault-Nissan merger, a project reportedly encouraged by Paris, which in part led to his downfall. Too often, an …
- What happened to FCA/Renault and what’s next for FCA? – Freep: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and French automaker Renault saw their effort at a merger collapse Wednesday (Thursday in Paris) about a week and a …
- Gov’t urges Suzuki to improve compliance after inspection misconduct – Mainichi: The transport ministry urged Suzuki Motor Corp. on Friday to enhance compliance after series of inspection violations that led to a …
- Toyota speeds up electric vehicle schedule as demand heats up – Reuters: Automaker says may not be able to meet battery demand alone … We consider ourselves as a maker of electric vehicle batteries, going back to when …
- Trump’s Tariffs Have Already Wiped Out Tax Bill Savings for Average Americans – Bloomberg: Trump’s Tariffs Have Already Wiped Out Tax Bill Savings for Average Americans … President Donald Trump’s trade wars have already wiped out all but $100 … on all imports from Mexico would increase prices on cars and auto parts, …
- Mercedes aim to regain lost ground in EV race with EQC – Automotive News: Daimler is positioning its Mercedes-Benz EQC as an affordable alternative to the larger Tesla Model X and Audi e-tron. Mercedes is aiming the …
- FCA-Renault merger collapse is a blow for Goldman and its alumni network, report says – Automotive News: Goldman Sachs had pushed out FCA’s house bank UBS, which was close to the automaker’s late CEO Sergio Marchionne, to lead on the deal for the …
- Decarbonising UK economy will cost £1 trillion, cannot be delayed – Hammond – Reuters: Britain cannot put off reducing greenhouse gas emissions but must be aware that the 1 trillion pound cost to the economy will limit other desirable public investment, finance minister Philip Hammond said on Friday.
- FCA-Renault merger is not yet a write-off – Automotive News: FCA walked, citing French politics. Its 50:50 merger proposal was clearly not far from being an acceptable deal. The terms offered a financial premium …
- Toyota pulls forward electrification plan – Automotive News: Toyota is ramping up electric vehicle deployment plans, pulling forward its goal of selling 5.5 million electrified vehicles by five years and aiming to develop a solid-state battery by next summer.
- Corrected: Toyota speeds up electrified vehicle schedule as demand heats up – Reuters: (Corrects 7th paragraph to show battery EV sales volumes to still be less than gasoline hybrid volumes by 2025)
- Toyota to ramp up EV plans with six global models – Autocar: Toyota will ramp up development of battery-electric vehicles, with plans to launch at least 10 models worldwide from 2020 onwards – including six …
- The 2020 Jeep Gladiator Barrels Into an Uncrowded Field: Midsize Pickups – New York Times: In a land where trucks often start at large and climb to supersize, the new hot thing is not an overpowered dreadnought but a midsize pickup from Jeep …
- No-say Nissan had tech that drove Fiat Chrysler-Renault idea – Washington Post: … last year of its star executive Carlos Ghosn, it still had as its crown jewel the technology of electric vehicles and hybrids that Fiat Chrysler wanted.
- China’s SAIC challenges Japanese carmakers to Philippine price duel – Nikkei: Chinese automaker SAIC Motor is moving to undercut Japanese rivals in the Philippines, one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing eco.
- Luxury Automakers’ Next Gambit: Making Millions Off Your Designs – Bloomberg: Lamborghini, Bugatti, Aston Martin, and Rolls-Royce have different strategies for rare or one-of-a-kind, multimillion-dollar supercars. But they’re each …
- France did not come out well in FCA-Renault deal: Italy’s Di Maio – Reuters: Italy’s Industry Minister Luigi Di Maio blamed the French state for derailing merger talks between Fiat Chrysler and rival Renault …
- ANALYSIS-Germany’s Opel town shows struggle for Europe to plug in electric cars – Reuters: Carmakers and policymakers in Europe are staking their futures on a race to electric vehicles. But the …
- BMW Group opens new plant in Mexico – Xinhuanet: Automaker giant BMW Group opened an automobile plant in the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosi on …
- BMW board member sees no reason to change Mexico plans – Reuters: Oliver Zipse, the BMW baord member in charge of production, says the automaker sees no reason to change its plans for Mexico amid U.S. threats to …
- Google flags U.S. national security risks from Huawei ban: Financial Times – Reuters: Alphabet Inc’s Google has warned if the U.S. administration moves ahead with sweeping ban on Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, it risks compromising national security, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
- Audi debuts its first BEV production vehicle – Autocar:
- CEOs Hedge Against China-US Trade War Chaos – Bloomberg: Toyota Motor Corp. has long tracked President Donald Trump’s trade threats toward Japan, not to mention tweets slamming the automaker for building a new …
- Toyota to tie up with China’s CATL to accelerate electrification: Nikkei – Reuters: Toyota Motor Corp will tie up with leading Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL), in a move to accelerate the electrification of its products, the Nikkei newspaper said on Friday.
- Toyota in partnership talks with Chinese auto battery maker CATL – Mainichi: Toyota Motor Corp. has begun talks with Chinese automobile battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., sources …
- Automakers Press Trump to Reach Emissions Deal With California – Bloomberg: A group of major domestic and foreign automakers has formally asked … Read More: California Has a Posse in War With Trump Over Electric Cars …
- Automakers say Trump’s plan to weaken pollution standards would hurt their bottom line – Latimes: Some of the world’s largest car manufacturers have delivered a unified message to President Trump: go back to the negotiating table on vehicle …