- Behind Amazon’s HQ2 Fiasco: Jeff Bezos Was Jealous of Elon Musk – Bloomberg: When Elon Musk secured $1.3 billion from Nevada in 2014 to open a gigantic battery plant, Jeff Bezos noticed. In meetings, the Amazon.com Inc. chief …
- Tesla agrees battery supply deal with CATL | Automotive Industry News – Just-Auto: Tesla agrees battery supply deal with CATL | Automotive Industry News
- France’s Renault extends Wuhan plant closure to Feb. 13 – Reuters: French carmaker Renault will extend a shutdown at its factory in China’s Wuhan until Feb. 13, in line with the Chinese government’s guidance over the coronavirus for workers in the city and extended Lunar New year holidays, a spokeswoman said on Monday.
- Nissan’s Brexit Scenarios Include Closing European Plants: FT – Bloomberg: Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co has drafted a contingency plan to focus on its Sunderland plant in the U.K. and cut European production if a …
- Hyundai and Harman claim noise cancellation global first – Just-Auto: Hyundai and Harman claim noise cancellation global first
- Nissan could grow UK plant under tariffs – FT – Just-Auto: Nissan could grow UK plant under tariffs – FT
- A Small Rocket Maker Is Running A Different Kind of Space Race – Bloomberg: The rest of Astra’s 150-person team includes some legit aerospace veterans-former SpaceX employees such as Chris Thompson (part of the SpaceX …
- Coronavirus outbreak unlikely to affect auto production, says one of India’s top carmakers – CNBC: R.C. Bhargava, chairman of Maruti Suzuki, one of the country’s largest automakers, said India’s economy will not be as badly affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
- Updated Renault Megane gains plug-in hybrid and tech boost – Autocar: Updated Renault Megane gains plug-in hybrid and tech boost
- India Auto Expo world debuts – Mahindra Funster concept – Just-Auto: Mahindra Funster concept … Mahindra Funster concept: no official details yet but insiders hint that this will be electric and a … locally made T-Cross will not be identical to the ones built by VW do Brasil or China’s FAW Volkswagen. … Changan Ford puts back return to work.
- Toyota and Panasonic to set up EV battery joint venture – Reuters: Toyota Motor Corp and Panasonic Corp have agreed to set up a joint venture specializing in prismatic electric vehicle batteries.
- Toyota’s Lexus Brand Surges Globally, Despite U.S. Sales Stall – Bloomberg: Toyota”s Lexus Brand Surges Globally, Despite U.S. Sales Stall
- Honda to close Wuhan plants until February 13, no restart date set – Reuters: Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co plans to extend the closure period for its three car plants in Wuhan with Dongfeng Group until Feb. 13, a company representative told Reuters on Monday.
- Toyota uses big data to guard against accelerator-brake mix-up – Reuters: Toyota Motor Corp unveiled an emergency safety system on Monday that uses big data to ignore the accelerator if it determines the driver steps on the pedal unintentionally.
- Uber looks to radical financing to fund driverless cars – FT: Tesla founder Elon Musk insists an autonomous car would be “an appreciating asset”. That sounds implausible. But whatever the truth, it would be …
- China’s CATL signs battery supply agreement with Tesla – Reuters: China’s top electric vehicle battery maker CATL said on Monday it has signed a battery supply agreement with Tesla .
- Mercedes to launch 32 new models by 2022 in massive rollout – Autocar: New 2021 C-Class range will feature a C63 with a four-cylinder engine. Autocar’s render above …
- Nissan drafts plan to double down on UK under hard Brexit – FT: Nissan drafts plan to double down on UK under hard Brexit
- Mercedes-Benz X-Class gets the chop – Autocar: It looks like the rumours were well-founded. Mercedes has decided to put its ute out to pasture thi…
- Uber suspends user accounts of 240 Mexicans after drivers possibly exposed to coronavirus – LATimes: Uber Technologies Inc. has suspended 240 user accounts in Mexico to contain the potential spread of coronavirus. The users suspended had ridden …
- Tesla short-sellers take record losses in battle with Elon Musk – FT: The losses were more than four times the $1.3bn drop in value of short positions in Apple, the second-largest loss for short-sellers in the US stock …
