- Ford employees ask if company should stop building police vehicles – Freep: An estimated 100 employees of Ford Motor Co. have asked the automaker to reconsider building and selling police vehicles.
- EU launches ‘clean hydrogen alliance’ – Just-Auto: The European Union The European Clean Hydrogen Alliance – aimed at increasing the deployment of hydrogen technologies by 2030, bringing together renewable and low-carbon hydrogen production, demand in industry, mobility and other sectors, as well as hydrogen transmission and distribution.
- VW can face dieselgate suits where cars bought, rules EU court – Reuters: VW can face dieselgate suits where cars bought, rules EU court
- Tesla Shanghai gigafactory to use more AI, smarter software: Elon Musk – Xinhuanet: More AI and essentially smarter software will be used at the Tesla Shanghai gigafactory, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said
- Tesla ‘very close’ to level 5 autonomous driving technology, Musk says – Reuters: Tesla ‘very close’ to level 5 autonomous driving technology, Musk says
- BMW Group sources sustainable cobalt worth around 100 million euros from Morocco – Just-Auto: BMW Group sources sustainable cobalt worth around 100 million euros from Morocco
- BRIEF-Tata Motors Says JLR June Retail Sales Down 24.9% – Reuters: BRIEF-Tata Motors Says JLR June Retail Sales Down 24.9% Reuters India
- Union slams JLR logistics worker job cuts – Just-Auto: Two in five workers employed by DHL on a JLR logistics contract face redundancy, across full time, salaried and agency staff, auto workers union Unite said in a statement.
- Opinion: DBX production could end Aston Martin’s dark times – Autocar: Luxury SUV has a packed order book and the future looks bright
- Aston Martin’s first SUV rolls off production line – Reuters: Aston Martin’s first SUV rolls off production line
- Toyota debuts new Corolla Cross in Thailand – Just-Auto: Toyota Motor launched the new Corolla Cross compact SUV in Thailand on Thursday (9 July) in what was the global debut for the model.
- Lamborghini CEO: Too Early for a Full-Electric Car – Bloomberg: Lamborghini CEO: Too Early for a Full-Electric Car.
- China’s largest SUV maker posts robust sales growth – Xinhuanet: Great Wall Motors (GWM), China’s largest sport utility vehicle (SUV) and pickup manufacturer, saw vehicle sales …
- Google Wins Renault Contract in First Major French Cloud Deal – Bloomberg: Google Wins Renault Contract in First Major French Cloud Deal
- Ford’s second-quarter China vehicle sales rise 3% year-on-year to 158589 units – Reuters: Ford Motor Co (F.N) said on Thursday that its China vehicle sales rose 3% between April and June this year from a year earlier
- GM Suffers Blow in Bid to Punish Fiat Chrysler Over Union Bribes – Bloomberg: GM Suffers Blow in Bid to Punish Fiat Chrysler Over Union Bribes