- Daimler Invests in Lidar Startup to Bolster Self-Driving Truck Effort – Bloomberg: Daimler Invests in Lidar Startup to Bolster Self-Driving Truck Effort
- Ford eyes first-year sales of 100,000 vehicles with hands-free driving system – Reuters: Ford eyes first-year sales of 100,000 vehicles with hands-free driving system
- Ford to escape EU CO2 penalties with Volvo deal – Autocar: Swedish firm agrees pooling deal with rival following success in reducing fleet emissions
- Tesla readies ‘Full Self Driving’ for limited rollout, safety advocates ring alarm bells – Just-Auto: Tesla has informed owners that it intends to roll out its so-called ‘Full Self Driving’ features to a limited number of users over the next few weeks. Despite its billing as ‘Full Self Driving’, Tesla’s software is more of an extensive upgrade of its existing SAE level 2 Autopilot autonomous features. However, safety groups are raising concerns over what is, in effect, a full-scale beta test of new autonomous software by untrained consumers on public roads.
- Toyota to invest $500 mln in KDDI to deepen ties for ‘connected car’ – Reuters: Toyota to invest $500 mln in KDDI to deepen ties for ‘connected car’
- Chinese cities race for subsidies in fuel cell gold rush – Nikkei: SAIC’s announcement represents part of a plan by the Shanghai government, which oversees the automaker, to cultivate the city’s fuel cell industry.
- Skoda reports operating results for first nine months of 2020 – Just-Auto: Skoda reports operating results for first nine months of 2020
- Proton launches X50 small SUV – Just-Auto:
- Ferrari’s 2022 performance SUV: first prototype caught testing – Autocar: Front-mid-engined Aston Martin DBX rival moves to testing stage, V12 and V6 plug-in hybrid versions
- Volvo Group and Isuzu ink strategic alliance – Just-Auto:
- Motilal Oswal: Maruti Suzuki Q2 Review – Higher Cost Dilutes Gains On Lower Discount, Operating … – Bloomberg: Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.’s Q2 FY21 operating performance was impacted by higher non-raw material cost
- Privacy concerns as Uber Eats drivers start taking photos of ID for alcohol orders – Guardian: Victoria’s privacy commissioner has questioned why the food delivery service needs to take photos of driver’s licences or other ID at all.
- Buffett-Backed BYD’s Profit Surges as Electric-Car Sales Recover – Bloomberg: Buffett-Backed BYD”s Profit Surges as Electric-Car Sales Recover
- Analysis: Is this the beginning of the end for diesel cars? – Autocar: Ford Fiesta and Mazda 6 have ditched diesel
- World’s Top Electric-Car Battery Maker Faces Showdown in Seoul – Bloomberg: Electric-car makers and associated businesses have also been welcomed … Shares in Chinese EV manufacturer NIO Inc. are up almost 600%
