- Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant until 2022 – Reuters
- Tesla faces claims of toxic suppliers and potential child labor – Fortune
- Honda Sees Its Future in Air Taxis, Rockets and Moon Robots – Bloomberg
- Stellantis’ Italian manager faces extradition to US in diesel emissions probe – Automotive News
- Tesla loses fraud case in latest setback in key market – Automotive News
- Citroen offers vision of autonomous, electric mobility with Urban Collective project … – Automotive News
Archives for September 2021
Thursday Morning Auto News, Sep 30, 2021: Honda reaches for the moon, Tesla linked to child labor, loses fraud case, more
Wednesday Morning Auto News, Sep 29, 2021: Stellantis manager arrested, Musk bashes Biden, praises nuclear, more
- Volkswagen cuts working hours at German site until mid-October – Reuters
- Elon Musk says Tesla owners ‘don’t seem to listen to me’ because they ignore an NDA and share lots of videos of the company’s ‘full self-driving’ tech – Businessinsider
- Italy’s police arrest Stellantis manager in U.S. diesel emissions enquiry – Reuters
- Tesla wants an exemption from COVID-19 rules so it can host a 9,000-person country fair at its Berlin Gigafactory – Businessinsider
- Elon Musk claimed the Biden administration is ‘biased’ against Tesla and ‘controlled by unions,’ his third attack on the president in the past month – Businessinsider
- Elon Musk Attacks ‘Biased’ Biden Again: ‘Controlled by Unions’ – Businessinsider
- Prosecutors seek two-year prison term for former Nissan executive Kelly – Reuters
World’s Largest Automakers, August 2021: Toyota trounces Volkswagen
Unless the sky will fall before the end of the year, accompanied by a rain of toads, and the inauguration of Donald Trump, World’s Largest Automaker 2021 should be Toyota. It’s no a tough call: By the end of August, Toyota had sold nearly 900,000 units more than its Teutonic peer, and that kind of a lead is a bit hard to make go away in four months, especially considering the fact that the distance between the two has steadily grown over the past months.
Tuesday Morning Auto News, Sep 28, 2021: Toyota buys Renovo, Geely watch, Ford goes big on EVs, more
- Toyota buys software firm Renovo to accelerate self-driving tech development – Reuters
- Founder of Chinese car maker Geely launches smartphone venture – Reuters
- Ford unveils radical $7bn EV production plan in the US – Autocar
- Tesla Megapack fire in Australia blamed on undetected coolant leak – Reuters
- Unpaid by Evergrande, supplier sells Porsche and home to rescue his business – Reuters
- EU executive urges VW to compensate all EU consumers over Dieselgate – Reuters
Monday Morning Auto News, Sep 27, 2021: SpaceX toilet fan craps out, Geely makes sats, RR does EV, more
- The toilet fan on SpaceX’s Inspiration4 mission malfunctioned, setting off an alarm, and the … – Businessinsider
- China’s Geely starts making commercial satellites – Reuters
- Rolls-Royce to make ‘historic’ EV announcement on Wednesday – Autocar
- China power crunch spreads, shutting factories and dimming growth outlook | Reuters – Reuters
- Many Apple, Tesla suppliers halt production in China amid power pinch – Reuters
- Electric supercars need to lose weight, power up and cool down | Reuters – Reuters
- Rolls-Royce agrees sale of Spanish unit ITP for $2 bln – Reuters
- Volvo Buses Unveils New Volvo BZL Electric Chassis – Businessinsider
- Polestar valued at $20bn as plans for public listing confirmed – Autocar
- GM warns holdout white collar staff to report vaccination status – Automotive News
- Brits using Uber and other taxi apps face long wait times and fare hikes amid a driver shortage – CNBC
- GM’s Mary Barra defends slow start to electric-vehicle push | Fortune – Fortune
- Citroen Ami reservations open ahead of spring 2022 UK launch – Autocar
Friday Morning Auto News, Sep 24, 2021: Musk: Chip shortage ‘short term,’ U.S. commerce chief: Chip shortage needs ‘aggressive action,’ SF raises self-driving concerns, more
- U.S. Commerce chief: ‘Aggressive’ action on chip shortage needed | Reuters – Reuters
- Elon Musk says the chip shortage is a ‘short-term’ problem – CNBC
- The Biden administration could decide the fate of Tesla’s Autopilot system – Businessinsider
- San Francisco raises Tesla ‘self-driving’ safety concerns as public test nears – Reuters
- Ghosn can’t wait to sell Renault shares after Nissan exit – Automotive News
- Tesla’s Musk says new chip plants should make shortage short term – Reuters
- Ford weighs UK or Germany for electric drivetrain production – Automotive News
- Ford Transit FCEV prototype explores hydrogen van potential – Autocar
Thursday Morning Auto News, Sep 23, 2021: VW cuts output again, builds battery factory, Samsung wants to make chips for $TSLA, more
- EU court adviser finds VW software to alter emissions is illegal – Reuters
- Samsung in talks with Tesla to make next-gen self-driving chips -Korea Economic Daily – Reuters
- VW cuts output at Wolfsburg plant again on chip shortage – Automotive News
- VW will build $164M battery factory in China – Automotive News
- Volvo reveals new materials for its leather-free vehicles – Automotive News
- Tesla’s new battery factory is touted by mayor in California – Automotive News
- Tesla pushes U.S. to boost fuel economy penalties – Automotive News
- New Maserati Grecale SUV spotted ahead of 16 November reveal – Autocar
- Volkswagen building new battery system factory in China’s Hefei city – Reuters
- Soft, warm and vegan-friendly, Volvo cars go leather-free – Reuters
- Volvo Reveals New Materials for Its Leather-Free Cars – Bloomberg
Wednesday Morning Auto News, Sep 22, 2021: TSLA called racist, UN chief tears into Bezos, BMW, Audi high on H, more
- Tesla Heads to Court Over Allegations of Racism on Factory Floor – Bloomberg
- UN chief tears into Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson for ‘joyriding to space while millions hungry on Earth’ – Businessinsider
- 2022 Mercedes -Benz GLC hits the Nurburgring in concept form | Autocar – Autocar
- Toyota plant leader to Senate panel: Worker-development policies are much needed – Automotive News
- Gulf states caught between US and China | Financial Times – FT
- Scottish Spaceport to Launch Rockets From Military Transport Jet – Bloomberg
- Ford signs deal with Redwood Materials to recycle EV Batteries – CNBC
- Czech leader demands big changes to EU green deal over cars | Automotive News Europe – Automotive News
- Top Oil Trader Vitol Jumps Into Electric – Vehicle Fleet Business – Bloomberg