Toyota launches a fuel cell truck, and who’s noticing?

June 7, 2018 by

It’s tough to be one of the world’s largest automakers. When one of the world’s smallest announced a battery-electric delivery truck, the world went gaga,  never mind that the truck so far is no more than a figment of Elon Musk’s fertile imagination. Guess what happened when Toyota yesterday announced a fuel cell powered truck, […]

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Thursday Morning Auto News, Jun 07, 2018

June 7, 2018 by

GM to sell Honda advanced electric car batteries in North America – CNBC: General Motors will supply advanced batteries to Japan’s Honda Motor, the companies said Thursday, a move that could significantly reduce the cost … Audi ordered to recall some A6, A7 diesel models – Automotive News: Germany’s KBA motor vehicle authority has ordered […]

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Nissan says no to Trump’s indecent fuel efficiency proposal

June 7, 2018 by

“We are not going to relax,” said Nissan’s Chief Sustainability Officer Hitoshi Kawaguchi, when Wall Street Journal’s Tokyo reporter Sean McLain asked him today in Yokohama whether Trump’s fuel efficiency rollback would impact Nissan’s plans to reduce consumption and hence emissions of its cars by 40% until 2022.

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Mitsubishi Electric leaves us in the dark on its super-secret headlight-sensor

June 7, 2018 by

Today at Mitsubishi Electric’s Tokyo HQ, we were given a preview of what the company will show at the upcoming Asia CES in Shanghai. We’ve seen an LED headlight that adapts to what is in front of us. While this may not sound revolutionary, hidden in the gadget that might escape Mitsubishi’s labs in a […]

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Wednesday Morning Auto News, Jun 06, 2018

June 6, 2018 by

Super Cruise expanding across Cadillac lineup, other GM brands – Detroitnews: GM’s Super Cruise tech will be expanding across the Cadillac brand in 2020, then to other GM brands later GM putting Super Cruise hands-free driving on all Cadillacs by 2020 – Freep: GM’s hands-free driving technology will go on more vehicles starting in 2020. […]

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Tuesday Morning Auto News, Jun 05, 2018

June 5, 2018 by

How much cash Tesla needs is the $10 billion riddle no one can answer – CNBC: How much money Tesla will need – and how hard it will be to get it – are critical questions for investors in the electric-car company with a stock valuation that a majority of Wall Street analysts already think […]

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Monday Morning Auto News, Jun 04, 2018

June 4, 2018 by

Enphase Energy names former Tesla executive as CFO – Reuters: Solar inverter maker Enphase Energy on Monday named former Tesla Inc executive Eric Branderiz as its Chief Financial Officer. Elon Musk faces votes at Tuesday’s shareholder meeting that will challenge his grip on Tesla – CNBC: Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk faces votes at Tuesday’s […]

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Elon Musk’s Fatal Media Attraction

June 1, 2018 by

If “fake news” wasn’t already a zeitgeist-defining trope after the 2016 election, Elon Musk’s Twitter recent crusade against “the holier-than-thou hypocrisy” of journalists, editors, “big media companies” and the “clickbait” business model sealed the deal. Raging against the “incredibly dishonest” and “sanctimonious” journalists who have written critically about his management of Tesla in recent days, […]

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