As other automakers plan battery-powered SUVs and trucks, Toyota Motor Corp.’s vision for the future of driving remains a hydrogen-sipping sedan. The Japanese behemoth will begin sales late next year of the second-generation Mirai, its fuel cell-powered four-door, and ramp up annual production by tenfold from the current model. Toyota’s bet that it can position… Continue reading Hydrogen is still a mystery to drivers, but Toyota plans 10 times more cars – Los Angeles Times
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GM strike hovers over sluggish year for Canadian auto production – Financial Post
It’s shaping up to be a slow year for Canada’s automotive sector, thanks to sluggish sales in the first three quarters combined with an expected decline in major manufacturing investments and a potential production dip from the prolonged General Motors Co. strike in the United States. While the strike by 49,000 United Auto Workers, now… Continue reading GM strike hovers over sluggish year for Canadian auto production – Financial Post
Honest John: why do I have to wait so long for parts to come from Japan? – Telegraph.co.uk
If your car has developed a fault, or for consumer advice, turn to Honest John by emailing honestadvice@telegraph.co.uk Orient excess I took my CX-3 to the Mazda dealer and was told an air-conditioning tube needed to be replaced. This had to be obtained from Japan. Two years ago, the air-con system required a compressor, also… Continue reading Honest John: why do I have to wait so long for parts to come from Japan? – Telegraph.co.uk
Dyson scraps plan to build electric vehicle | Article – AutomotiveIT International
In a statement posted on the company’s website, founder James Dyson said that ”the Dyson Board has taken the very difficult decision to propose the closure of our automotive project.” The company had failed to make the project “commercially viable”, the statement explained, and attempts to find a buyer had proven unsuccessful. Dyson announced its plans for an… Continue reading Dyson scraps plan to build electric vehicle | Article – AutomotiveIT International
What BS-6 means for auto buyers – BusinessLine
The automotive industry, which has been reeling under the impact of a host of adverse factors and one of the worst slowdowns ever, is set to transition to BS-VI emission standards on April 1, 2020, a fact which was reiterated by the government two days ago. This transition has been the talk of motown ever… Continue reading What BS-6 means for auto buyers – BusinessLine
Brexit: Toyota warns its UK plants in jeopardy under no-deal – The Irish Times
Toyota has warned a no-deal Brexit, in which a 10 per cent tariff on exports under World Trade Organisation (WTO) terms apply, would put its future UK manufacturing operations in doubt. A senior executive also warned that any prolonged disruption at the ports “would inevitably lead to a production stop, probably within days”. In a… Continue reading Brexit: Toyota warns its UK plants in jeopardy under no-deal – The Irish Times
Subaru, Heartland Automotive resume shifts, no word on ties to FBI ransomware case – Journal & Courier
CLOSE Production lines were canceled Tuesday at Subaru’s Lafayette plant due to ‘supplier issue.’ Meanwhile, FBI investigates ransomware attacks on Indiana companies Buy Photo A 2020 Subaru Legacy rolls off the production line during an unveiling, Monday, July 29, 2019 at Subaru of Indiana Automotive in Lafayette. The sedan and SUV models were unveiled earlier… Continue reading Subaru, Heartland Automotive resume shifts, no word on ties to FBI ransomware case – Journal & Courier
Driverless cars are stuck in a jam – The Economist
FEW IDEAS have enthused technologists as much as the self-driving car. Advances in machine learning, a subfield of artificial intelligence (AI), would enable cars to teach themselves to drive by drawing on reams of data from the real world. The more they drove, the more data they would collect, and the better they would become.… Continue reading Driverless cars are stuck in a jam – The Economist
Chinese firms are taking a different route to driverless cars – The Economist
THE SELF-DRIVING cars that cruise around South Ronghua Road look just like their American counterparts: chunky sedans with a rack of sensors bolted to the roof and a supercomputer in the boot. Beijing’s government has dubbed this south-eastern patch of the city Beijing-E-Town. It is one of a growing number of urban spaces across China… Continue reading Chinese firms are taking a different route to driverless cars – The Economist
Geely, BYD post lower Sept. deliveries – Automotive News
Sales at the largest domestic carmaker, Geely Automobile Holdings, and China’s No. 1 electrified vehicle manufacturer, BYD Co., fell again in September, amid an ongoing decline in volume across the country’s auto industry. Geely Auto deliveries dropped 8.5 percent to 113,832 last month, the company said. Volume at the Geely mass-market brand and premium Lynk… Continue reading Geely, BYD post lower Sept. deliveries – Automotive News