All articles and backgrounds 03/03/2018 Study on diesel bans More car discounts on new cars Volkswagen After the judgment to possible Diesel driving bans expects industry expert Ferdinand Dudenhöffer with further discounts for new cars. Customers would use the already offered scrapping and exchange rates even more than before, said the head of the CAR… Continue reading Study on diesel driving bans: More car discounts on new cars
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Pininfarina designs coupé concept for Hybrid Kinetic Group
Pininfarina has designed a coupé concept called the HK GT for Hong Kong-based Hybrid Kinetic Group (HKG) that features a unique body with elongated doors. As shown by the third preview image to be released ahead of the Geneva Motor Show, the car has two doors but they span the length of two seat rows. HKG has confirmed that… Continue reading Pininfarina designs coupé concept for Hybrid Kinetic Group
Geely drives in for M&A loan
* Loans: Chinese carmaker borrows €3.1bn for stake in Volvo trucks By Yan Jiang HONG KONG, March 3 (IFR) – Zhejiang Geely Holding Group , China’s largest privately owned carmaker, is raising €3.05bn (US$3.8bn) to fund its acquisition of an 8.2% stake in Swedish truckmaker AB Volvo, in one of the country’s biggest outbound investments… Continue reading Geely drives in for M&A loan
Arizona no longer requires safety drivers in autonomous vehicles
Waymo Arizona will now allow self-driving cars to operate in the state without a safety driver behind the wheel. Governor Doug Ducey signed an executive order this week making it legal for these vehicles to operate on their own as long as they abide by all federal and state safety standards. “As technology advances, our… Continue reading Arizona no longer requires safety drivers in autonomous vehicles
Ford Motor Co warns Trump metal tariffs may hike commodity prices
WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s announced steel and aluminum tariffs could boost domestic commodity prices and harm the“competitiveness of American manufacturers.” In a statement, Ford noted the tariffs’ impact even though the automaker buys“the vast majority of its steel and aluminum for U.S. production… Continue reading Ford Motor Co warns Trump metal tariffs may hike commodity prices
CHAdeMO Releases 200 kW Specs. 400 kW Specs In Progress!
2018 Nissan LEAF – CHAdeMO charging inlet The CHAdeMO Association boasted another solid year of growth for CHAdeMO in 2017 and came forward with a bold new announcement of 400 kW CHAdeMO Infographics – 2017 Summary First of all, the number of DC fast chargers with CHAdeMO plugs increased worldwide by 30% year-over-year to 17,700.… Continue reading CHAdeMO Releases 200 kW Specs. 400 kW Specs In Progress!
Premium paid to PSA employees: union reaction
[embedded content] Trade unions’ reactions to the PSAA bonus scheme with Eric Peultier Secretary and FO – PSA delegate Jérôme Boussard General Secretary CGT – PSA Report: V.Hirson, P.Arbez, B.Renaux, D.Robbe and E.Dubuis. This payment will be made in April or May. At Sochaux, 8300 employees should receive it. On the day of the announcement… Continue reading Premium paid to PSA employees: union reaction
U.S. Light Vehicle Inventory, February 2018
U.S. light vehicle inventory by company region and company; by vehicle type, source, and country of origin; by segment group, segment, and source; by vehicle type, company, source, brand, and model line for February 2018. Premium Content (PAID Subscription Required) “U.S. Light Vehicle Inventory, February 2018” is part of the paid WardsAuto Premium content. You… Continue reading U.S. Light Vehicle Inventory, February 2018
Elon Musk to open Tesla R&D plant in Greece
Tesla Billionaire entrepreneur’s electric car company to set up engineering facility in Athens Tesla factory in Fremont, California, US. Photograph: Tesla Elon Musk may have plans to colonise Mars but back on planet Earth he is extending his reach to Athens, by opening an engineering facility called Tesla Greece. Musk’s electric car business is an… Continue reading Elon Musk to open Tesla R&D plant in Greece
Exclusive: GM plants to cut 5,000 South Korean jobs
SEOUL (Reuters) – General Motors’ (GM.N) South Korean unit plans to slash 5,000 jobs, or about 30 percent of its workforce, but keep production steady if Seoul agrees to its $2.8 billion proposal for the loss-making operation, according to a document seen by Reuters. General Motors Korea’s labour union members protest, while demanding that GM… Continue reading Exclusive: GM plants to cut 5,000 South Korean jobs