Toyota is expanding its pursuit of self-driving cars by starting a new company called Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development, or TRI-AD. The Japanese automaker is starting the company in conjunction with automotive supplier Aisin Seiki and Denso, and together, they plan to invest $2.8 billion into TRI-AD in the coming years and hire around 1,000 employees… Continue reading Toyota starts a new $2.8 billion company to develop self-driving software
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The Italian car market falls 1.4% in February, but rises almost 1% in the two months
Posted 02/03/2018 11: 30: 38CET ROME, 2 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) – Automobile registrations in the Italian market experienced a decline of 1.42% during the month of February, with a volume of 181,734 units, according to data from the National Archive of Vehicles of Italy collected by Europa Press. The best-selling brand in Italy in February… Continue reading The Italian car market falls 1.4% in February, but rises almost 1% in the two months
FCA México Reports February Sales of 7,085 Units
Dodge Charger recorded best February ever. Fiat Ducato and Fiat Palio Adventure achieved best February ever. Jeep® Wrangler set a new sales record; best February in its history. Ram ProMaster Rapid and Ram 700 continue as top leaders in their segments.
FCA Canada Reports Record Jeep® Sales
Jeep® brand total sales increased 46 per cent in February 2018 to 6,563, setting a monthly record. Two Jeep products also set monthly sales records in February. Jeep Wrangler posted a 175 per cent increase in February to 2,898. Jeep Grand Cherokee sales were up 10 per cent to 1,337, while Jeep Compass sales soared… Continue reading FCA Canada Reports Record Jeep® Sales
FCA US Reports February 2018 Sales
FCA US LLC today reported sales of 165,903 vehicles in February 2018, a 1 percent decrease compared with sales in February 2017 of 168,326 vehicles. Fleet sales for the month fell by 3 percent and accounted for 26 percent of total sales.
The Stratos is coming back, but don’t call it a Lancia
Yes, the Stratos is being reborn, though nobody at FCA has cared enough about Lancia to do it themselves. Instead, it’s being built by Manifattura Automobili Torino (MAT), the same custom low-volume builder that takes care of the Apollo Arrow and James Glickenhaus’s fabulously crafted SCG003S. And Lancia itself has had nearly eight years to… Continue reading The Stratos is coming back, but don’t call it a Lancia
New V-12 Apollo Intensa Emozione
Supercar start-up Apollo is an Italian based firm backed by Chinese capital investments. The Apollo Company has its evolution roots planted in German automobile manufacturing enterprise Gumpert. Roland Gumpert, the founder of Apollo, once held the position of director of Audi Sport. Under his management, Audi won a total of 25 World Rally Championship races… Continue reading New V-12 Apollo Intensa Emozione
The FCA Board to review potential separation of Magneti Marelli in the second quarter of 2018
The FCA Board to review potential separation of Magneti Marelli in the second quarter of 2018
FCA to review potential Magneti Marelli spinoff in second quarter
DETROIT (Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA) (FCHA.MI) said on Wednesday that in the second quarter the automaker would review the possible spinoff of its Magneti Marelli unit. Last month FCA Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne said he had recommended to the company’s board that the automaker spin off the maker of components for… Continue reading FCA to review potential Magneti Marelli spinoff in second quarter
Recreating the self-driving experience: the making of the Waymo 360° video
Recreating the self-driving experience: the making of the Waymo 360° video To bring Waymo’s technology to life, we leaned on the unique format of 360 video. By Meiling Tan, Head of Marketing, Waymo Waymo has been working on self-driving technology since our early days at Google in 2009. Today, we have the world’s first and only… Continue reading Recreating the self-driving experience: the making of the Waymo 360° video