Volvo Cars global sales up 12.2 per cent in April Volvo Cars’ positive momentum continued in April as the premium car maker reported a global year-on-year sales increase of 12.2 for the month, growing in all its main markets. Total sales for the month reached 52,635 cars compared to 46,895 a year earlier. Sales of… Continue reading Volvo Cars global sales up 12.2 per cent in April
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Semi-trailer: Peterbilt wants to build electric trucks
Peterbilt is the next manufacturer to build an all-electric truck to take on the Tesla Semi. Other companies in the industry like Daimler also work on electric trucks. May 3, 2018, 9:33 am, Andreas Donath Classic Peterbilt truck (Photo: Peterbilt) Tesla seems to have brought the industry with its announced electric trucks properly launched, especially… Continue reading Semi-trailer: Peterbilt wants to build electric trucks
GM bets on 3D printers for cheaper and lighter car parts
DETROIT, May 3 (Reuters) – General Motors Co said on Thursday it was working with design software company Autodesk Inc to manufacture new, lightweight 3D-printed parts that could help the automaker meet its goals to add alternative-fuel vehicles to its product lineup. Last year, the company announced ambitious plans to add 20 new electric battery… Continue reading GM bets on 3D printers for cheaper and lighter car parts
Tesla stock goes through twists and turns as analysts focus on Model 3 car outlook
Tesla CEO Elon Musk presides over the handover of the first Model 3 cars in August 2017. (Tesla via YouTube) Tesla’s share price took a weird turn today after the company reported its first-quarter financial results and billionaire CEO Elon Musk dissed analysts’ concerns about the Tesla Model 3 mass-market electric car. The raw numbers… Continue reading Tesla stock goes through twists and turns as analysts focus on Model 3 car outlook
Elon Musk says Tesla Model Y will be a ‘manufacturing revolution’
Elon Musk said that Tesla’s forthcoming electric crossover vehicle, the Model Y, will be a “manufacturing revolution,” even though the automaker is still struggling to get its mass-market Model 3 out of the door and into customers’ driveways. In an earnings call Wednesday, Musk said that Tesla has yet to spend any capital expenditures on… Continue reading Elon Musk says Tesla Model Y will be a ‘manufacturing revolution’
Tesla sued for $2B over semi-truck patents
Rex Crum, The Mercury News Published 4:04 p.m. ET May 2, 2018 Tesla Semi (Photo: Tesla) There’s never any shortage of drama with Tesla. If it’s not concerns over the production levels of its Model 3 sedan, it’s controversy over the possible role of Tesla technology in a fatal car crash. If it’s not one… Continue reading Tesla sued for $2B over semi-truck patents
Tesla: Model 3 production could hit 5,000 per week in two months
Engadget One of the major stories about Tesla’s car business has been its struggle to build sufficient quantities of its Model 3 electric car. In a just-released earnings report the company said that prior to its most recent shutdown, it had managed to build over 2,000 cars per week for three weeks in a row… Continue reading Tesla: Model 3 production could hit 5,000 per week in two months
Tesla posts quarterly loss, Model 3 production on track
(Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) on Wednesday posted its worst ever quarterly loss and said its Model 3 production target remains on track, expecting about 5,000 per week in about two months. A Tesla Model 3 car is displayed during a media preview at the Auto China 2018 motor show in Beijing, China April 25,… Continue reading Tesla posts quarterly loss, Model 3 production on track
Automation, the real challenge of Tesla and its Model 3
It was one of (too many?) Many Elon Musk’s dreams: a factory without humans. While the attention of the fans and especially financial markets is turned on Tesla, which must reveal this Wednesday, May 2 after the closure of the New York Stock Exchange (around 22 hours in Paris) its results in the first quarter… Continue reading Automation, the real challenge of Tesla and its Model 3
SsangYong Motor Global Sales Record 10,930 units in April 2018
SsangYong Motor Global Sales Record 10,930 units in April 2018 SsangYong sells 10,930 units globally in April, down 1.3 percent year-on-year Exports sales shows recovery, with an increase of 3percent year-on-year for the first time this year SsangYong plans to drive exports sales by leveraging Rexton products in key geographies Seoul, S. Korea, May 2,… Continue reading SsangYong Motor Global Sales Record 10,930 units in April 2018