LISTEN TO ARTICLE SHARE THIS ARTICLE Daimler AG is changing top management at the maker of the tiny Smart car, part of the latest plan to overhaul a brand that’s always been an awkward fit for the world’s largest maker of luxury vehicles. Prompted by a strategic shift to electric vehicles, Annette Winkler will step… Continue reading Daimler Reboots Smart Car’s Management for Electric-Only Future
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Athlon deploys new mobility services
Fleet Newspaper By Damien Chalon, the 29/05/2018 With Flex2Use, a mobility credit offer, and Car2Use, a car-sharing service, the long-term renter is accelerating in the field of new mobility. Athlon advances its pawns in the field of mobility. The long-term renter has just announced the launch of two new services. The first, dubbed “Car2Use”, is… Continue reading Athlon deploys new mobility services
Renault confirms the disappearance of the third shift in Palencia and Valladolid
Published 05/29/2018 14: 36: 06CET VALLADOLID, May 29 (EUROPA PRESS) – The management of Renault has confirmed on Tuesday the disappearance of the third shift in the assembly factories of Villamuriel de Cerrato (Palencia) and Valladolid with the aim of adjusting production to the needs of different markets after a decline in sales of the… Continue reading Renault confirms the disappearance of the third shift in Palencia and Valladolid
Nissan to cut North American output by 20 percent to shore up US profitability: Nikkei
(Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co Ltd (7201.T) is slashing vehicle production by as much as 20 percent in North America to cope with falling profitability in the United States, its biggest sales market, Japan’s Nikkei business daily reported on Monday. A car with the Nissan logo badge is seen on display at the North American… Continue reading Nissan to cut North American output by 20 percent to shore up US profitability: Nikkei
Diesel: Germany asks Daimler for explanations
German industry is not finished with the Dieselgate. Three and a half years after the start of the scandal of engines rigged at Volkswagen, the German government officially asked Monday explanations to Daimler-Mercedes, accused as its competitor of Wolfsburg, to have installed software engines distorting the tests of homologation. As a matter of fact, suspicions… Continue reading Diesel: Germany asks Daimler for explanations
The well-funded startups driven to own the autonomous vehicle stack
At some point in the future, while riding along in a car, a kid may ask their parent about a distant time in the past when people used steering wheels and pedals to control an automobile. Of course, the full realization of the “auto” part of the word — in the form of fully autonomous… Continue reading The well-funded startups driven to own the autonomous vehicle stack
UPDATE 1-Germany grills Daimler boss over extent of Vito van emissions fix
BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s Transport Ministry quizzed Daimler (DAIGn.DE) Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche on Monday over how many Mercedes-Benz vans and cars need to be fixed after a regulator said it had found illegal software in one of its models. FILE PHOTO: Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche speaks during a world premiere for the new Mercedes… Continue reading UPDATE 1-Germany grills Daimler boss over extent of Vito van emissions fix
Press Releases – EU vehicle manufacturers express concern on US investigation into auto imports
Brussels, 28 May 2018 – The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has expressed its concern regarding the initiation by the United States of a national security investigation into imports of motor vehicles and auto parts. “Automobile manufacturers active in both Europe and the US are truly global players with interests in both regions,” stated ACEA… Continue reading Press Releases – EU vehicle manufacturers express concern on US investigation into auto imports
Daimler threatens recall hundreds of thousands of diesel
According to SPIEGEL information, the Federal Motor Transport Authority examines further Daimler models. Not only the transporter Vito should have manipulated the corporation, but also in popular mass models. Tom Grünweg Mercedes C-Class at the 2014 premiere in Detroit Friday, 25.05.2018 12:00 o’clock The Daimler Group threatens the official recall of more than 600,000 diesel… Continue reading Daimler threatens recall hundreds of thousands of diesel
Nissan debuts open-air version of the new Nissan LEAF
Nissan debuted the Nissan LEAF Open Car, an open-air version of the new Nissan LEAF electric car, in Tokyo today. TOKYO (May 25, 2018) – Nissan showed the Nissan LEAF Open Car, an open-air version of the new Nissan LEAF, in Tokyo today. The 100% electric car was displayed at a forum to celebrate the… Continue reading Nissan debuts open-air version of the new Nissan LEAF