BRIEF-Avis Budget Group Moves Closer To A Fully Connected Fleet With New Toyota Partnership

March 12 (Reuters) – Avis Budget Group Inc: * AVIS BUDGET GROUP MOVES CLOSER TO A FULLY CONNECTED FLEET WITH NEW TOYOTA PARTNERSHIP * AVIS BUDGET GROUP – ANNOUNCED MULTI-YEAR DEAL THAT WILL ADD 10,000 TOYOTA VEHICLES TO AVIS CAR RENTAL’S EXPANDING FLEET OF CONNECTED VEHICLES Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: Our Standards:The… Continue reading BRIEF-Avis Budget Group Moves Closer To A Fully Connected Fleet With New Toyota Partnership

Battery Makers 2017: Panasonic & BYD Hold Majority Of Market

1 min ago by Mark Kane MWh of EV li-ion batteries produced in 2017 (data source: EV Sales Blog) Various plug-in electric car models compete on the market, but the top three battery suppliers remains the same as last year. Panasonic Cell Worldwide, EV car sales increased by around 58% last year, but new models… Continue reading Battery Makers 2017: Panasonic & BYD Hold Majority Of Market

Automakers and their allies call for more breaks in Trump tariff plan

WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) – Global automakers and vehicle suppliers are pressing the Trump administration and U.S. Congress to exempt the European Union and other allies from new steel and aluminum tariffs set to take effect later this month, industry officials said on Friday. The proclamation President Donald Trump signed Thursday allows importers to seek… Continue reading Automakers and their allies call for more breaks in Trump tariff plan

Volkswagen’s head of electric mobility says China will drive autonomy roll-out

What’s the biggest motivating factor behind automakers embracing autonomous vehicles and self-driving? You might think ‘safety’ or maybe even consumer demand, but in truth the biggest driver might be China and its incentivization programs for automakers. Much like China’s rules for qualifying for subsidies and restrictions on selling vehicles in market have led to automakers… Continue reading Volkswagen’s head of electric mobility says China will drive autonomy roll-out

Mazda and Toyota invest 1,300 million in a joint venture to produce 300,000 vehicles in the US

Posted 09/03/2018 11: 42: 09CET HUNTSVILLE (UNITED STATES), 9 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) – Mazda and Toyota have invested 1,600 million dollars (1,300 million euros at the current exchange rate) in a joint venture with headquarters in Huntsville, in the State of Alabama (United States), through which they will manufacture up to 300,000 vehicles from of… Continue reading Mazda and Toyota invest 1,300 million in a joint venture to produce 300,000 vehicles in the US

DENSO to Increase Its shareholding in Renesas Electronics Corporation

KARIYA (Japan) ― DENSO Corporation today announced that it has decided to increase its shareholding in Renesas Electronics Corporation to accelerate the development of various in-vehicle systems including automated driving systems that are becoming more advanced, complicated, and larger in scale than ever before. Renesas has cutting-edge technologies for semiconductors that serve as the key devices… Continue reading DENSO to Increase Its shareholding in Renesas Electronics Corporation

Toyota, JapanTaxi, KDDI and Accenture to Start Piloting Artificial Intelligence-based Taxi Dispatch Support System

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and JapanTaxi Co., Ltd. (JapanTaxi), jointly with KDDI Corporation (KDDI) and Accenture, have developed a taxi dispatch support system that predicts demand for taxi services, combining data from taxi service logs with predictions of demographics made by location-based big data from smartphones as well as event information. The companies have started… Continue reading Toyota, JapanTaxi, KDDI and Accenture to Start Piloting Artificial Intelligence-based Taxi Dispatch Support System

Mazda and Toyota Establish Joint-Venture Company “Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc.”

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., (March 8, 2018) / HIROSHIMA and TOYOTA-CITY, Japan (March 9, 2018) – Mazda Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation have established their new joint-venture company “Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc.” (MTMUS) that will produce vehicles in Huntsville, Alabama starting in 2021.

Emission standard Euro 6d seems to work wonders: Environmentalists praise new diesel cars

All articles and backgrounds 08/03/2018 Emission standard Euro 6d apparently works wonders Environmentalists praise new diesel cars DS DS 7 Crossback from the PSA Group At the Geneva Motor Show VW CEO Matthias Müller once again astonished his listeners. “I believe the diesel will be renaissance in the foreseeable future,” said Müller, And that, as… Continue reading Emission standard Euro 6d seems to work wonders: Environmentalists praise new diesel cars

Relations between British builders and distributors have deteriorated

As is the case every year, the NFDA, the leading syndicate of car dealerships across the Channel, has conducted a survey of its affiliates, which highlights the deterioration in the relationship between distributors and licensors. Throughout 2017, relations between distributors and manufacturers across the Channel have deteriorated, according to a survey conducted by NFDA, the… Continue reading Relations between British builders and distributors have deteriorated