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Cadillac Is Said to Ready Small SUV to Jumpstart Weak U.S. Sales

General Motors Co. is gearing up one of its car plants to build a new Cadillac crossover with hopes of reversing the luxury brand’s sales slump in the U.S., according to people familiar with the matter. The automaker has begun building test versions of the Cadillac XT4 at its assembly plant in Kansas City, said… Continue reading Cadillac Is Said to Ready Small SUV to Jumpstart Weak U.S. Sales

This is going to be the world of the automobile and mobility in 2018

The study2025 Automotive 360º VisionIt is not a crystal ball, but it is a tool that anticipates tendencies of evolution in the automobile sector and mobility. This time we want to share with you some of our impressions for next year, while we take the opportunity to wish you a great 2018. Today we all… Continue reading This is going to be the world of the automobile and mobility in 2018

So dependent are the car manufacturers of China

D he German automakers are becoming increasingly dependent on the Chinese market. Last year Volkswagen sold two out of five cars in China, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Center for Automotive Management (CAM) in Bergisch Gladbach. Audi Every third sold there, BMW every fourth and Daimler every fifth. According to CAM… Continue reading So dependent are the car manufacturers of China

Forget Jet Packs—Why Don’t We Have Stair-Climbing Wheelchairs?

Photo: MIT Museum Ernesto Blanco invented his stair-climbing wheelchair in 1962 and entered it in a design challenge from the National Inventors Council, a U.S. agency that sought out technologies of potential military use. Blanco even created a one-quarter scale model [above] to show that the design actually worked. Stairs are of course tricky to… Continue reading Forget Jet Packs—Why Don’t We Have Stair-Climbing Wheelchairs?

Video Friday: World Cup Fever, Tricopters of Doom, and Generation Robot

Image: ETH Zürich via YouTube Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here’s what we have so far (send us your events!): ICARM 2018 – July 18-20, 2018 – Singapore ICMA 2018 – August… Continue reading Video Friday: World Cup Fever, Tricopters of Doom, and Generation Robot

South Korea imposes millions in fines against Germans Manufacturer

Thursday, 09/11/2017 16:50 South Korea wants to impose fines on the German automakers BMW, Mercedes and Porsche in the amount of 55 million euros. The companies had violated between 2011 and 2016 against exhaust gas requirements, said the Ministry of the Environment in Seoul on Thursday with. BMW thus threatened with 60.8 billion won (47… Continue reading South Korea imposes millions in fines against Germans
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That’s it, Mr. Zetsche

Saturday, 02/24/2018 13:24 clock For weeks it has begun, now it is official. Li Shufu, boss of the Chinese automaker Geely, is with 9.69 percent the largest single shareholder at Daimler , So far, the Kuwait sovereign wealth fund was the largest shareholder with 6.8 percent, the corporation does not have a real anchor shareholder.… Continue reading That’s it, Mr. Zetsche

Where to go with our cars?

D he is American president Donald Trump can not decide. First he sets the import duties for steel and aluminum on ice, just to announce tariffs on imported cars shortly thereafter , The share prices of German automakers are on the stock market, industrial and commercial agents groan, even speak of an “economic disaster”. But… Continue reading Where to go with our cars?