Press Release No. 03/2018 – Vehicle registrations in January 2018

date 06/02/2018 Flensburg, 6 February 2018. With 269,429 newly registered Passenger cars ( car ) and with a plus of +11.6 percent were the registrations stronger than a year ago. The share of private registrations (35.1%) rose by +24.5 percent, that of commercial (+4.7 percent) by 64.7 percent. petrol-driven car increased by + 32.1 percent.… Continue reading Press Release No. 03/2018 – Vehicle registrations in January
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After profit beat, GM looks to trucks, SUVs to rev up margins

DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) said on Tuesday a richer mix of full-size pickups and mid-size SUVs in North America should help it offset higher commodity costs in 2018 and maintain pretax margins above 10 percent. The automaker posted better-than-expected quarterly results as cost cutting and higher vehicle prices offset a double-digit decline… Continue reading After profit beat, GM looks to trucks, SUVs to rev up margins

GM races to build a formula for profitable electric cars

By Paul Lienert and Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co Chief Executive Mary Barra has made a bold promise to investors that the Detroit automaker will make money selling electric cars by 2021. What Barra has not explained in detail is how GM intends to do what, so far, no major automaker has… Continue reading GM races to build a formula for profitable electric cars

NVIDIA will power Continental’s self-driving car platform

Rick Wilking / Reuters German automotive components producer Continental has partnered with NVIDIA to produce a full-scale self-driving car platform. It will use the GPU maker’s autonomous vehicle hardware and software setup, DRIVE, to make a unified platform that prospective automakers and others can build their own self-driving cars upon. NVIDIA will provide the Xavier… Continue reading NVIDIA will power Continental’s self-driving car platform

Toyota’s Way Changed the World’s Factories. Now the Retool

Over decades, Toyota Motor Corp. built a corporate culture that was the envy of the manufacturing world. Now the auto industry’s most-emulated company is overhauling the way it brings its vaunted production system to every corner of the business. The automaker last month created a single group, staffed with 200 employees, to manage the Toyota Production System,… Continue reading Toyota’s Way Changed the World’s Factories. Now the Retool

Toyota sells 1.52 million electrified vehicles in 2017, three years ahead of 2020 target

When it comes to global environmental leadership, the number of vehicles that customers buy around the world have a greater impact than the number of concept cars launched at motor shows. Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced today that it reached a major milestone in annual sales of electrified powertrains in 2017 with over 1.52 million… Continue reading Toyota sells 1.52 million electrified vehicles in 2017, three years ahead of 2020 target