When Google set out to tackle the smartphone market with its Android operating system, it picked off the more vulnerable subscale brands with little software expertise. Within three years, those phone makers had surged up the sales charts to become the biggest players. At the time of Android’s launch in 2008, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and… Continue reading Alphabet’s Waymo Takes a Page Out of Google’s Android Playbook
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Germany May Inflict More Diesel Pain on Carmakers
Germany is preparing to take another run at shoring up diesel as it seeks to balance efforts to improve urban air quality with concerns about lost jobs from the technology’s decline. Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer signaled automakers including Volkswagen AG and BMW AG could be hit with more painful measures to reduce smog-causing emissions, while… Continue reading Germany May Inflict More Diesel Pain on Carmakers
BMW trade: owner change in the dealership Kaufmann
The Mulfinger Group has been operating the BMW business in Giengen / Brenz since April 1. © Photo: Armin Weigel / dpa / picture alliance The Mulfinger Group takes over the BMW location in Giengen from Paul Kaufmann, who retires after about three decades in the motor vehicle business. The Mulfinger Group is growing in… Continue reading BMW trade: owner change in the dealership Kaufmann
Toyota’s China Crisis
The world’s biggest carmaker and the world’s biggest car market should be made for each other. So why is Toyota Motor Corp. misfiring in China? As recently as 2015, it was the No. 2 marque in the country, behind the eternally dominant Volkswagen AG. Since then, though, sales have flatlined, while rivals have picked up… Continue reading Toyota’s China Crisis
BMW, Daimler, Toyota: Speech by China’s head of state Xi inspires the auto industry
Lexus production The Toyota luxury brand would benefit particularly strongly from the market opening. (Photo: AP) Automakers like BMW. Daimler and Toyota are likely to over the Message from the Chinese President Xi Jinping pleased: This announced in his speech on Tuesday to lower import tariffs on cars later this year. In doing so, the… Continue reading BMW, Daimler, Toyota: Speech by China’s head of state Xi inspires the auto industry
BMW and Mini launch pay-as-you-go subscription service
BMW and Mini have launched a subscription service that rolls all the costs of car ownership into monthly instalments. Payments, which start from £131 per week (equating to around £568 a month), include the costs of insurance and maintenance, as well as breakdown cover, as one bill. Although BMW is the first major car maker to offer such a service… Continue reading BMW and Mini launch pay-as-you-go subscription service
Yet to turn a profit, Ford won't give up on India
Pankaj Radhe, Special to the Detroit Free Press Published 12:41 p.m. ET April 8, 2018 CLOSE Ford is going to import the EcoSport from India. It will be the brand’s smallest SUV vehicle and DJ Khaled was on hand to unveil the vehicle in advance of the Los Angeles Auto Show. Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY… Continue reading Yet to turn a profit, Ford won't give up on India
GM Korea says it may drop Spark, replace with crossover
SEOUL (Reuters) – General Motors Co’s (GM.N) South Korean unit said on Monday it may discontinue its Spark mini car and replace it with a crossover, on falling demand in key U.S. market. The logo of GM Korea is seen at its Bupyeong plant in Incheon, South Korea March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Sales for… Continue reading GM Korea says it may drop Spark, replace with crossover
Taxpayers to help auto industry: Government checks billion-dollar fund for diesel retrofitting
All articles and backgrounds 09/04/2018 Taxpayers to help auto industry Government checks billion-dollar fund for diesel retrofitting BMW According to a report in the Federal Government, there are reflections on a billions fund with the participation of the automobile industry for the technical retrofitting of diesel vehicles. As the news magazine “Spiegel” (Freitag) reported, there… Continue reading Taxpayers to help auto industry: Government checks billion-dollar fund for diesel retrofitting
Nissan Says Development Of Solid-State Batteries “Practically A Zero”
1 M BY DOMENICK YONEY New chemistry is a hard cell Solid-state batteries are the next big thing in electric cars. They substitute the aqueous electrolyte used in today’s lithium cells for a solid medium through which ions pass as they make their way between positive and negative electrodes, creating current. We’re promised that successful… Continue reading Nissan Says Development Of Solid-State Batteries “Practically A Zero”