NEW DELHI: India’s largest luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz on Monday celebrated a historic milestone of rolling-out one lakh cars for the Indian market. The 100,000th car, which is an E-Class, rolled-out from the assembly line of company’s manufacturing facility at Chakan, by Roland Folger, Managing Director and CEO, Mercedes-Benz India and Piyush Arora, Executive Director,… Continue reading Mercedes-Benz reaches 100,000 cars production milestone in India
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Pagani: why the small Italian maker is planning an electric hypercar
The fastest thing about many supercar start-ups is the speed at which they fold, some producing nothing more than broken promises during the brief period between foundation and demise. Not so Pagani. The Italian manufacturer remains a tiny player when compared with Ferrari and Lamborghini, but it has proved to be in it for the… Continue reading Pagani: why the small Italian maker is planning an electric hypercar
Shift cuts announced at Birmingham Mercedes supplier
Production has slowed at Mercedes-Benz in Vance as a result of a factory fire in Michigan. (Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com). Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com The effects of a Michigan auto supply plant fire have now hit a Birmingham supplier of Mercedes-Benz in Vance. MISA, a subsidiary of Marubeni-Itochu Steel, is cutting some shifts as a… Continue reading Shift cuts announced at Birmingham Mercedes supplier
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
UPDATE 1-Daimler threatened with recall of over 600,000 diesel models -Spiegel
* KBA probes models including C-Class, G-Class – Spiegel * KBA has concrete suspicions over emissions – Spiegel * Report comes day after news of Mercedes Vito recall * Transport Minister, Daimler CEO to meet on Monday (Adds Daimler CEO meeting with transport minister) BERLIN, May 25 (Reuters) – Daimler faces a recall order for… Continue reading UPDATE 1-Daimler threatened with recall of over 600,000 diesel models -Spiegel
Daimler threatened with recall of over 600,000 diesel models: Spiegel
BERLIN (Reuters) – Daimler faces a recall order for more than 600,000 diesel-engine vehicles including C-Class and G-Class models because of suspected emissions manipulation, German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Friday. FILE PHOTO: The Daimler logo is seen before the Daimler annual shareholder meeting in Berlin, Germany, April 5, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke Germany’s KBA vehicle… Continue reading Daimler threatened with recall of over 600,000 diesel models: Spiegel
Daimler in Talks With German Authorities Over Diesel Issues
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Apple’s Autonomous Car Plans Now Look Way Less Ambitious Than They Once Were
A new report has detailed Apple’s crumbling ambitions to build a futuristic car, which have resulted in little more than a partnership with Volkswagen to make autonomous shuttles for the Apple campus. The New York Times piece presents the news that Apple (aapl) had been working with Volkswagen (vlkay) (whose codename at Apple is apparently… Continue reading Apple’s Autonomous Car Plans Now Look Way Less Ambitious Than They Once Were
Daimler informs about current status of action by the KBA regarding the Mercedes-Benz Vito
Stuttgart. Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has officially notified Daimler AG that it must carry out a recall of its Vito van model with the 1.6-liter diesel Euro 6 engine. According to the KBA’s interpretation of the law, the specific programming of two functions of the vehicle’s engine control does not comply with the… Continue reading Daimler informs about current status of action by the KBA regarding the Mercedes-Benz Vito
Rivian Automotive Closes Financing Round of $200 Million
author: Eric Walz Rivian Automotive, an automotive technology company developing electric SUVs and pickup trucks has secured $200 million of debt financing from Standard Chartered Bank, adding to the financing Rivian has already secured from other investors, including Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA). RJ Scaringe, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rivian, stated, “This latest… Continue reading Rivian Automotive Closes Financing Round of $200 Million