Brussels, 3 October 2018 – The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has voiced its serious concerns about the outcome of the European Parliament’s plenary vote on future CO2 reduction targets for cars and vans. “We remain particularly concerned about the extremely aggressive CO2 reduction targets and the imposition of sales quotas for battery electric vehicles… Continue reading Press Releases – EU Parliament vote on CO2 targets for cars and vans: auto industry voices concerns
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Renault’s Ghosn thinks no-deal Brexit will be averted
The head of the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance has played down the possibility of Britain leaving the EU without a deal, saying he has a “gut feeling” that an agreement will be reached. Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of Renault and chairman of the global alliance between the three carmakers, said Theresa May would not “allow”… Continue reading Renault’s Ghosn thinks no-deal Brexit will be averted
Toyota says hard Brexit would halt UK plant as BMW warns over Mini
Automotive industry Bosses of Jaguar Land Rover, Peugeot and Daimler also voice concerns at Paris Motor Show About 90% of the cars made at Toyota’s Burnaston plant in Derbyshire are exported to Europe Photograph: David Jones/PA Toyota would be forced to halt car production in the UK and BMW could shift production of the Mini… Continue reading Toyota says hard Brexit would halt UK plant as BMW warns over Mini
UPDATE 1-Carmakers step up warnings over disorderly Brexit
PARIS (Reuters) – Carmakers ratcheted up their Brexit warnings on Tuesday, with France’s PSA Group (PEUP.PA) and Germany’s BMW (BMWG.DE) both saying UK production would suffer if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal. Dieter Zetsche, chairman of the board of management of Daimler AG, and Ola Kallenius, member of the board of management… Continue reading UPDATE 1-Carmakers step up warnings over disorderly Brexit
Hanging over at Thyssen-Krupp
01.10.2018 Ι The reorganization at Thyssen-Krupp offers future prospects to the nearly 70,000 employees in Germany. IG Metall agreed to divide the group after the Supervisory Board guaranteed safe work. The employees of Thyssen-Krupp have been through a lot in recent years. Only the long conflict over the separation of the steel division. Then the… Continue reading Hanging over at Thyssen-Krupp
UK would ‘forever regret’ losing carmakers
Media playback is unsupported on your device The UK “would regret it forever” if it lost its status as a world leader in car manufacturing after Brexit, Business Secretary Greg Clark has said. He added it was “concerning” that Toyota UK had told the BBC that if Britain left the EU without a deal it… Continue reading UK would ‘forever regret’ losing carmakers
Jaguar I-PACE Tested At 350 kW Ultra-Fast Charger
42 M BY MARK KANE Jaguar I-PACE initially is not even ready for 100 kW charging. Bjørn Nyland continues tests of the Jaguar I-PACE and took the car to the IONITY ultra-fast charging station in Germany, that in theory should be able to put out 350 kW at 800 V (or at least half of… Continue reading Jaguar I-PACE Tested At 350 kW Ultra-Fast Charger
Matt Prior: what does the future hold for Lotus?
Good news out of Lotus, of the kind that I suspect we should get used to in the short term: a new hiring. It takes less time to put people in place than it does cars into production, even under the stewardship of a company like Lotus’s Geely parent, which has recently transformed Volvo. Geely… Continue reading Matt Prior: what does the future hold for Lotus?
CarPlay and Android Auto will soon be available in Jaguar Land Rover vehicles
Just days after it was reported that Toyota would finally add Android Auto support in its cars, Jaguar Land Rover has announced similar plans to add CarPlay and Android Auto to its vehicles, as reported by MacRumors. A spokesperson confirmed that CarPlay and Android Auto will be available in all 2019 Jaguar and Land Rover-branded… Continue reading CarPlay and Android Auto will soon be available in Jaguar Land Rover vehicles
Luxury electric car maker Lucid is building a charging network with VW in another jab at Tesla
Robert Ferris | CNBC
The Lucid Air Alpha test car, displayed at the New York Auto Show, reached a software-limited 217 miles per hour on a text track in Ohio.
Luxury electric car maker Lucid is building a high speed charging network for electric cars across the United States with Volkswagen, the companies said Tuesday.
According to the deal, VW subsidiary Electrify America and Lucid will build a network of 500 charging sites across 40 U.S. states by the end of 2019.
The deal gives Lucid another leg up against Tesla and signals increasing competition in the luxury electric car segment.
Lucid, which is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, plans to start producing its own upscale electric sedan in 2020.
The company recently upped the ante in the race to catch Tesla after receiving $1 billion investment from the Saudi government's Public Investment Fund. The company's chief technology officer is Peter Rawlings, who was former Tesla's chief engineer, and who worked on the team that developed the Model S sedan.
Robert Ferris | CNBC
The interior of a Lucid Air on display at the New York Auto Show on April 13, 2017.
Legacy automakers such as Jaguar and Volkswagen subsidiary Audi have recently debuted their own high-end electric cars designed to take a piece of the market where Tesla is the most recognizable brand. Tesla is the only other automaker with a dedicated charging network, with 1,344 of its high-speed Supercharger stations around the world.
Volkswagen started the Electrify America program as part of its settlement with the U.S. from its diesel emissions scandal, after it was discovered the automaker used devices to cheat diesel emissions tests. The company agreed to spend $2 billion in the U.S. to promote electric vehicle technology.