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FRANKFURT — German carmakers BMW and Daimler are under increasing pressure to diversify production of their sports utility vehicles (SUVs) outside of the United States as a result of Washington’s growing trade tensions with China. Beijing’s proposed 25 percent tax on U.S. car factory exports will hit nearly 270,000 vehicles, with German carmakers accounting for […]
TOKYO — Three Japanese automakers on Thursday said they found no safety issues with aluminum parts made by Kobe Steel, allaying some concerns that falsified quality data on products from the steelmaker had compromised their vehicles. Kobe Steel shares surged after the carmakers’ statements, but the steelmaker still has to contend with a U.S. Justice […]
GUEST: Autonomous vehicles are just around the bend. As car companies continue to partner with tech and ride-hailing firms in an effort to innovate more quickly and effectively, questions arise about the future of privacy in the age of driverless cars. The biggest players in the automotive industry seem to have downplayed the fact that innovation and […]
Scott Olson / Getty Images The major carmakers on Tuesday are reporting their sales performance in September. The Detroit Big Three — Ford, GM, and Fiat Chrysler — topped analysts’ forecasts for the month after Hurricane Harvey slowed sales in late August. Analysts forecast that overall, sales in September rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate […]
(Reuters) — European car bosses gathering for the Frankfurt auto show are beginning to address the realities of mass vehicle electrification, and its consequences for jobs and profit, their minds focused by government pledges to outlaw the combustion engine. As the latest such announcement by China added momentum to a push for zero-emissions motoring, Daimler, […]
REUTERS/Michael Caronna As soon as 2019, Mazda will have a petrol-driven car in production that is cheaper to run than a Tesla Model S. The Japanese carmaker has announced it is ready to reveal a combustion engine using compression technology Ford, General Motors and Hyundai have been trying to get into production for the best […]
(Reuters) — Big automakers are rushing to launch self-driving cars as early as 2021, but the industry’s major players are moving slowly when it comes to widespread deployment of a less expensive crash prevention technology that regulators say could prevent thousands of deaths and injuries every year. Nissan Motor Co Ltd said on Thursday it […]
– From the May 2017 issue – It’s a claim we’ve heard from America’s automakers time and time again: The Japanese car market is the most closed in the world. The latest press release from the American Automotive Policy Council (AAPC), a lobbying group for FCA, Ford, and GM, urges Japanese prime minister Shinzō Abe […]
– We tried to stay above the fray this election cycle. I have rejected, for example, several politically charged story proposals this year, ranging from gold-plating an ’80s limo to road-testing a Subaru in northern Libya. But there is one intersection where cars and politics must collide, and it is at the corner of Energy […]
