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Dec
11th

Daimler to buy $23 billion of battery cells in EV push

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"We set another important milestone for the electrification of our future electric vehicles," Wilko Stark, who oversees procurement and supplier quality on the board of Mercedes-Benz Cars, said.
Dec
11th

Ghosn’s appeal to end detention rejected by Tokyo court

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A Tokyo court rejected ousted Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn's appeal to end his detention following his arrest last month on allegations of financial misconduct.
Dec
11th

Ghosn planned to oust Nissan CEO before arrest

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Ousted Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn was planning to propose replacing CEO Hiroto Saikawa at a company board meeting scheduled for late November before he was arrested by Tokyo prosecutors on 19 November for alleged financial misconduct, according to reports in Japan.
Dec
11th

Nissan to correct earnings to account for Ghosn’s unreported income

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Nissan will file corrected earnings for past years in which Carlos Ghosn, the company's ousted chairman, allegedly under-reported his compensation by tens of millions of dollars.
Dec
11th

Why Hyundai’s top two randd execs are poised to resign

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Hyundai Motor Group's two vice chairmen in charge of randd have offered to resign, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Dec
11th

Governments conundrum with fuel tax hikes and climate change – academic

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Persuading consumers of the need to remain vigilant when it comes to global warming issues continues to form the backdrop to new mobility solutions such as electric vehicles, according to one UK energy academic.
Dec
11th

COMMENT – The uncertain road  to driverless delivery

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Autonomous vehicles are increasingly seen as at the heart of a radically different future landscape for transport solutions in the world's major urban areas. But don't believe all the hype, says Dave Leggett
Dec
11th

LG Chem’s EV battery business expected to become profitable in Q4

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LG Chem is expected to begin generating profits from its electric vehicle (EV) battery operations in the fourth quarter of 2018.
Dec
11th

Hyundai targets 500k FCEVs per year by 2030

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Hyundai Motor hopes to lead the global fuel cell electric vehicle market with plans to produce 500,000 hydrogen fuelled vehicles per year in South Korea by 2030, executive vice-chairman Chung Eui-sun revealed in a statement to the local press.
Dec
11th

Ford Ranger pickup rated at 23 mpg combined, best among gasoline-powered rivals

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The Ford Ranger is returning next month as the most fuel-efficient gasoline-powered pickup on the U.S. market.
Dec
11th

Jeep Wrangler awarded 1 star in Euro NCAP crash tests

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The redesigned Jeep Wrangler failed one of several crash tests performed by Euro NCAP, the European version of crashworthiness studies performed by NHTSA and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Dec
10th

Worthington named Ford’s VP of global product development operations

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The Ford executive is now responsible for leading the automaker's global vehicle programs under product development, with Graham Pearson leading product development for Asia Pacific and China.
Dec
10th

UAW says U.S. should go beyond USMCA gains in any free-trade deal with Japan

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The UAW is urging the White House to go beyond gains in the tentative United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement in any free-trade agreement negotiated with Japan.
Dec
10th

Why our cars are stars: the best long-term test fleet cars of 2018

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Features 20 Dec, 2018

We’ve had a varied range of models on our test fleet in 2018. Here we look back at the highlights…

Dec
10th

Why our cars are stars: the best long-term test fleet cars of 2018 – pictures

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Dec
10th

VW R&D chief to chair IAV

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Ulrich Eichhorn, currently head of research and development of the Volkswagen Group, is to become chairman of the management board of IAV in Berlin from 1 January, 2019.
Dec
10th

VW denies chairman ‘dieselgate’ allegations

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Volkswagen has denied allegations that chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch knew about the carmaker's 'dieselgate' emissions test cheating almost three months before US authorities made it public in September 2015.
Dec
10th

Autoware Foundation formed to accelerate AD collaboration

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Linaro, the open source collaborative engineering organisation, Japan-based intelligent vehicle technology company Tier IV and US-based autonomous mobility systems software company Apex.AI announced today the formation of the Autoware Foundation.
Dec
10th

New 2020 Automobili Pininfarina Battista to make Geneva debut

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News 10 Dec, 2018

Automobili Pininfarina reveals that its new hypercar will take the name of its founder - Battista “Pinin” Farina

Dec
10th

Ford goes back to the future in Detroit’s Corktown

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Ford has taken a giant leap into an enormous project to remake where employees think, design and create the vehicles of the future in a Detroit campus that is four years away from becoming reality.
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