| Elon Musk oil campaign against electric cars is like big tobacco lobbying |
Oct 24th, 2013 |
Attacks on electric cars by the oil industry are on a par with misinformation campaigns promoted by big tobacco companies and vested interests undermining climate science, according to the founder of Pay ...
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| Jaguar Land Rover Chery moving ahead |
Oct 24th, 2013 |
British auto company Jaguar Land Rover Ltd (JLR) and Chinese carmaker Chery are said to have reached a consensus on how to unify distribution channels for imported and domestically produced Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles, signaling new progress in the alliance formed almost a year ago.Both companies are expected to have an equal say in determining new dealers in China, while Chery may explore ...
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| Self-driving cars could save more than 21700 lives $450B a year |
Oct 24th, 2013 |
study released today by the non-profit Eno Center for Transportation. Alcohol, drugs, inexperience, speeding, wet and icy roads can all contribute to an accident. If computers controlled vehicles, they could sense and anticipate road conditions and objects around them, helping to avoid accidents, the study showed. In fact, if just 10% of all vehicles in the U.S. were self-driving, the number ...
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| BMW 2 Series Coupe revealed |
Oct 24th, 2013 |
4 Series . The all-new rear-wheel-drive 2 Series Coupe will replace the seven-year-old 1 Series Coupe from March 2014, and is destined to arrive in Australia around one month later headlined by the brand's newest M Performance Automobiles model, the BMW M235i ...
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| Tesla hires Apple engineer to develop new cars |
Oct 24th, 2013 |
DETROIT (AP) Electric car maker Tesla Motors has hired Apple Inc.'s chief Mac engineer to lead new vehicle development. Doug Field led the development of new products in his five years at Apple, including the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and iMac. Field began his career as an engineer at Ford Motor Co. and also spent nine years at Segway, where he was the vice president of design and ...
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| Renault sales slip 3.2 in third quarter |
Oct 24th, 2013 |
French carmaker Renault said Thursday its sales slid 3.2 percent to 8.0 billion euros ($11.0 billion) in the third quarter due to exchange rate effects and a halt in its activities in Iran. Nevertheless Renault said it is maintaining its 2013 outlook for sales growth and a positive automotive operating margin. Registrations of its Renault, Dacia and Samsung Motors brand vehicles increased by ...
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| U.S. markets post gains ThursdayU.S. stocks rose Thursday with help from corporate reports from Ford Motor Company and 3M Company. |
Oct 24th, 2013 |
Ford Motor Company and 3M Company.Ford reported better than expected third quarter revenue and earnings, while 3M reported solid sales in all of its business divisions. The Commerce Department said the U.S. trade deficit widened in August to $38.8 billion on flat imports and weak exports. But the increase was slight, only 0.4 percent, and partly offset by positive manufacturing data from China, ...
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| Could driverless cars pose technology product dangers |
Oct 24th, 2013 |
Driverless cars may only be a decade away from hitting showroom floors. Car manufacturers across the globe are already testing many driverless vehicles on the road. These road tests still require humans to be behind the wheel and many of the cars are equipped with emergency stop buttons that disable all technology on the vehicles.However, many companies are starting to implement technology that ...
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| Strattec Security earnings rise 20 on auto industry strength |
Oct 24th, 2013 |
Strong demand from the auto industry and a growing portfolio of products beyond locks and keys helped push sales and earnings higher in the fiscal first quarter for Strattec Security Corp. The Glendale-based auto parts supplier said Thursday net income rose 20% to $3.21 million or 91 cents a share, from $2.67 million, or 78 cents a share, a year earlier. Sales rose 12%, to $79.6 million, in the ...
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| 8 states join forces to promote clean cars |
Oct 24th, 2013 |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Eight states, including California and New York, pledged Thursday to work together to dramatically multiply the number of zero-emission cars on the nation's roads by speeding the construction of charging stations and other infrastructure.The goal is to put 3.3 million battery-powered cars, plug-in hybrids and other clean-burning vehicles on the roads in those states by ...
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