thanks for joining us on this Wednesday edition of first shift later a look atFiat Chrysler’s dealer development program but we’ll begin with your topnews stories Tesla is doing away with its reservation system for the model 3sedan the automaker confirming a story originally published by the websiteelectric under the previous system a customer had to shell out a thousanddollars just to get in line to order a Model 3 then the customer paid anadditional twenty five hundred to confirm the order before Tesla beganbuilding the car now customers can bypass the reservation step and beginconfiguring a car after paying the twenty five hundred dollars afterenduring numerous delays Tesla has scrambled to boost production of the carconsidered critical to attracting mass-market customersDaimler and auto supplier Bosch will deploy self-driving taxis inCalifornia’s Silicon Valley region next year as part of a test program ofvehicles designed for city driving Daimler and Bosch gave few details aboutthe Robo taxi program which they describe as a passenger shuttle serviceand did not reveal which city would host itthey say the vehicles will include a safety driver and a steering wheel theservice will be built atop the artificial intelligence platform NvidiaDrive Pegasus supplied by chip maker Nvidia speaking of Technologydemonstrations in Paris the 5g automotive Association BMW Ford and PSAgroup conducting what they say is Europe’s first live demo of CV 2x directcommunication technology across vehicles from multiple car makers cv 2xtechnology allows for communication between Motor Vehicles and the roadwayinfrastructure to improve safety and traffic efficiency the demo held incooperation with a unit of giant Qualcomm and California basedsoftware firm Suvari and US authorities charged a former Apple employee onMonday with stealing trade secrets he is accused of downloading a blueprintrelated to a self-driving car to a personal laptop before trying to fleethe country for China this according to a criminal complaint filed in federalcourt it says the incident occurred on orabout April 30th according to the complaint the former employee Xiao LiangJung disclosed intentions to work for a Chinese self-driving car start-upauthorities arrested Jang Saturday at an airport in San Jose Californiafiat-chrysler is launching a program that aims to help aspiring dealers joinits US retail network FCA says its dealer market investment program willdevelop and provide financial support to high potential candidates who havelimited funds for example FCA through its relationships with Chrysler capitaland Ally Financial will provide 85 percent of the funds needed to cover adealerships working capital through low-interest loans the potential dealermeantime covers the remaining 15% the effort also looks to match prospectiveretailers with specific markets where they can succeed as we reported earlylast year FCA is adding about 400 dealerships to its US network of around2,500 stores dealers familiar with the plans and an FCA source said theexpansion is meant to increase sales and win back market share now a backwardsidea from Nissan the redesign 2019 Altima gets an improved appearance andthat’s thanks to an unusual idea from the car’s chief engineer TakeshiYamaguchi he says in order to create a more attractive car he turned the enginebackward that allowed designers to bring the hood line down byan inch and in turn changed the equation for the car’s silhouette the reversalalso helped to simplify exhaust output and save money the redesign Altima willhit us showrooms this fall and we’ll end with a quick birthday note PS a NorthAmerica CEO Larry Dominique turns 56 today remember you can turn to auto newsnow this afternoon for more industry news take care
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