Monday, 30 July 2018

JAGUAR RAMPS UP THE I PACE STAY !!! – AUTOMOTIVE NEWS TV / CAR NEWS CHANEL


it’s Thursday its first shift I’m Jennifer Fong Jaguar ramps up the ipacestay tuned for that story just after these headlines weeks or months aJustice Department lawyer says it could take that long for regulators to decidewhether to approve a software fix for Fiat Chrysler’s diesel vehicles theremarks coming at a federal court hearing Wednesday in San Francisco inMay the department sued FCA accusing the company of illegally using software tobypass and mission controls in 104,000 diesel vehicles sold since 2014 as CAlawyer Robert gif FRA says the automaker is optimistic regulators will approveFCA’s proposed software update meantime consumer rights activists sayVolkswagen Group’s offer to provide an extended guaranteebut no compensation for European customers with rigged diesel cars isinadequate on Wednesday European Union regulators said they had reached anagreement with VW to provide two years of repairs that are tantamount to aquote extra guarantee under the plan VW will promise to resolve issues thatmight arise up to 24 months after diesel cars have been fixed but still won’tmake financial payouts a VW senior executive in Japan has been arrested onsuspicion of using an illegal stimulant VW says Thomas C Bert a 53 year oldGerman was arrested on Wednesday the company did not elaborate on the druginvolved but Flores reports Siebert admitted using cocaine VW saying in astatement we deeply regret the fact an employee of our company has beenarrested due to his personal affairs the automaker says it’s cooperating with theinvestigation according to his LinkedIn profile Siebert is director of aftersales at Volkswagen Group Japan back in 2015 a high-ranking toyota executiveJulie HAMP was arrested Japan on suspicion of illegallyimporting the controlled painkiller oxycodone now back to SCA the automakeris recalling 297,000 older minivans in North America wiring may short-circuitcausing the driver side airbag to deploy without warning the recall involves 2011and 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan the defect is linked to 13 minor injuries andToyota is using artificial intelligence to push the environmentally friendlyPrius Prime on the Weather Channel app and weather calm Toyota becoming thefirst automaker to deploy Watson adds it’s a cognitive ad format that combinesmachine learning natural language understanding and dialogue tools toengage consumers in one-to-one discussions with Watson ads you couldhave an intelligent two-way conversation with your favorite brands right in anADD Toyota wash the ads today ahead of November’s Los Angeles Auto Show Jaguarrevealed the IPAs crossover conceptthe company is building the electric vehicle with contract manufacturer MagnaSteyr in a chat with our Richard Truitt Magnus tires Carl Friedrich Strakasays Magna engineers have been involved in the IPAs project almost from thestart while Jaguar Land Rover engineers created the vehicle Magna engineersfigured out the best way to build it but one challenge assembling the vehiclesaluminium body requires using several new joining methods including welding ofaluminium getting the vehicle right is crucial for Jaguar one reason theeyepiece puts Jaguar in direct competition with Tesla’s Model X alsothe IPAs will help the company meet its European Union commitment to cut carbondioxide emissions Straka says the first eyepieces are now being built thevehicle will launch this year in Europe and arrive next year in the US speakingof Tesla billionaire investor Ron Barron thinks the electric car makers sharescould reach $600 next year and they could rocket to $1,000 in 2020 Baron whois a major Tesla shareholder making the prediction this week on CNBC’s SquawkBox remember to stay with Auto news. com foryour industry update around the clock we’ll see you back here Friday morning



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Tesla Denies Further Model 3 Production Issues .. Automotive News TV/CAR NEWS / Auto News


tax breaks Plan B welcome in on this Tuesday atGarston in Fatah war Beck o Tesla’s Model 3 production delay may be Chevy’sgain some of those holding reservations for the Model 3 didn’t waste timelooking for alternatives after Tesla notified some of them earlier this monththey might not receive their cars until next yearReuters reports it’s not a case of simple impatience those left waitingaround for their model 3 risk losing a $7,500 federal electric vehicle taxcredit the tax credit drops in value and disappears completelyonce Tesla sells 200,000 electric vehicles in the u. s. an analyst forEdmunds predicts that could happen by fall a plan B for some Tesla customersis the Chevrolet Volt priced about the same as the model 3 at about 35 grandand with a similar range of more than 200 miles there are no reportedproduction problems for the bolt in fact sales of brisk kelly blue book reportsday’s supply of bolts fell to 42 in january from a high of 65 last augustchevrolet marketing director steve Majoris has said the brand won’t openlyexploit Tesla’s predicament but said he’s aware the bolt is attracting someof that company’s buyers the stay with Tesla in Europe the Model S sedan hasoutsold the luxury flagships of mercedes-benz BMW and Audi for the firsttime Model S sales in Europe jumped 30 percent last year to 16,000 132 Mercedess-class sales grew 3% to 13,000 359 and BMW 7-series sales fell 13% to 11,000735 a Germany’s premium brands been under pressure to accelerate their evieplans jeido dynamics analyst Philippe Munozadds this note of caution quote this is an alarm for traditional autumnmakers such as Mercedes it says a smaller but smarter brands such as Teslacan beat them at home an update on another of Elon Musk’s ventures the highspeed transport system known as the Hyperloop now as we’ve told you Britishtycoon Richard Branson is backing a project called Virgin hybrid loop onehow the venture is signed a preliminary deal to build one of the two basedtransport systems in India it would ferry passengers from Pune India to anew airport in Mumbai that from Bloomberg well pays to perform just askFCA boss Sergio Marchionne the automaker disclosing that Marshall earned nearly12 million dollars in base compensation and bonus in 2017 that’s not the half ofit he collected shares were thirty five point seven million for the three yearperiod that ended in 2016 the shares part of a performance-based pay programand Ford confirming that it hopes to set up a bank in Germany in the second halfof the year it’s part of for credit strategy to mitigate any risk fromBritain leaving the European Union a few product notes Volkswagen will debut itsID vision concept that next month Geneva Auto Showit’s an all-electric fully autonomous sedan with no steering wheel or visiblecontrols VW says the concept can drive steer and navigate autonomously intraffic the vision is the fourth id concept from VW which plans to introducetwenty full electric models by 2025 meantime Lexus confirming that it willunveil a production version of the UX small crossover in Geneva the UX wasfirst seen as a concept at the 2016 Paris Auto Show and will likely be basedoff the Toyota CHR subcompact crossover and Kia releasing this teaser image ofits second-generation k900 flagship sedan ahead of its world debut laterthis year kia says the car features new tootechnologies to protect occupants and enhanced interior comfort to give thedriver greater confidence at the wheel well we’re not ashamed to Claire ourfinal story today really stinks word from New Zealand is that threeJapanese ships carrying more than 10,000 new and used cars were refused to entryto the island nation little problem they were infested with the scourge known asstink bugs hordes of them well it’s not that they stink up the cars but oncethey get ashore the voracious little buggers chow down on all sorts of cropsresist pesticides and reproduce quickly the CEO of New Zealand’s imported motorvehicle Industry Association told CNN he’s never seen anything this bad infact he had to cut short his vacation to deal with itthat stinks and will he promise to return with fresh news tomorrowtake care



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Sunday, 29 July 2018

Automotive News in 60: Ford’s Focus RS; Chevy’s Malibu Hybrid; Ram’s Texas Ranger Edition


The Ford Focus RS is finally coming to America!I’m Jerry Reynolds, the Car Pro, with your automotive news in sixty seconds. It’s official, Ford is bringing its hot European hatchback to American shores. The US spec version will churn out more than 315 horsepower, thanks to a 2. 3 liter ecoboostengine. It’ll go on sale next spring. And Chevy will offer a 2016 Malibu hybrid, which borrows technology from the “volt”. A revamped sedan will debut in New York next month. and Chevy says the hybrid version will get a combined fuel economy rating of 45 mpgs. And RAM’s unveiled a one-of-a-kind truck concept honoring Texas lawmen. It’s the RAM 1500 “Texas Ranger” edition. The iconic Texas Ranger ‘star’ badge is used throughout its design. RAM hasn’t ruledout a production run. I’m Jerry Reynolds, the Car Pro, hope you have a great week.



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How Subaru found The key To U.S. Market !! Automotive News TV/CAR NEWS / Auto News/ John Cena


Goldin at 50 hi everyone ed garsten in Fatah war backon this Thursday that story in just a moment first here’s what else is makingnews John Cena has filed a motion to dismiss Ford’s lawsuit against him Fordis suing the professional wrestler turned actor for flipping his 2017 GTsupercar it says scene a broke a contract prohibiting his sale for twoyears after initial ownership Cena’s motion says the stipulationagainst reselling the vehicle was not explicitly stated in the final buyer’sagreement coming off its best US sales year subaru is showing no sign ofslowing down as it reaches its 50th anniversary of selling cars in thiscountry but as our Jack Walz worth who covers the Japanese automaker points outit didn’t seem like subaru would hang in after hitting us shores in 1968 when Ifirst came to America they were selling a small micro car called the 360 wasvery utilitarian was really made for the American marketindeed Subaru had a mixed bag of products few of which were successfuluntil the company locked on to what American drivers preferred once theyrealized that consumers really enjoy all the drive wagons that kind of becomessort of like crossovers that’s when I really started cooking because in themid 90s they introduced the Outback as a trim line on the legacy wagon which wasessentially just a raised up legacy wagon but by 95 became its own model andit’s one of a the brand sales release solidified Subaru also connected withconsumers with its 2000 what a wino ad campaign featuring tennis legend MartinaNavratilova and its 2008 love series of spots now enjoying record US sales withvehicles like the Outback Forester Crosstrek and a redesigned ImprezaSubarus sold almost six hundred forty-eight thousand vehicles last yearquite a difference from the almost 81 and it moved in 1977 a positive portentfor its next 50 years overall they’re you know they’re in great shape I thinka lot a lot of bigger brands with and smaller brands would love to be in theirshoes because they have a lot of crossovers that are selling well theyhave a very loyal consumer pace all their retailers seem to be very happy atthe moment and it appears that you know that’s the sales tricks that they haveisn’t gonna end anytime soon back now the National Highway Traffic SafetyAdministration yesterday we introduced you to knits a deputy administratorHeidi King King facing House members anxious for an update on an agency thatstill without a boss and his proposed budget has been reduced for 2018 memberssuch as New Jersey Democrat Frank pallone say they wonder if nitsa isstretched too thin to fulfill a growing list of responsibilities for ensuringvehicle safety it’s troubling that Nissa does not have the resources people orexpertise it needs to fulfill its mandate it’s also concerning that theadministration clearly does not see this agency as a priority as we’ve yet tohear about a possible nomination for the role of NASA Administrator King says thebudget reflects the resources needs and needs still some lawmakers questionedwhether Nitza has the technical experts to implement rules governing developmentof automated vehicles you say you’ve got the tools but we’re not sure you’ve gotthe resources for the tools or that we’re moving fast enough or we’re doingwhat we need to do the Trump administration has requested 899 milliondollars for Nitsa in fiscal year 2018 down from the 905 million appropriatedby Congress in 2017 the hearing not the first time this week that cars collidedwith politics GM Korea company announced today that it will cease production andclose its guns and plant in May of 2018 and they’re going to move back toDetroit you know any of these things except for the fact that Trump becamepresident president and Donald Trump using GM’s decision to close one of itsfour plants in South Korea to launch fresh criticism of the u. s. South Koreatrade agreement so they’re moving back fromin Detroit they’re moving also you saw Chrysler moving from Mexico to Michiganclarify GM did not say that it plans to move vehicle production to the US fromSouth Korea the automakers saying in a statement that the plant closing stemsfrom a need to restructure its business in South Korea as for Fiat Chrysler it’stransferring production of its next-generation heavy-duty pickups toMichigan for Mexico finally remember that FC a spot that aired during theSuper Bowl no no not that one this one it’s called anti manifesto butafter seeing it the head of fresh water conservation group Trout Unlimited sayshe’s anti anti manifesto in the spot a Jeep Wrangler is shown crossing a creeka disclaimer says the spot was shot on a man-made body of water on private landbut Trout Unlimited CEO Chris Wood says that doesn’t get Jeep off the hook heeven sent this letter to Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionneasking him to pull the spot because no one should drive up the middle of ariver or a stream because it could cause damage and endanger fish it may simplybe a case of a Jeep acting more like a fjordwell we’ve crossed the finish line for today thanks for joining us we’ll seeyou tomorrowyou



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FAA Bill Could Take AVS Along For The Ride !!!Automotive News TV/CAR NEWS / Auto News/ First Shift


thanks for joining us on this Tuesday morning a record year for Ford’sf-series we’ll have that story after these headlines and we’ll start inWashington with an unusual merger of politics self-driving cars and of allthings aviation there’s an effort underway inthe US Senate to secure passage for stalled legislation governingself-driving cars by attaching it to a must-pass a reauthorization of theFederal Aviation Administration safety and consumer advocates are urgingsenators to reject the effort the AV start Act would create a framework forregulating deployment of ABS on public roadways it has strong bipartisansupport but several Democrats are holding up the bill they say that in itscurrent form it gives industry too much leeway to ignore basic safety standardswhen the technology remains unproven absent those objections the bill couldpass by unanimous consent without a vote in a letter to senators more than fivedozen groups say the AV start act deserves to be fully reviewed anddebated and have amendments because it could guide auto safety policy fordecades now a follow-up to yesterday’s lead storyTesla shears dipped as much as four percent Monday this after CEO Elon Muskcalled a British cave Explorer who had criticized him a pedophile the diverhelped rescue 12 Thai children from a flooded cave last week Tesla shares weredown 2. 8% at Monday’s clothes analysts andinvestors tell Reuters they are concerned that musk public comments aredistracting him from the company’s main business producing electric cars Fordhas agreed to pay 299 point 1 million dollars to settle consumers economicloss claims connected to Takata airbag inflator recalls the settlement wasfiled in federal court in my am Monday it reimburses consumers forout-of-pocket expenses and provides free loaners for owners or lessees who arewaiting for their airbags to be fixed the settlement will also increaseoutreach efforts to find consumers whose vehicles still have defective airbagsthat report from Bloomberg to California now a former Apple engineer charged withstealing driverless car secrets for a Chinese startup has pleaded not guiltyin federal court in San Jose we guarantee the best price on all kinds ofaccommodations booking. com and Chinese ride hailing app dd juicing has receiveda five hundred million dollar investment from US Travel firm booking Holdings thenew funds come as Diddy is expanding heavily into several new overseasmarkets where it hopes to challenge uber this year Ford might sell more bigpickups in the US than it ever has nets thanks to a blistering first half pacethrough June the automaker sold more than 450,000 of its f-series line anddespite a declining market and redesigned models from its chief rivalsFord is on pace to sell nine hundred forty-one thousand of the trucks for thefull year that would top its 2004 record of nearly nine hundred forty thousandsales as our Mike Martinez reports Ford benefited in the first half from factorsincluding strong housing starts and the trend of consumers shifting to pickupsand SUVs also helping a range of options for consumers for example Ford hasrolled out features including a 10 speed transmission a raptor performancevariant and later this year a diesel option the f-series has been thecountry’s best-selling pick up since 1977 speaking of the f-series now I’mgonna get an f-150 that’s House Speaker Paul Ryan during arecent interview at an event hosted by theClub of Washington DC upon retirement Ryan says he is getting in f-150 toreplace his Chevy Suburban after a family of woodchucks chewed up thewiring my car was eaten by animals that wraps up today’s newscast we’ll catchyou back here Wednesday morning



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Mazda Warns Tariffs Will Raise Prices .. Automotive News TV/CAR NEWS / Auto News/First Shift


it’s great to see you on this Friday morning I’m Jennifer Fong coming upbatteries get a new lease on life but now your morning headlines Mazda hasbecome the latest auto company to condemn the Trump administration’spotential tariffs on imported cars the Japanese manufacturers u. s. unit urgingthe Commerce Department to quote reject the premise that auto imports are athreat to national security Mazda adding a tariff is a tax and it will be paid byAmerican consumers it will significantly increase the cost of every new vehiclesold in America regardless of where it is built meantime the association ofglobal automakers is calling the potential duties the greatest threat tothe US automotive industry at this time that report from Bloomberg also weighingin on tariffs the American International Automobile Dealers Association in itscomments to the Commerce Department the group focuses on the economic impactthat international nameplate dealers have in the u. s. it also details thepotential economic harm 25% tariffs could cause leaders of the EuropeanUnion are signaling their readiness to retaliate should the US escalate a tradewar by adding tariffs on cars and auto parts the leaders releasing a statementearly today saying quote the EU must respond to all actions of a clearprotectionist nature meantime Canada is preparing to impose tariffs on nearly 15billion dollars of US imports in response to US levies on Canadian steeland aluminum which went into effect a month agothe final tariffs list is scheduled to be released later this morning alongwith measures to support the domestic steel sector for months there’s beenspeculation that the Detroit Auto Show will move from its traditional Januarydate to either October or June starting in 2020on July 24th the Detroit Auto Dealers Association will announce its decisionon Thursday the group released a short teaser video it features a rendering ofa reimagined Cobo Center including outdoor test tracks and vehicle displaysshow organizers are hoping to stop a stream of automakers that have announcedthey’re pulling out they also want to modernize the event this as the industryevolves and embraces new forms of mobility General Motors is expanding theprice range of the redesigned 2019 Chevrolet Silverado it’s lowering thestarting price of several entry-level models and increasing pricing on somehigh-end trims for instance the starting price of a 2019 Silverado work truckwill decrease by four hundred dollars to twenty nine thousand seven hundredninety five including shipping while the LTZ will increase by seven hundreddollars to forty four thousand four hundred ninety five the Silverado isexpected to begin arriving in dealerships this fall alongside its GMCSierra’s sibling and in other news GM has cut the time needed to recharge the2019 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid nearly in half by doubling the kilowattcapacity of the cars charging system GM says the new 7. 2 kilowatt chargingsystem reduces the charging time from roughly four point five hours to twopoint three hours with a 240 volt outlet from 711s to charging stations to homeenergy storage units those are some of the places automakers and othercompanies are reusing batteries from hybrid and electric vehicles asbloomberg reports finding ways to give batteries a second life is becoming moreurgentaccording to data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance the global stock pile ofevey batteries is forecast to exceed the equivalent of about 3. 4 million packs by2025 that’s compared with about 55,000 this year General Motors BMW and Toyotaare among those trying to create an aftermarket for used batteries and keepthem out of landfills Toyota for example will install retired batteries outside7-eleven stores in Japan next year according to Bloomberg lithium-ion carand bus batteries can collect and discharge electricity for another 7 to10 years after being taken off the roads and stripped from the chassis and thatis our time for today remember you can follow us on Twitter at first underscoreshift enjoy your weekend we’ll catch you back here Monday morning



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AutoNews Now Mustang’s slipping Sales Lead ….Automotive News TV/ CAR NEWS


powerful ponies it is good to see you on this Tuesday June 27th our US auto saleshalftime preview continues today and we wanted to find out which muscle cars areflexing the most so far this year in a light truck thirsty market for theanswer we turn to automotive news senior correspondent Jesse Snider when it comesto sporty cars Americans buy Detroit iron it is perennially Ford MustangChevrolet Camaro Dodge Challenger they control five eighths of the marketagainst 23 other sporty cars and this year Mustangs down a little bitCamaro and challenger are doing pretty well let’s look at the numbers MustangUS sales are off 28% through May but the car still has a 6500 unit lead on theChevrolet Camaro the Dodge Challenger in third place to dodge sister brand Ram itoutsold the Chevy Silverado pickup for a third consecutive month in May and isthreatening to snatch from Chevy the number-two spot behind the Ford f-seriesRam hoping to add more sales with this the limited tungsten edition notableadditions include a suede headliner Ram says that is a truck segment first thepickup also features real wood interior components the limited tungsten arrivesin dealerships in the third quarter meantime spy photographers have caughtthe redesigned RAM 1500 during testing and despite heavy camouflage somefeatures of the truck are evident including an apparent longer wheelbaseand a new tailgate that folds down and splits in the middle to provide closeraccess to the bed the next-gen light duty pickup is slated to be revealed atthe Detroit Auto Show in January turns out General Motors cost to offloadits money-losing Opel brand is more expensive than original estimates GMchief angel’ officer Chuck Stevens sayingMonday that the automaker expects to take a 5. 5 billion dollar non-cashspecial charge for the sale of Opel to French automaker PSA group that’s abillion bucks more than the original 4. 5 billion dollar estimate steven says theincrease is related to additional costs associated with the deal GM is sellingboth German based Opel and British brand Vauxhall for twopoint three billion dollars to PSA as GM exits the European market Opel says thedeal could close by July 31st the German Transport Ministry announced plans todayto set up a new Institute to test vehicle emissions the ministry aiming torestore consumer confidence after the Volkswagen cheating scandal looking toaccelerate development of self-driving cars volvo supplier auto leave and theirsoftware joint ventures annuity are boosting ties with chip maker nvidiavolvo plans to use Nvidia’s drive PX processing platform to help theautomaker meet its goal of putting an autonomous vehicle on the road by 2021specifically the sweden-based and Chinese owned automaker is looking tonvidia x’ expertise in artificial intelligence to develop systems makingit easier for autonomous vehicles to recognize obstacles and potential safetythreats the deal continues the trend of automakers traditional auto parts makersand technology suppliers aligning to boost development of Robo carsself-driving car proponent Tesla is expanding its borrowing capacity as acompany gears up for the start of production of the mass market model 3 inJuly it is the second time in about six months the electric car maker has soughtto raise more capital according to a regulatory filing Tesla increased itscredit agreements by a combined 800 million dollars to three point eight tofive billion dollars if you drove to work today or ran an errand chances areyou saw some boneheaded move by another driver and you probably ask yourselfwhere are all the safe drivers the answer Kansas City Kansasthat’s according to insurance giant all state’s annual America’s best driversreport released today Kansas City Kansas driver averages fourteen point nineyears between collisions Allstate says the national average is 10 years be safeout there everyone we’ll see you back here tomorrow



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