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Automotive RSS FeedsIsrael's quick-drop battery stations open for business - The first battery-swap stations for EVs have just opened in Israel, but how will this brave experiment between Renault and Shai Agassi's Better Place fare? And is the promised 500km anxiety-free range now a reality? I've driven the Fluence ZE, the model that Better Place and Renault are basing this experiment on, and I have to say, the car is good. In Israel, the goal is to establish a national network of battery-swap stations so that owners of the car can drive the length and breadth of this admitedly tiny country, without worrying about running out of juice. Better Place believes that if these 'quickdrop' (robotised drive-in three-minute battery swap) stations are seen to work, then buyers will begin to embrace EVs in droves. Just over four years ago, the Renault-Nissan Alliance and the Israeli government signed a joint venture agreement that called for the establishment of an eventual 100 quick...Feed Source: www.just-auto.com FI Monaco race - I see the Formula 1 circus is next to descend on Monaco. I've always had mixed feelings about that race. On the plus side, what a great place and backdrop. It is a circuit that comes with mega-glamour. The TV pictures bring you the cars in the sunshine, banks of luxury hillside villas and hotels, a few palm trees, a reliably azure sea, the parked up super-yachts, casinos the mere thought of the sort of people, with their exotic and unobtainable lifestyles, that are actually there. You can see, but don't touch.
The negatives? Main one is that it is virtually impossible to overtake. It's actually a dull race from a driving perpsective, usually decided more by grid positions and pit stops. And also by it's nature, it's not a circuit that will be as safe as the race tracks (though it still seems popular with some drivers).
I recently interviewed ... AvtoVAZ hits milestone - Job#27m has rolled off the line at the AvtoVAZ plant. It was a Lada Priora in a not massively fetching 'snow queen' grey. You can perhaps see why Lada is struggling in the Russian car market with designs like this (functional hatchback at an attractive price, I'm sure, but also highly reminiscent of an early-1990s Ford Escort). And the Priora has to soldier on until 2016.
So, the challenge is clearly there for Renault-Nissan in terms of helping its new Alliance partner to modernised product. Mind you, if the company can convince Russians that Lada has changed for the better, it's a brand not exactly short on presence. Almost half the cars on the road are still Ladas. AvtoVAZ launches 27-millionth car... UNI-CUB: Honda looks beyond bikes, cars, robots & jets - Honda thinks it might have found itself another new revenue stream: personal mobility devices.
The UNI-CUB, which the company has just unveiled in Japan as a working prototype, could soon be the right product at the right time. Vehicle sales might be booming just now but that's due to government incentives designed to reverse last year's collapse, so the market is expected to resume its long term decline later this year. In short, Japan has minimal immigration and is greying at a far quicker rate than equivalent rich countries, while people have been having fewer children for decades.
The interesting thing about the video which demonstrates the UNI-CUB is the absence of what seems the obvious target audience: the less mobile and by implication, a large percentage of older people.... Autonomous cars - Autonomous vehicles that have the ability to drive themselves are a big talking point right now. The potential implications are huge. We had some insight from GM in this interview published last week.
And here's a video from Google that is well worth a look and an indicator of just how advanced things have now got. Mind-boggling.
... Opel-Vauxhall's Project Junior gets a model name at last - The wait is over and there was truth in the rumour: both Opel and Vauxhall versions of the Junior small car project are to be called 'Adam'.
The Adam won't be seen in the metal until the Paris show in late September, with LHD cars reaching showroooms across Europe just in time for Christmas. The Vauxhall Adam plus Ireland's Opel model will follow in early 2013.
The announcement of this new model's name also sees us publishing our first list of cars making a global debut at Paris. You can find it here.... Labour costs in car manufacturing - just how important are they? - How do costs compare between a car manufacturing plant in the UK and a plant in Turkey? Earlier this week I got the opportunity to put that question to Tony Walker, Deputy Managing Director, Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK. His answer surprised me. He said that much of the cost of manufacturing is down to parts and logistics. Okay and labour at the assembly plant? He put that at just 6-8%. I must say I thought it would be a larger proportion than that. Making the C-segment sedan in Turkey for shipment to markets in southern/southeastern Europe therefore makes sense. And Burnaston serves as the manufacturing plant for the higher spec C-segment hatch that mainly sells in northern Europe; no big incentive to go for lower labour costs there on the basis of that kind of percentage.
There's an interesting difference between Toyota and Nissan in their respective UK plant strategies. Nissan uses Sunderland for nichey models like Qashqai and Juke (Leaf from next year). It now bri... Suzuki sidelined - I guess the corporate amalgamation that was DaimlerChrysler is a good example of an auto industry coming together that ultimately failed. On paper there was a rationale that made some sense. In practice, it just didn't work out. The two partners didn't share much in the end. The less they shared, the less they felt they needed to share. The synergies never materialised in the ways they should have and shareholder value gradually evaporated. One partner (Chrysler) felt aggrieved that it wasn't on an equal footing with the other and the other (Mercedes-Benz) arguably developed something of a superiority complex.
The Renault Nissan Alliance however, has worked well. The key there, perhaps, is that the relationship is an alliance, not a takeover or merger. Areas of cooperation – notably parts procurement and platform sharing – are well defined, corporate independence protected under limited cross shareholdings and politically comfortable board make-ups.
Volkswa... China Infographic - Infographic? As the name suggests, it's the graphic visual representation of information, data or knowledge. Cave paintings and maps are early examples of attempts to visualise info. 'Pictograms' in the signs we understand every day are another example. Anyway, 'infographics' today are also seen as a means to convey a story via the use of statistics and charts. We've been dipping our toes in the water. This infographic looks at China's booming auto industry and its constituents. I'd be interested to know what people think
China Infographic - Click to enlarge
... Opel Junior's model name revealed - Germany's Autobild says it has learned the name of Opel's forthcoming Mini rival: Adam.
Using the founder's first name to mark the company's 150th anniversary makes sense for Opel, but surely there will be a different model name for the Vauxhall variant? Dave Leggett, who's just read this blog, suggests 'Eve'.
Opel and Vauxhall were set to announce the car's name(s?) on 8th May - so far there has been no official confirmation or denial of Autobild's claim.... Codenames and platforms of future models for the Chinese market - The second press day of the Beijing motor show is under way and our round-up of new vehicle premieres now stretches to over 100. But what are their codenames, which ones will be built, and when, not to mention on what platforms, and in which plants?
I devote a large part of most working days to tracking down, checking and cross-checking information for future vehicle programmes. Then I update PLDB, just-auto's global database of current and future vehicles. There's currently over 1,500 models listed there, so if you're interested in what's ahead (out to 2025) for China-built cars and light trucks, you can take a free demo tour.
As well as spending lots of time updating all the future models coming for the Chinese market, I've also been adding ... The Beijing blog - Wednesday 25 April
13.30 (CST)
That's me sorted. Done all I need to do at the conference and heading back to the hotel to put my feet up. Ant should be in the air now, winging his way homewards. I have it all to do tomorrow. After yesterday's appalling weather it really is quite nice outside and you can actually see blue sky above. Maybe a walk then.
08.30 (CST)
Here I am back at the Automotive News China conference, feeling a lot better than I ought to after a few beers out with Ant last night. He arranged for us to meet at his favourite Italian restaurant - well, he's been there once before - and I set out into the night. First stop was the concierge to translate the address into Mandarin. I've done this before you know.
That done, a mile long queue for a cab and when it did arrive the driver hadn't got a clue re the address. The doorman had a go before disappearin... The Chinese arrive - Two minor firsts for me yesterday. A visit to the Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA) proving ground in north Warwickshire where a small off-road workout had been laid out for the new Great Wall Steed pickup - the first Chinese vehicle on sale here in the UK.
MIRA's been around a lot longer than Millbrook and is the less flashy version. No posh entertainment centre, just business. The drive to the offroad bit almost dislodged fillings - pickups being prone to a lousy ride unless a decent load of builders' mix is in the back - and I could have sworn we'd crossed at least two more counties before we got there.
The Steed looks and feels more late 90s than mid-2000s but it is a far better first-out-of-the-gate than some of the products Japan foisted on the west in its early export days. Sure, the motors were reliable but the bodies rusted, some models didn't like f... Opel-Vauxhall to reveal Mini rival's name - Its launch at the Paris motor show might be over five months away, but Opel and Vauxhall are set to announce the model name for Project GM4403.
A source at Vauxhall has told me that Tuesday 8th May is the date when all will be revealed. Will it be 'Junior'? Will it be 'Allegra'? Or might it even be 'TRIXX'?
I recently spoke to Rita Forst, Opel-Vauxhall's head of Engineering, and pressed her for details about the Junior project. If you missed the interview, you'll find it here.... Europe: Nissan overtakes Fiat - The combination of the ongoing economic downturn and a crippling truckers' strike in its home market saw Fiat outsold across Europe last month by Nissan.
The numbers, which were issued by ACEA earlier on 17th April, list combined sales for 25 EU and three EFTA markets. In a market down 6.6% year on year, Volkswagen Group saw its share rise by 1.7%, meaning that it finished the month with 23.7% of all passenger vehicle sales in Europe. That's more than double what the traditional number two, PSA, managed (11.9%, down 19.2%).
Volkswagen was of course greatly helped by the ongoing expansion of the German market. The BMW (73,899) and Mercedes-Benz (65,814) brands also saw their sales up last month at a regional level, to such an extent that they also surpassed the total for Fiat-badged vehicles (58,480). In March 2011, Fiat's total was 80,174, putting it 10,000 and 20,000 units ahead of BMW and Benz respectively. This time last year, Fiat was also some 20,000 units ahead o... The 'lost decade' is reality - I was talking to Jonathan Poskitt, analyst at LMC Automotive, earlier this week about the latest West European car sales numbers.
In essence, the car sales numbers are coming in as expected. Germany (and to a lesser extent the UK) is holding up, but France, Italy and Spain are either declining rapidly or in the doldrums (Spain). And there's not much joy in the smaller markets (Greece was down 43% last month).
If the economic picture is as it is, austerity budgets coming into play and national economies generally struggling, car sales will inevitably take a hit. The forecasters have got this one right.
The conversation turned to the longer-term outlook. There wasn't too much cheer there. A long adjustment is in prospect, the eurozone currency structural issues firmly on a long-term horizon. Household incomes will be under pressure for a while yet.
This brought me to a recent conversation with Honda Europe's Ken Keir. Several things stuck. One, he said that... Mixed recovery in the auto biz - The auto business, and indeed business generally, hasn't looked too bad lately. Sure, there are ongoing worries over the oil price and price inflation. That has the potential to nudge global interest rates up and cause nervous investors to worry, with all the usual adverse consequences for fragile confidence and the global economy. And the sizeable financial problems in Europe have not gone away – though the lid appears to be on that one for now.
However, stock markets around the world have been rallying so far this year, investors apparently optimistic on prospects for corporate earnings. Interest rates remain very low. Many firms are making money. Emerging markets are still peppy.
In the world of autos, the US market continues to surprise and show better than expected recovery. This recovery may be off a low base compared with where the market used to be, but this 'new normal' appears to be one that many firms can turn a profit on. And some are raising their fo... Ducati and Piech's 75th - I see Daimler has denied interest in purchasing Italian motorcycle firm Ducati.
There does seem to be some OEM interest in the respected premium Italian two-wheeler brand. The house of brands that is Volkswagen Group is also rumoured to be interested. I can imagine the mighty Piech getting a little excited about the prospect of Ducati being brought in under the wing of, say, Audi.
Somebody I was speaking to the other day had an interesting observation. April 17 is Ferdinand Piech's 75th birthday. That falls a few days before the VW Group AGM. The timing could be very good for an announcement.
'Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me ' GERMANY: Daimler denies Ducati reports... Not cut out to be an assembler -
I will not be called upon to assemble Nissans any time soon.
Having just spent the day at the company's Sunderland factory in north east England, I found that I couldn't pass the basic skills test, the first towards getting a job on the line. It involved screwing three plates onto a frame and, although I completed the task, it was not within the 'qualifying' time. This will come as no surprise to anyone familiar with my DIY efforts.
Time means everything on the Sunderland line where the tac time is 59 seconds as the plant churns out more than 420,000 cars a year - Qashqais, Jukes and Notes. And there's more to come with Leaf starting production there next year.
That is the next challenge along with bringing a new battery plant on stream which will supply both Nissan and Renault vehicles. We were visiting the factory for a progress report and all is going to plan.
Plant director Kevin Fitzpatrick said: "My ambition is to keep Sunderland as the nu... Star carriers - I arrived back from Brussels yesterday evening after attending this year's CLEPA Reception and seeing union bodies such as the European Metalworkers Federation.
The flight was booked through UK carrier BMI, but was branded as Brussels Airlines. However, Brussels Airlines sub-contracts the route to Tyrolean Airways, an Austrian Airlines Group subsidiary. But, the safety card on board says Austrian Arrows, part of that Austrian Airlines grouping. And the whole edifice is owned by German carrier, Lufthansa. And, you can't check-in online despite having an email from BMI the day before as it's a Brussels Airlines service. And BMI is itself the subject of a takeover.
I suppose its shows the interdependency of airlines these days and the power of alliances, but five different strands to one booking was interesting.... BHP-Mitsubishi Qld dispute hits new low - The dispute between unions and miner BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) at seven central Queensland mines could escalate. Members of three key unions say they will strike for seven days from ... Australia’s first seven-seat hybrid launched - Camry Hybrid . The $35,990 Toyota Prius V (denoting versatility) is Australia’s first seven-seater hybrid vehicle and Australia’s first Toyota to be fitted with a lithium-ion battery. ... Luxury cars roaring in China - Sales of luxury vehicles to the affluent buyers have been booming in China, the biggest automobile market in the world, while the number of first-time car buyers is also on the rise in small and ... 7 arrested for stealing tires off of cars - KISSIMMEE -- Osceola County deputies rounded up seven men suspected of stealing tires off of cars in the Kissimmee area. According to detectives, the men, ranging in age from 26 to 19, were ... Lotus shows how to reduce weight without increasing cost - have shown how a car body could be made up to 40 per cent lighter without any increase in cost by using lighter materials and fewer components. According to a report by Automotive News the UK-based ... 'Frustrated' Franchitti feeling the gap between Honda, Chevy - A quarter of the way through the Izod IndyCar Series season, he is battling not only a daunting points deficit to leader Will Power but an inferior engine. Oh, and bad luck, too. "Frustrating? Yeah, ... 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Rolls-Royce powering Turkish ships - Three new ships for the Turkish Navy being built by Istanbul Shipyard will be powered by Rolls-Royce systems, the British company announced. The ships are a submarine rescue mother ship and two ... Cars.com Reviews the 2013 Acura ILX - Is there demand for compact, premium-priced sedans? Acura thinks so, and its newest and smallest sedan is a credible player in the burgeoning entry-luxury class, says Cars.com Executive Editor Joe ... 2011-12 Ferrari 458 Italia, 2012 Ferrari California - Ferrari is recalling 74 model-year 2011-12 versions of two if its exotic cars, the 458 Italia and California, because of problems with the crankshaft, according to the National Highway Traffic ... Honda Launches Dream Yuga in India - Analyst Blog - HMC ) has launched the 110cc Dream Yuga in India, its cheapest motorbike ever. The move is trigged by the company's goal to double the revenues generated from motorcycles in India and to ... KRA could impound more than 1000 cars over unpaid taxes - PHOTO/FILE Imported vehicles at a Container Freight Station in Mombasa. KRA told the Nation that some vehicles bought between 2004 and 2005 were sneaked past the tax system owing to a technical ... For GM, Chrysler Set The Super Bowl Bar Too High - Logo of General Motors Corporation. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) "We understand the reach the Super Bowl provides, but with the significant increase in price, we simply can't justify the ... Precious Metals, Auto Parts - In trading on Monday, precious metals shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 2.5%. Leading the group were shares of Entree Gold (EGI), up about 13.3% and shares of Extorre Gold Mines ... Gunfight between 2 cars injures 1 person - ORANGE COUNTY -- An overnight gunfight between the people inside two cars leaves at least one injured. Orange County deputies said someone started shooting at another car at a McDonald's ... 2013 Acura RDX, 2012 BMW 3 Series Earn IIHS Top Safety Pick - sedan. The compact sedan and compact crossover received the group's highest rating, Good, across all areas of testing: front, side, rear and rollover crash tests. The rollover test includes a ... GM breaking ground to expand Missouri plant for new midsize pickups - General Motors Co. is expected to break ground Monday on a $380 million expansion at its Wentzville, Mo., assembly plant, where the automaker will build the next generation of midsize pickups, a ... This is injury time, Europe has to act now - Around $8 billion was wiped off the value of Facebook in a few hours today, after shares in the social network fell 12 per cent on their second day of trading, dropping well below their original ... Behind-the-scenes at our stunning Style cover shoot - Around $8 billion was wiped off the value of Facebook in a few hours today, after shares in the social network fell 12 per cent on their second day of trading, dropping well below their original ... Italy quake victims wake in cars, tents, schools - SANT'AGOSTINO DI FERRARA, Italy (AP) — Residents of a quake-struck area of northeast Italy have spent the night in their cars, tents and in school gyms in fear of aftershocks after a ... Warning to check cars for bullets before entering country - ABU DHABI // A State Security Court judge has warned people to check their cars for bullets before entering the country. Chief Justice Shehab Al Hammadi issued the warning yesterday after ... Safety fears as wrecked cars rebuilt & auctioned off - Cars which have been written off after accidents are being rebuilt and sold at auctions in Beijing, an investigation has found. A Beijing customer, Xue Dong, bought what he thought was a secondhand ... Novelis a big part of 2012 Mercedes-Benz SL - Courtesy Mercedes-Benz Novelis Inc. had a hand in the first full-production vehicle from Mercedes-Benz with a structure designed in ... on What the Butler Saw - Two parents who murdered their daughter for bringing shame on the family escaped justice for seven years until their younger daughter finally told police she had seen the killing, a court heard ... Italians shelter in cars after deadly quake - FERRARA, (ITALY): Several thousand Italians spent the night in cars or temporary shelters after a strong earthquake hit the northeast Sunday, killing six people and reducing homes and historic ... Rampant Leinster defend Heineken Cup in style - 1400 Facebook's sliding share price has forced lead underwriter Morgan Stanley to defend the initial $38 price level by purchasing shares on the open market. "Who knows what this is? ... 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Pre-1960 cars exempted from MoT - Classic and historic vehicles are to be exempted from yearly MoT tests, the government has announced. Vehicles manufactured before 1960 will no longer have to have to pass an MoT from 18 November, ... Highway deaths plunging as cars become safer - By Paul A. Eisenstein, msnbc.com contributor If the numbers in a preliminary federal study hold true, U.S. highway deaths continued to plunge last year – when measured in terms of fatalities ... President cuts the number of cars authotized to use flashing lights by half - MOSCOW, May 21 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to reduce, from July 1, 2012, the number of service vehicles authorized to use flashing lights from 969 to 569. ... Lamborghini SUV designed for BRIC nations - The success of the upcoming Lamborghini SUV will determine the future of the Italian supercar manufacturer as it seeks to expand its reach to the global market. Speaking to CarAdvice at the Beijing ... Afghan army and Talibanin pact to loot Nato Convoys - A policeman was stabbed and dozens of arrests were made last night as 3,000 protesters clashed with police after a largely peaceful rally against the Nato summit conference taking place in ... France to rescue mortgage giant - Three climbers have died on their descent from the summit of Mount Everest. Their deaths took to five the season's death toll on the world's highest peak. A 61-year-old German and a ... Cause a crash, get shopped by your car - Three climbers have died on their descent from the summit of Mount Everest. Their deaths took to five the season's death toll on the world's highest peak. A 61-year-old German and a ... A Life In The Day - George Osborne was "aghast" at David Cameron's swift offer to Nick Clegg of a full coalition, a revised biography of the Prime Minister reveals. Mr Osborne harboured doubts about Mr ... Cech and Drogba heroes of shootout win - Chelsea's Champions League celebrations were overshadowed last night by an extraordinary outburst from Fernando Torres, which has cast doubt over his future at Stamford Bridge. In a lengthy ... How Miliband could make it to No 10 - Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi, the only person convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing which killed 270 people, is to be buried this afternoon after he died yesterday of prostate cancer. ... The best holidays on two wheels - Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi, the only person convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing which killed 270 people, is to be buried this afternoon after he died yesterday of prostate cancer. ... The best burgers in San Francisco - Chelsea's Champions League celebrations were overshadowed last night by an extraordinary outburst from Fernando Torres, which has cast doubt over his future at Stamford Bridge. In a lengthy ... An SUV in pickup clothing - ACURA- ASTON MARTIN- AUDI- BENTLEY- BMW- BUICK- CADILLAC- CHEVROLET- CHRYSLER- DODGE- FERRARI- FIAT- FISKER- FORD- GMC- HONDA- HUMMER- HYUNDAI- ... McLaren’s secret car stash to reach the public - is shipping out a number of vehicles from its secret warehouse location known as ‘Unit 2′ and moving them into various McLaren dealerships around the globe. McLaren’s Unit 2 ... Mitsubishi EVs set to tackle Pikes Peak Hill Climb - Mitsubishi will enter two all-electric vehicles in the Electric Class of the upcoming legendary Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado, July 3-8 ... Rolls Royce Silver Ghost to star on silver screen - car company is in development and with Hollywood legends Martin Scorcese, Richard Attenborogh and Anthony Haason board as producers, it’s sure to impress. At a recent announcement on the ... Colour matters in cars - Brown is gaining popularity in overseas markets, especially Europe, as the colour goes well with the beige seat covers of high-end cars. And now Korean drivers are recognising the colour's ... 13 teams in Indianapolis 500 are fined | Auto racing - Indianapolis Motor Speedway might have set a track record Sunday. Series officials levied $275,000 in fines to 13 different teams, including Indianapolis 500 pole-sitter Ryan ... Eastern Creek Raceway becomes Sydney Motorsport Park - . The re-branding exercise follows a $12 million transformation of Sydney's only motorsport venue that includes new race circuits, upgraded pit facilities and a doubling of the capacity. The ... Ferrari museum opens its doors to China - has opened the doors of its second museum, ‘The Ferrari Myth’, in the Italian Centre at the Shanghai Expo Park in China. The new Chinese exhibition was opened ... Volkswagen takes on Toyota for share of the Latin American light-truck market. - In a battle waged from Miami, relative newcomer Volkswagen is challenging dominant leader Toyota for a slice of the fast-growing Latin American light-truck ... Aston Martin Lagonda SUV back on the agenda again - Aston Martin CEO Dr Ulrich Bez has pointed toward a resurrection of the Lagonda with a suggestion of an updated concept ';in the coming year';. The publication also sights a second Lagonda ... Train level crossing trial to send warnings to cars - Melbourne 3000 New technology that allows approaching trains to send signals to cars at level crossings will be trialled in Melbourne over the next month.The technology operates wirelessly to send ... Daley reclaims European 10m platform crown - Conservative MPs will call this week for a new runway to be built in the South East by 2020 as David Cameron is hit with a rush of new ideas to drag Britain out of recession. A group of Tory MPs ... Lockerbie bomber Megrahi dies in Libya aged 60 - The death of the only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has led to renewed demands to find out who ordered and orchestrated the worst attack on British shores since the Second World War. ... Italian bomb attack ‘not the work of the mafia’ - The death of the only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing has led to renewed demands to find out who ordered and orchestrated the worst attack on British shores since the Second World War. ... The Sexiest Cars of All Time - This is a pretty decent list. Although no "Sexiest Cars" list is complete without the 1935-1936 Auburn Supercharged 851/852 "Boattail Speedster" . . ... Copyright © 2012, Online Business Idea. All Rights Reserved. |