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Corvette: What You Need to Know Now
Tadge Juechter, Corvette chief engineer, arguably “made news” on this edition of “Autoline After Hours.” Juechter said—to host John McElroy, Todd Lassa, executive editor of Automobile, and me—that there is no mid-engine Corvette under development.
FAW Chairman Faces Corruption Probe
Xu Jianyu, China FAW Group Corp.'s chairman since 2010, is the target of a corruption investigation by the Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Automotive News reports.
BYD Plans Massive Hike in Battery-Making Capacity
BYD Co. Ltd. plans to multiply its current capacity to make batteries for electric and plug-in cars eightfold by 2020, assuming market growth supports the expansion.
Delphi Prepares U.S. Coast-to-Coast Demo for Self-Driving Car
Delphi Automotive plc plans to showcase its autonomous-car technologies in a vehicle that will drive itself 3,500 miles from San Francisco to New York City.
Audi Rolls With Robots
Typically, one of the more manic places in an automotive assembly plant is at the end of the line, when vehicles are driven off the line and to various places, depending on the status of the vehicle (e.g., to a logistics area; to rework; to staging for a test track). Audi is trying something a bit different at a pilot facility in Ingolstadt.
Alibaba Partners with SAIC on Connected-Car Project
Asia Internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and China's SAIC Motor Corp. have set up a 1 billion-yuan ($160 million) fund to launch a connected car next year.
British Trade Group Defends Diesels
The U.K.'s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders is leading a campaign to combat movements that seek to "demonize" and ban diesel engines.
Audi Confirms All-Electric Crossover in 2018
Audi AG engineering chief Ulrich Hackenberg confirms media reports that the company will launch a battery-powered large SUV/crossover in early 2018.
Apple Moves to Dismiss Poaching Lawsuit Filed by A123
Apple Inc. has asked a U.S. District Court in Massachusetts to dismiss for lack of evidence a civil lawsuit claiming the company illegally poached engineers from battery maker A123 Systems LLC, Bloomberg News reports.
Tesla Says Nevada Battery Factory is On Schedule
Tesla Motors Inc. shrugs off a local media report that the huge battery "gigafactory" it is building in Nevada has been hampered by unspecified construction delays.