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China’s Auto Industry Softens Sales Forecast
7/14/2014Six months ago the China Assn. of Automobile Manufacturers predicted car and truck sales would expand about 10% to 24.2 million units this year.
China Mandates 30% EV Purchases by Government
7/14/2014China has ordered that 30% of the vehicles purchased by central government agencies by 2016 must be electric, fuel cell or plug-in hybrid models.
Tesla Gains Right to Sell Cars in 10th State
7/14/2014Pennsylvania has become the 10th U.S. state where Tesla Motors Inc. may sell its electric cars directly to the public, according to Automotive News.
Chrysler Recalls Nearly 895,000 SUVs to Fix Fire Hazard
7/14/2014Chrysler Group LLC plans a global recall of SUVs to reroute wiring to the lighted vanity mirror that could short-circuit and cause a fire.
Toyota’s Chief Designer Moves to Yamaha
7/14/2014Akihiro Nagaya, the head of Toyota brand design, has been appointed design general manager at Yamaha Motor Co.
Web Site Links British Car Owners and Repair Shops
7/14/2014A "crowdsourcing" Web site in the U.K. is connecting car owners who need their cars fixed with some 5,000 independent garages that bid for the work, the Financial Times reports.
DOT Unveils Intelligent Transportation Design Tool
7/14/2014The U.S. Dept. of Transportation is rolling out a new software tool to help transportation system designers create test beds for connected-vehicle systems.
Nissan to Expand “Stepped” CVT System
7/14/2014Last year Nissan Motor Co. began tweaking the continuously variable transmissions in some models to simulate conventional stepped gear changes.
UPDATE: Infiniti's de Nysschen to Head Cadillac
7/11/2014Johan de Nysschen, who resigned as president of Nissan Motor Co.'s Infiniti luxury brand earlier this week, has been named president of General Motors Co.'s global Cadillac operations.
Volkswagen’s Global Sales Rise 6%
7/11/2014Volkswagen Group reports sales of 4.97 million vehicles in the first half of 2014 compared with 4.69 million in the same period last year.