NEWS

Porsche Doubles EV Target for 2025

4/25/2018

Porsche AG says about half the vehicles it sells by 2025 will be equipped with hybrid or all-electric powertrains, twice the ratio it forecast four weeks ago.

Mazda Predicts 20% Drop in Operating Profit

4/25/2018

Mazda Motor Corp. says an upswing in spending for technology and U.S. sales expansion will shrink its operating profit 20% to 110 billion yen ($1 billion) in the fiscal year that began this month.

Honda Debuts China EV Brand and Concept Car

4/25/2018

Honda Motor Co. says it will launch a production version of its new all-electric concept car later this year in China under a new sub-brand called Everus.

Porsche Seeks Court Order to Return Seized Emissions Data

4/25/2018

Volkswagen AG’s Porsche unit has asked a court in Stuttgart to block local prosecutors from examining documents they seized in their probe of diesel emission cheating, Reuters reports.

GM Adds a Shift at SUV Plant in Tennessee

4/25/2018

General Motors Co. is restoring third-shift production in September at its SUV/crossover vehicle plant in Spring Hill, Tenn.

Volvo Targets 50% EV Sales by 2025

4/25/2018

Volvo Cars Corp. expects half its global sales will come from fully electric vehicles by 2025.

Elio Motors Gets Funding Lifeline from Overstock.com

4/25/2018

Struggling three-wheel-car startup Elio Motors Inc. has sold $2.5 million of newly issued common stock shares to online retailer Overstock.com.

Ford Reorganizes China Operations

4/25/2018

Ford Motor Co. is adopting a single distribution channel in China and is making several executive changes to implement the strategy and reverse the company’s slumping sales in the country.

Bosch Claims Emissions Breakthrough for Diesels

4/25/2018

Robert Bosch GmbH says it has developed an emission control technique that could revive the future of diesels by slashing their output of nitrogen oxides nearly 90%.

Ghosn Declares EV Range Anxiety Is Dead

4/25/2018

Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance Chairman Carlos Ghosn declares that consumer fears about the driving range of electric vehicles is over, The Nikkei reports.