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Detroit Electric Forms JV, Aims to Launch EV in 2018
3/9/2017Netherlands-based Detroit Electric Holdings Ltd. and China’s Far East Smarter Energy Group have agreed to form a joint venture to launch three electric vehicles by 2020.
MMC to Roll Out Fuel-Economy Testing Reforms by April
3/9/2017Mitsubishi Motors Corp. says it will be ready by April 1 to launch all 31 measures it pledged last year to adopt to avoid falsifying fuel economy data in the future.
EPA Chief Wants Congress to Opine Whether CO2 Is a Pollutant
3/9/2017Scott Pruitt, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new chief, tells CNBC that Congress should say whether it believes carbon dioxide is a pollutant that should be regulated.
Vehicle Sales in Russia Slip Another 4%
3/9/2017Demand for cars and light commercial vehicles in Russia shrank in February to 106,700 units from 111,200 in the same month last year, according to the Moscow-based Assn. of European Businesses.
Talk Among Yourselves: Caddy CTS Gets V2V Tech
3/9/2017General Motors Co. is launching a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication system in the 2017 Cadillac CTS sedan that will allow the vehicle to share information with other V2V-enabled vehicles and alert them about upcoming traffic and road conditions.
Goodyear Adds “Smarts” to Concept Tire
3/9/2017Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. introduced a smarter version of its spherical Eagle 360 concept tire, dubbed Eagle 360 Urban, at the Geneva auto show this week.
BMW Posts Another Year of Record Sales, Profit Gains
3/9/2017BMW Group reports gains in 2016 of 2% to €94.2 billion ($99.7 billion) in revenue and 8% to €6.9 billion ($7.3 billion) in net profit.
Chinese Ride-Hailing Company Opens Silicon Valley Lab
3/9/2017China ride-hailing giant DiDi Chuxing has opened DiDi Labs in Mountain View, Calif., to develop new mobility technologies and advanced cybersecurity systems.
Lamborghini Ponders All-Electric Supercar
3/9/2017Volkswagen AG’s Lamborghini supercar unit says it has high interest in an all-electric powertrain but isn’t likely to introduce one until at least 2025.
Paice Triggers ITC Probe into Ford Patent Infringement
3/9/2017Baltimore, Md.-based Paice LLC has prompted a patent infringement investigation by the International Trade Commission into Ford Motor Co.’s use of hybrid powertrain technology, Automotive News reports.