APRIL 26, 2018

GM Sticking to Cars Despite Market, Rival Moves

“The segments are still significant,” GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra says. “Because we’ve made the investments, we need to deploy little to no capital going forward, so we view (cars) as an opportunity.”

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Ford Prunes U.S. Car Lineup; Jeep Shows 3-Row Grand Commander; FCA’s Q1 Earnings Beat Expectations

Bosch Says Tech Breakthrough Cleans Up Diesels

Bosch says its new technology, on average, emits no more than 13 mg of NOx per kilometer, which is far less than the 120 mg permitted by European standards after 2020.

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Teardown Guru Finds Good, Bad in Tesla Model 3 Construction

“This thing is like way over-designed by normal standards,” says teardown-and-benchmarking specialist Sandy Munro of Tesla’s Model 3.

Boosting Performance and Efficiency of Electric Vehicles through Advanced Adhesive
Bloomberg New Energy Finance predicts electric vehicle sales will overtake internal combustion engines within just over 20 years, thanks in part to battery prices coming down sooner than most expect. With every large automaker now working on battery-powered cars, engineers must focus on making new energy vehicles more powerful and efficient than ever before. Sign up for this May 9th webinar now!

Report Says China May Reduce Duty on Car Imports

Sources tell Bloomberg News China's cabinet is considering proposals to lower the tariff on imported cars from the current 25% to 10% or 15% as part of the country's plan to open up the world's biggest auto market.

GM Korea Gets Financial Lifeline, Union Concessions

Under the agreement with the Korea Metal Workers Union, GM pledges to add two new vehicles to Korean plants to bring production levels up to 500,000 units annually by 2020 and maintain its Korean operations for the next 10 years.

New CX Conference Joins 14th Annual TLS Event

“We launched the Auto CX Analytics & AI Summit based on feedback from delegates at the Automotive CX Summit,” says Jon Munzel, founder and president of the Thought Leadership Summits.

Company Uses Data Analytics to Benefit Everyone Involved

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Analysis discovered 80% of recalls could have been detected in advance.

Ex-Apple Exec Bolts Tesla for Intel

Pete Bannon, who previously oversaw development of Apple's A5 chip through to the A9 chip, will succeed Jim Keller, who headed the electric-vehicle maker's low-voltage hardware, Autopilot software and infotainment R&D.

Russia's AvtoVAZ Reports Q1 Profit

A 28.8% jump in sales of its Lada models allowed Russia's biggest automaker to post a net profit of RR609 million in the first quarter, after losing RR2.8 billion in the same period last year.

PSA Madrid Plant Rejuvenated By Updated C4 Cactus

In the months before assembly of the updated Cactus began earlier this month, PSA was reorganizing the plant and remodeling the assembly line to improve efficiency.

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