JANUARY 29, 2018

Samsung Joins Waymo at Autonomous Testing Site

The South Korean company – interested in augmenting autonomous vehicles but not building them – has done “recent work” testing autonomous tech components at the former site of Castle Air Force Base in California, which closed in 1995.

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Porsche on a Mission E, Munro Tears Into a Tesla, Daytona 24 Sets New Record

Aluminum Producer Novelis to Expand in Kentucky

The new facility will be in close proximity to Logan Aluminum, a Novelis joint venture in Russellville, KY, and several nearby automotive manufacturing plants.

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Retiring CEO Says J.D. Power to Keep Pace With Industry Changes

Mobility, electrification and autonomous vehicles will add pressure and could reshape the industry landscape, but retiring top executive Finbarr O’Neill says there still will be a need for the research arm’s data, no matter who the industry stakeholders are.

BMW, Daimler Move Closer to Car-Sharing Deal

BMW has bought out Sixt from their DriveNow joint venture, and a source says the German automaker is in talks to combine its car-sharing services with Daimler's Car2Go.

Battery Supplier CATL Riding Crest of EV Wave

CATL is the No.2 maker of electric-vehicle batteries, with business for now limited to China, but is on the short list to be the main EV battery supplier to European OEMs including Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and PSA Group.

VW Supervisory Board Calls for Probe of Diesel-Fume Tests

The board wants to determine who ordered scientific tests in which monkeys were exposed to toxic diesel fumes in an effort to counter data showing the fumes were carcinogenic.

Auto Sales Expected to Fall, But Industry Keeps Cool

Not so long ago, when prospective annual sales were off by a few hundred thousand units – let alone 700,000 – headlines would scream, analysts would predict the end of civilization as we know it and automakers would knee-jerk so hard they required arthroscopic surgery.

Alibaba, Foxconn Lead Investors in Chinese EV Startup

Alibaba, a Chinese technology conglomerate, and Foxconn, a China-based contract electronics manufacturer, are joining other investors in funding Xiaopeng Motors, which will bring its first vehicle, the G3, to market this year.

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