U.S. Distributor Inks 2nd Deal with China’s Chery Auto
Budget T-Go brand will join high-end Vantas marque in U.S.
#asia #Chery
StreetScooter Hires Former Ford, Tesla Execs
Germany’s StreetScooter GmbH has hired two executives from Ford and Tesla to help it expand its electric delivery van business globally.
#people #Tesla #europe
Chery, Deutsche Post Partner on Electric Vans
Chery Holdings and Deutsche Post’s StreetScooter unit have agreed to begin making light-duty electric delivery trucks in China by 2021.
#Chery #asia
Chery Teams Up with Quanergy on Lidar, Smart City Tech
China’s Chery Automobile Co. has selected Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Quanergy Systems Inc. to be its lidar partner for future autonomous vehicles.
#Chery #tech
Ford Swaps Out Expatriate Execs in China
Ford Motor Co. is replacing dozens of Western executives in China with local marketing experts in a bid to cut costs and gain more local marketing knowledge.
#asia #Ford #ChongqingSokon
Qoros Taps Japanese Execs for CEO, COO, CTO
Chinese carmaker Qoros Automotive Co. Ltd. has installed a trio of Japanese auto executives to its top posts.
#people #asia #Nissan
Local Assembler May Buy Ford Truck Plant in Brazil
Brazilian carmaker CAOA is negotiating to buy Ford Motor Co.’s truck plant in Sao Paulo that is slated to close later this year.
#facilities #americas #Hyundai
Report: Quality Issues Plague JLR in China
Jaguar Land Rover Ltd.’s sagging sales in China are rooted in chronic and accelerating quality control issues, says Automotive News Europe.
#Porsche #asia #Lexus
Desay to Open Autonomous-Vehicle Test Center in Singapore
China’s Desay SV Automotive Ltd. is opening a research and development center in Singapore that will focus on Level 4/5 autonomous vehicle, connectivity and cybersecurity systems.
#asia #Siemens #Mazda
Ford Makes China Operations a Stand-Alone Business Unit
Ford Motor Co. has restructured its global operations, promoting China to its own business unit that reports directly to headquarters.
#Ford #Chery #asia
Chery Readies Frankfurt Design Center
China’s Chery Automobile Co. is opening a design and development center in Frankfurt, the company’s first facility in Europe.
#europe #Chery
Chery EV for Europe at Least Two Years Away
China’s Chery Automobile Co. says its first electrified model for the European market won’t arrive until at least 2020.
#europe #HP #Chery
Study Shows Americans Leery of Chinese Cars
One-third of American motorists wouldn’t consider buying a vehicle from a Chinese carmaker, according to a poll by car-shopping website Autolist.
#SAIC #Geely #BYD
Report: JLR Mulls Lynk Rival in China
Jaguar Land Rover reportedly is in talks with Chinese joint venture partner Chery Automobile about launching a new brand to compete against Geely Automobile Holding Co.'s Lynk & Co. unit.
#Tata #SAIC #Geely
Didi Chuxing and What’s Missing
While the global car sharing market is anticipated to grow 34 percent annually between 2017 and 2024, the rate is expected to be 40 percent in China.
#FirstAutomotiveWorks #Nissan #Renault
UPDATE: China’s Didi Signs 12 Carmakers for EV-Sharing Service
Beijing-based Didi Chuxing Technology Co. has signed partnership agreements with a dozen carmakers to launch a car-sharing network in China featuring electric vehicles.
#Geely #Renault #BYD
Autonomy Picks Up Speed
The latest generation of the ProAI unit from ZF for autonomous vehicle technology is capable of processing inputs from multiple cameras, LiDAR and radar, as well as “paint” a 360-degree view around a vehicle, locate it on an HD map, and calculate a safe path through traffic, in no small part because it deploys the NVIDIA DRIVE Xavier, which is a processor that is capable of performing 30 deep-learning trillions of operations per section.
#NVIDIA #oem #Chery
Russia’s December Car Sales Jump 14%
Demand for cars and light-duty commercial vehicles in Russia climbed 14% to 166,000 units in December, according to the Moscow-based Assn. of European Businesses.
#europe #Lada #Mazda
Chery Automobile Readies Electric Entre to European Market
Chery Automobile Co. is preparing to enter the European market with an array of electrified models, starting with the Exeed TX small crossover vehicle due a few years from now.
#HP #europe #Chery
Chery Automobile Eyes European Design Center
Chinese carmaker Chery Automobile Co. is preparing to open its first design studio in Europe.
#GeneralMotors #europe #Chery