Automotive

Walmart's E-Commerce Challenge to Amazon Gets a Reality Check

February 22, 2018

Walmart proved to be the victim of its own success on Tuesday.

Toyota Readies Cheaper Electric Motor by Halving Rare Earth Use

February 22, 2018

Toyota Motor Corp. is readying electric motors that include as much as 50 percent less in rare earths amid concern of a supply crunch as automakers race to expand their electric-vehicle lineups.

Lost in Translation? GM Plant Shutdown Shocks South Korea

February 21, 2018

The New York Times

Only weeks into a new job heading General Motors Co's international operations, Barry Engle flew into a frigid South Korea in January and held a series of meetings with government officials to discuss the future of GM's loss-making local unit.

'Made in the U.S.A.' Turbines Cloud U.S. Offshore Wind

February 20, 2018

Industryweek

With state officials eyeing $56bn of wind farm projects off the American coastline, developers are worried the turbines will need to be stamped with a big "Made in the U.S.A."

Layoffs Arrive in Brexit Britain, and Auto Workers Are Up First

February 20, 2018

Bloomberg

In his 50 years working in Britain’s car industry, John Cooper has survived plenty of upheavals. None is scarier than the prospect of Brexit.

Daimler Warns of Supply Chain Risk From Switch to Electric Cars

February 15, 2018

Reuters

Daimler AG, owner of the Mercedes-Benz brand, warned that a fall in demand for diesel cars and a switch to electric vehicles could force it to prop up its supplier base.

Tea, Haircuts and Fish Bones: Letting the Light Into Pakistan

February 13, 2018

Reuters

Reclining comfortably on a bed outside his mud home, 75-year-old farmer Mohammad Khoso watches life go by. His family is now the center of everyone’s envy in the southern Pakistani village of Murid Khoso — they have electricity.

China Wants to Enter the U.S. Car Market, but a Rough Road Lies Ahead

February 12, 2018

Los Angeles Times

Germany was first. It shipped the Volkswagen Beetle to the United States in 1949. It got off to a slow start only to be embraced by an enthusiastic American public.

At Tesla’s Factory, Building the Car of the Future Has Painful and Permanent Consequences for Workers

February 12, 2018

BuzzFeed News

Tesla wants to change the world by selling eco-friendly electric vehicles to the masses. But some of the workers laboring to build that dream have been hurt along the way.

Robot Delivery Vans Are Arriving Before Self-Driving Cars

February 9, 2018

Bloomberg

The future of driverless driving looks like a giant toaster with a funny hat.

Automotive

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