BMW is studying expanding its North American manufacturing footprint with an assembly plant in Mexico. Ludwig Willisch, CEO of BMW of North America, said that the automaker has been in preliminary discussions with "local governments" in Mexico
Aug. 20 , 2013Foton Motor announced that the company signed with San Shui District government of Foshan City Guang Dong Province. It plans to invest 3.2 billion into Foshan to build a new production base. It mainly produces pickups and trucks, and annually productivity of the plant is about 240 thousand. It is the third time Foton enlarges its production bases in Southern China after Southern Sea plant and Ouhui passenger auto Plant.
Aug. 20 , 2013Shanghai Volkswagen Skoda brand new flagship model “Supai” was launched on Aug.12 in Guangzhou. “Supai” is improved from the present model Skoda “Haorui” and its pronunciation is born of the new transliteration of its original English name“Superb”. Compared with the original Haorui, Supai makes some changes on its appearance but make unapparent changes on its inner decoration. On the aspect of electric power, Supai continues to adopt the originally equipped three turbocharged engines,1.4T/1.8Tand 2.0T.
Aug. 20 , 2013On Aug.7, Audi AG announced that its July global sales totaled 131,000 vehicles, rising near 10% year-on-year and its China market sales were 42,000 vehicles, rising 27% year-on-year. From this Jan. to July, Audi sales in China market were 269,900 units, increasing by 19% compared with 226,700 units of the same period of last year.
Aug. 19 , 2013I don't want to say I told you so, but … wait; that's not entirely true. I do want to say I told you so. Back in mid-October, about two weeks after I bought my 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid SEL, I wrote a column explaining that I couldn't come close to its promised 47 city/47 highway/47 combined mpg.
Aug. 19 , 2013Tesla Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk unveiled plans on Monday for a futuristic "Hyperloop" transportation system to whisk passengers between San Francisco and Los Angeles in under half an hour.
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