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Do you know which make now can be called as the world's most valuable car brand? Toyota got the title, winning to Mercedes-Benz and BMW once again. Speaking of winners, looks like Tesla makes its way to the top too, being placed for the first time in top 10. This challenge between auto companies is rising each year, while the sales are starting to slow down.According to the Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands Toyota's brand value rose 2% to $29.5 billion. The company made it by continuing its emphasis on improving the customer's experience, and by a consistent raise of its val...
Ride sharing apps that could compete with Uber for example, are one of the current interests of Apple. With sales of iPhones slowing, the company decided to diversify its investments and it will provide about $1 billion for the development of the Chinese-based Didi ride sharing app. Didi materialized last year and it became China’s largest ride sharing app. Additional services provided by Didi include taxi and private car services and even test drives. Apple CEO Tim Cook said they are extremely impressed by the business Didi have built and their excelle...
Google's self-driving car team is determined to move further the experimental stage and is now hiring more people with automotive industry expertise. The operation now employs at least 170 workers, many of whom are software and systems engineers. More than 40 of the new employees have previous automotive industry experience with skills in various fields from exterior design to manufacturing. They come from a wide range of companies, including Tesla Motors Inc., Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. Data about the workers hired by Google are cited from a&n...
McLaren Automotive has opened four dealerships in the U.S. The new locations bring the company's North American presence up to 22 showrooms, and its global dealer network up to 80. See the new location:McLaren Bergen County 995 Route 17 South Ramsey, NJ 07446 Temporary location during construction: 670 Route 17 North Paramus, NJ 07652 Phone: 201.576.1600McLaren Boston &nb...
The McLaren P1 is a marvel of modern engineering. Still, not everything out there is perfect and the P1 is proof of this. A batch of the cars were just hit with a recall notice. The problems are tied to a defective secondary hood latch that doesn’t re-engage properly, so if the primary latch is inadvertently released, the entire hood may pop open at any time, even when the P1 is moving. Such a scenario would obviously be unfavorable and could cause a crash, especially if the driver is caught off guard by the sudden opening of the hood.That would be an especially bad situation i...
