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The automotive industry registered its strongest February in 15 years. Total U.S. sales grew 6.8 percent during the month to 1.3 million vehicles -- the best February in volume terms since 2001.Ford, paced by gains reached 20 percent. Fiat Chrysler rode strong demand for Rams and Jeeps to a 12 percent increase. Honda said sales improved 13 percent while Nissan said its sales grew 11 percent. Both Honda and Nissan said they set records for the month. General Motors, meanwhile, said sales fell 1.5 percent, a surprising decline that the company attributed to a 39 percent cutba...
The automotive industry got used to the fact that Tesla Motors Inc. has gone toe-to-toe with franchised dealers in America's statehouses over the issue of selling electric cars directly to customers. For automakers like GM, that sell more cars in the U.S. in a given week than Tesla sells worldwide in an entire year, Tesla is hardly a threat. Still, GM reacted to Tesla's new sales rules introduced in Indiana last week.Indiana law currently allows Tesla to sell cars straight to customers through factory-owned showrooms. GM believes that all industry participants shoul...
China became the biggest automobile market by sales in the world, and it has not stopped growing since. What may be even more astonishing is that it is, still in many aspects, a market in its infancy with huge growth potential. Last year, BYD more than doubled its global plug-in vehicle sales to almost 62,000 vehicles.This is the brand new BYD Yuan SUV. It will be launched on the Chinese car market next month, and the first cars have arrived at BYD dealers in China. BYD has decided to call the entire range ‘Yuan’, including the petrol and plug-in hybrid versions, just like they did...
General Motors sent a letter in Indiana to ban Tesla Motors from selling direct to customers. Tesla has sold vehicles to customers through direct vehicle sales, and it says if the letter is signed into law it would revoke Tesla’s permission to sell vehicles from its existing storefront in Indianapolis.The state of Indiana is seriously considering locking Tesla out of the state — with a real possibility that Tesla will be prohibited from holding a dealer license in the state after 2017 ends."Despite having a lawfully granted license to sell Tesla vehicles directly since 2014 at...
Takata Corp., Japanese manufacturer seeks buyers for its Irvin Automotive Products unit. They want to assume the responsabilities of those 10 deaths and more than 100 injuries, and to shore up the company’s balance. They plan to sell their automotive interiors division to raise money for paying for the cost of recalling about 50 million vehicles due to exploding air bags. Takata is working with Japanese bank SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. and U.S. bank Moelis & Co. on the potential sale. It isn’t clear whether Takata is seeking strategic or financial buyers for the busin...
