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Renault Group has said that CEO Luca de Meo will step down July 15 after a five-year stint, during which he worked to revise the French group's partnership with Japan's Nissan Motor Co.

フランス自動車大手ルノーのルカ・デメオ最高経営責任者、２月４日、パリ【パリ時事】フランス自動車大手ルノーは１５日、提携先の日産自動車との資本関係見直しなどに尽力したルカ・デメオ最高経営責任者が７月１５日付で退任すると発表した。 Renault Group has said that CEO Luca de Meo will step down July 15 after a five-year stint, during which he worked to revise the French group's partnership with Japan's Nissan Motor Co.

【図解】日産自動車の業績推移日産自動車は１３日、２０２７年度までに国内外で完成車工場７カ所と人員２万人を削減すると発表した。 Nissan Motor Co. on Tuesday reported a consolidated net loss of 670.8 billion yen for fiscal 2024, against the fiscal 2023 profit of 426.6 billion yen.

【図解】日産自動車の業績推移日産自動車は１３日、２０２７年度までに国内外で車両を生産する７工場と人員２万人を削減すると発表した。 Nissan Motor Co. on Tuesday reported a consolidated net loss of 670.8 billion yen for fiscal 2024, against the fiscal 2023 profit of 426.6 billion yen.

Nissan Motor Co. on Tuesday reported a consolidated net loss of 670.8 billion yen for fiscal 2024, against the fiscal 2023 profit of 426.6 billion yen.

日産自動車のロゴ日産自動車は２２日、４代目モデルとなる新型の高級ミニバン「エルグランド」を２０２６年度に発売すると発表した。 Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday that it will launch a brand-new edition of its Elgrand luxury minivan in fiscal 2026.

Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday that it will launch a brand-new edition of its Elgrand luxury minivan in fiscal 2026.

Two Renault SA executives, including Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard, will step down from the board of directors of Nissan Motor Co., Nissan said Thursday.

フランス自動車大手ルノーのジャンドミニク・スナール会長、２０２３年１２月日産自動車は１７日、フランス自動車大手ルノーのジャンドミニク・スナール会長を含む同社出身の取締役２人が退任すると発表した。 Two Renault SA executives, including Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard, will step down from the board of directors of Nissan Motor Co., Nissan said Thursday.

日産自動車のロゴマーク日産自動車は４日、トランプ米政権が輸入車への追加関税措置を発動させたことを受け、米国の一部工場で計画していた減産を取りやめると明らかにした。 Japan's Nissan Motor Co. will call off its plan to cut automobile production at a U.S. factory, after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed additional tariffs on auto imports, officials said Friday.

Japan's Nissan Motor Co. will call off its plan to cut automobile production at a U.S. factory, after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed additional tariffs on auto imports, officials said Friday.

記者団の取材に応じる日産自動車のイバン・エスピノーサ次期社長、２５日、神奈川県厚木市４月に日産自動車社長に就任するイバン・エスピノーサ氏は２６日までに報道各社の取材に応じ、ホンダとの経営統合協議破談後の新たな提携先について、自動車メーカーに限定せず模索する意向を表明した。 Nissan Motor Co. will seek a new partnership even with a firm outside the auto industry following the breakdown of merger talks with Honda Motor Co., incoming Nissan President Ivan Espinosa said in a recent interview.

記者団の取材に応じる日産自動車のイバン・エスピノーサ次期社長、２５日、神奈川県厚木市４月に日産自動車社長に就任するイバン・エスピノーサ氏は２６日までに報道各社の取材に応じ、ホンダとの経営統合協議破談後の新たな提携先について、自動車メーカーに限定せず模索する意向を表明した。 Nissan Motor Co. will seek a new partnership even with a firm outside the auto industry following the breakdown of merger talks with Honda Motor Co., incoming Nissan President Ivan Espinosa said in a recent interview.

Nissan Motor Co. will seek a new partnership even with a firm outside the auto industry following the breakdown of merger talks with Honda Motor Co., incoming Nissan President Ivan Espinosa said in a recent interview.

オンラインで記者会見する日産自動車の内田誠社長、１１日日産自動車は１１日、内田誠社長が退任し、後任に商品企画の責任者イバン・エスピノーサ氏が４月１日付で昇格する人事を発表した。 Nissan Motor Co. on Tuesday said that President and CEO Makoto Uchida will step down.

Nissan Motor Co. on Tuesday said that President and CEO Makoto Uchida will step down.

ホンダと日産自動車のロゴマークホンダと日産自動車は１３日、それぞれ取締役会を開き、経営統合協議の打ち切りを正式に決定した。 The boards of Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. formally decided Thursday to terminate their merger talks.

記者会見する日産自動車の内田誠社長、１３日午後、横浜市西区日産自動車は１３日、２０２５年３月期の連結純損益が８００億円の赤字に転落する見通しだと発表した。 Nissan Motor Co. on Thursday projected a consolidated net loss of 80 billion yen for fiscal 2024, reflecting about 100 billion yen in restructuring costs.

The boards of Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. formally decided Thursday to terminate their merger talks.

Nissan Motor Co. on Thursday projected a consolidated net loss of 80 billion yen for fiscal 2024, reflecting about 100 billion yen in restructuring costs.

台湾・鴻海精密工業のロゴ【台北時事】台湾の中央通信社は７日、情報筋の話として、電子機器製造大手の鴻海精密工業幹部が１月に日本を訪れ、日産自動車の幹部と接触したと報じた。 An executive of Taiwanese contract electronics manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. contacted senior officials from Japan's Nissan Motor Co., during a visit to Japan in January, a local news agency reported Friday.

An executive of Taiwanese contract electronics manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. contacted senior officials from Japan's Nissan Motor Co., during a visit to Japan in January, a local news agency reported Friday.

【図解】日系自動車３社の中国新車販売【北京時事】トヨタ自動車とホンダ、日産自動車の日系自動車大手３社は９日、２０２４年の中国新車販売台数を公表した。 Japan's Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. on Thursday reported slumps in new vehicle sales in China in 2024.

Japan's Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. on Thursday reported slumps in new vehicle sales in China in 2024.

Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. are expected to discuss a plan for Honda to own a majority stake in a holding company the two Japanese automakers plan set up in summer 2026 for their business integration, it has been learned.

ホンダ、日産自動車、三菱自動車のロゴマークホンダと日産自動車が経営統合するに当たり２０２６年夏に立ち上げる予定の共同持ち株会社は、ホンダが過半を出資する方向で協議が進む見通しだ。 Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. are expected to discuss a plan for Honda to own a majority stake in a holding company the two Japanese automakers plan set up in summer 2026 for their business integration, it has been learned.

Shoot us a Text.We're coming to you live from Bozard Ford Lincoln as we're finishing up our More Than Cars shoot. Today, we're talking about how Nissan is trying to reassure its dealers that the sky isn't falling, how the US added 12,000+ new EV chargers in Q3, and how Google's Veo, a generative AI video model, beat OpenAI's Sora to market.Show Notes with links:Nissan Motor Co. is under pressure as financial challenges force the automaker to cut jobs and slow production. Activist investors and speculation about its future as an independent company are adding to the turmoil.U.S. dealers received a memo from Nissan Americas Chair Jeremie Papin outlining turnaround priorities: product competitiveness, business stabilization, and growth.Nissan has slashed its full-year income outlook by 70%, cut $2.6 billion in expenses, and laid off 9,000 workers globally, including 500 U.S. salaried employees.Market share has plummeted, dropping 25% over five years to just 5.6% in the U.S., with dealership profitability hitting a 15-year low.Production reductions include a 17% U.S. output cut, fewer assembly shifts, and an anticipated 100,000-vehicle drop in fiscal year production.Papin reassured dealers of Nissan's liquidity, stating, “Our $9 billion in net cash allows us to prioritize future investments in research and development.”The US added 12,000 new EV charging ports in the past three months, bringing the total to nearly 204,000 marking a doubling of chargers since late 2020, pre-Biden administration and NEVI Program launch.NEVI (National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure) Formula Program contributed 126 ports across 31 stations in nine states this quarter, an 83% increase in open NEVI ports since Q3.Coverage of DC fast chargers on major corridors grew from 38% in 2020 to 59.1% in 2024; expected to reach 70% by late 2025.41 states have announced charging projects under NEVI, with 35 awarding agreements for over 3,560 fast charging ports across 890+ locations.Rhode Island became the first fully built-out NEVI state, while states like Kentucky, Hawaii, and Maine opened new stations, advancing access nationwide.The program has allocated nearly $2.4 billion in funding across two rounds to all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. $586 million has been set aside for a third round of funding for fiscal year 2025.​​Google's Veo, a generative AI video model, is now available via Vertex AI, beating OpenAI's Sora to market. Veo offers powerful tools for businesses to enhance content creation pipelines.Veo generates realistic 1080p videos over a minute long from text or image prompts.Text-to-image tools also roll out to all Vertex AI users next week, with features for brand-specific editing.SynthID watermarking prevents misinformation and copyright issues, rivaling Adobe's tools.Google reports that 86% of AI-using businesses are seeing revenue boostsHosts: Paul J Daly and Kyle MountsierGet the Daily Push Back email at https://www.asotu.com/ JOIN the conversation on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asotu/ Read our most recent email at: https://www.asotu.com/media/push-back-email

日産自動車グローバル本社に掲げられたロゴマーク、横浜市西区日産自動車は２２日、経営立て直しの一環として今年度上期に北米で募集していた早期退職に、北米法人の従業員の約６％が応募したと明らかにした。 About 6percentageof Nissan Motor Co.'s North American employees have accepted the company's voluntary buyout offers, officials at the Japanese automaker said Friday.

About 6pctof Nissan Motor Co.'s North American employees have accepted the company's voluntary buyout offers, officials at the Japanese automaker said Friday.

オンライン形式での記者会見で発言する日産自動車の内田誠社長、７日午後日産自動車は７日、世界全体での生産能力を２０％引き下げ、人員を９０００人削減すると発表した。 Japan's Nissan Motor Co. on Thursday reported a consolidated net profit of 19.2 billion yen for April-September, down 93.5percentagefrom a year before.

Japan's Nissan Motor Co. on Thursday reported a consolidated net profit of 19.2 billion yen for April-September, down 93.5pctfrom a year before.

記者会見後、握手する日産自動車の内田誠社長とホンダの三部敏宏社長、１日午後、東京都中央区日産自動車とホンダは１日、電気自動車分野を中心に進めている事業協力の協議に三菱自動車が新たに参画すると発表した。 Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. said Thursday that Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will join them in discussing a partnership on electric vehicles.

Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. said Thursday that Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will join them in discussing a partnership on electric vehicles.

ジャパンモビリティショーに出展した三菱自動車のロゴマーク、２０２３年１０月、東京ビッグサイトホンダと日産自動車が協議を進める電気自動車分野などの協業に、三菱自動車が加わる方向で調整していることが２８日、分かった。 Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is considering joining the camp of Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co., which are planning to cooperate in fields including electric vehicles, it was learned Sunday.

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is considering joining the camp of Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co., which are planning to cooperate in fields including electric vehicles, it was learned Sunday.

オンライン記者会見に臨む日産自動車の内田誠社長、２５日午後日産自動車は２５日、２０２４年４～６月期の連結営業利益が前年同期比９９．２％減の９億９５００万円になったと発表した。 Japan's Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday that its group operating profit in April-June plunged 99.2percentagefrom a year earlier to 995 million yen.

Japan's Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday that its group operating profit in April-June plunged 99.2pctfrom a year earlier to 995 million yen.

タックスヘイブンにある保険業の関連会社の所得を巡り、東京国税局による約５０億円の追徴課税を不服として、日産自動車が処分取り消しを求めた訴訟の上告審判決が１８日、最高裁第１小法廷であった。 Japan's Supreme Court on Thursday backed the collection of 5 billion yen in additional taxes from Nissan Motor Co. over the income of a tax haven-based insurance affiliate.

Japan's Supreme Court on Thursday backed the collection of 5 billion yen in additional taxes from Nissan Motor Co. over the income of a tax haven-based insurance affiliate.

Why You Can't Miss This EpisodeDiscover the transformative journey of Hussein M. Dajani as he shares his extensive experience in customer experience, digital transformation, and leadership across top global brands like Nissan, Deloitte Digital, and Red Bull. Hussein's unique insights into customer-centric strategies and innovative solutions will inspire and inform your approach to customer experience and leadership.About the GuestHussein's core expertise lies in the Digital Marketing & Tech space, evolving over the years from a pure player marketeer. Started his career with some of the world's greatest communication companies, before joining Deloitte Digital as a Partner & CMO, Hussein was the GM for Digital & CX Transformation with Nissan Motor Co. for Africa, Middle East, India, Turkey, & Oceania overseeing some of the most dramatic customer transformations the company has had to go through in recent times. His contribution to the organization was recognized by senior leadership & led him to win the AMIEO Chairperson Nissan Way Award in July 2021.Relevant LinksLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hdajani/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hussdajani Website: https://about.me/husseindajaniEpisode SummaryHussein M. Dajani, a visionary leader in customer experience and digital transformation, shares his journey through various leadership roles, highlighting his impactful work at Red Bull, Nissan, and Deloitte Digital. He discusses the importance of customer-centric strategies and the integration of technology to enhance customer experiences.Hussein delves into three significant transformation examples, starting with Red Bull's innovative marketing campaign during the Felix Baumgartner space jump. He then shares the groundbreaking "She Drives" initiative at Nissan, which empowered female drivers in Saudi Arabia, and the "ShopAtHome with Nissan" program, which revolutionized the automotive customer experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the conversation, Hussein emphasizes the role of data, personalization, and empathy in creating exceptional customer experiences.Chapters00:00 Game Start 02:24 About Hussein M. Dajani 04:41 Red Bull Stratos Campaign 06:29 Nissan's “She Drives” Initiative 10:29 ShopAtHome with Nissan 14:06 Balancing Technology and Human Interaction 17:17 Leveraging Data for Customer Experience 22:39 Strategies for Exceptional Customer Experience 27:11 Future Innovations in Customer Experience 33:39 Hussein's Golden Nugget 37:31 Conclusion and Call to ActionThank you for listening to the CX Goalkeeper Podcast! We would love to hear your feedback on this episode. Please follow and subscribe to our podcast on your preferred platform:Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3qYr4nh Spotify: https://bit.ly/3GhCGXeCXGK

Japan's Nissan Motor Co. has closed a passenger car plant in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, in an effort to cut its production capacity in the country to rebuild its operations there, according to informed sources.

【北京時事】日産自動車が２１日に中国江蘇省常州市の乗用車工場を閉鎖したことが分かった。 Japan's Nissan Motor Co. has closed a passenger car plant in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, in an effort to cut its production capacity in the country to rebuild its operations there, according to informed sources.

日産自動車が、米ミシシッピ州キャントン工場で２０２５年から生産を予定していた電気自動車のセダン２車種の開発を延期することが２２日、分かった。 Nissan Motor Co. has postponed the development of two electric sedan models set to be manufactured in the United States due to slowing demand for electric vehicles in North America, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.

Nissan Motor Co. has postponed the development of two electric sedan models set to be manufactured in the United States due to slowing demand for electric vehicles in North America, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.

日産自動車は１９日、２０２４年３月期の連結営業利益予想を従来の６２００億円から５３００億円へ、９００億円下方修正した。 Nissan Motor Co. said Friday that it has lowered its consolidated operating profit forecast for the year ended last month by 90 billion yen to 530 billion yen.

Nissan Motor Co. said Friday that it has lowered its consolidated operating profit forecast for the year ended last month by 90 billion yen to 530 billion yen.

Nissan and Honda announced on March 15 that they will work together in developing electric vehicles and auto intelligence technology, sectors where Japanese automakers have fallen behind. The chief executives of Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. appeared together at a news conference in Tokyo to announce that Japan's second and third biggest automakers will look into areas with a potential for collaboration. The details of the non-binding agreement are still being worked out, both sides said. The executives said the companies will develop core technologies together, but their products will remain different. Nissan Chief Executive Makoto Uchida stressed that speed is crucial for the companies in developing technological solutions. Honda President Toshihiro Mibe said the companies share common values and could create “synergies” in facing their formidable rivals. The world's automakers are rapidly shifting toward electric vehicles, focusing on batteries and motors instead of gas engines, as concerns grow about emissions and climate change. But Japanese automakers have fallen behind rivals such as Tesla of the U.S. and BYD of China in developing EVs, partly because they have historically been so successful with combustion engine vehicles. Toyota Motor Corp., the world's largest automaker, has often said the world is not ready for a complete shift to EVs, in part because of the lack of a charging infrastructure, and instead has pushed hybrids, which have a gas engine in addition to an electric motor. But Toyota is also expected to aggressively deliver on an EV push in the coming years. Nissan is relatively ahead in EVs among Japanese automakers because it was among the first to come out with an EV with its Leaf, which went on sale in late 2010. High expectations for the Nissan-Honda agreement were reflected in sharp increases in the stock prices of both companies on March 14 after a Japanese media report said such a deal might be in the works. The executives said no mutual capital ownership is involved in the agreement for now, but the companies may look into the possibility down the road. “How we can raise our competitiveness is what we are determined to pursue,” Uchida said. This article was provided by The Associated Press.

日産自動車が下請け企業に支払う納入代金を不当に引き下げた下請法違反の問題を受け、賃上げに取り組んだ企業の法人税を優遇する「賃上げ促進税制」の対象から同社が外れたことが６日、分かった。 Nissan Motor Co. has been removed from the list of companies eligible for tax breaks that are granted to those implementing wage hikes, following the revelation of the automaker's unfair reductions of payments to its suppliers, it was learned Saturday.

Nissan Motor Co. has been removed from the list of companies eligible for tax breaks that are granted to those implementing wage hikes, following the revelation of the automaker's unfair reductions of payments to its suppliers, it was learned Saturday.

公正取引委員会、東京都千代田区日産自動車が乗用車部品製造の下請け業者３６社に支払う納入代金を不当に引き下げたとして、公正取引委員会は７日、下請法違反で再発防止などを勧告したと発表した。 Nissan Motor Co. has unfairly reduced a total of about 3,020 million yen in payments to 36 suppliers, the Japan Fair Trade Commission said Thursday.

Sign up for The Automotive Leaders Letter Watch the full video on YouTube - click hereWelcome to the first episode of Season 5 of the Automotive Leaders Podcast. In this season opener, Jan Griffiths interviews Michael Colleran, Senior Vice President and Corporate Officer at Nissan North America. Michael started his professional journey as a US Marine Corps Captain and later worked at General Motors and Saab before joining Nissan. This diverse experience gives him a unique perspective on the shifts in the auto industry.The conversation starts with a study from Great Place to Work, revealing that 77 percent of Nissan's employees deem it a great place to work. Mike shares what factors contribute to this recognition, exploring the essential elements that shape Nissan's exceptional workplace culture.Michael highlights the changing dynamics of customer interactions, emphasizing the shift from transactional to experiential relationships. Essential leadership qualities, accountability, and the significance of setting examples within leadership teams are discussed, and challenging norms by acknowledging past success behaviors may not ensure future achievements. These perspectives not only give a glimpse into how leadership operates at Nissan but also offer valuable lessons for adapting to the ever-changing world of the automotive industry.Themes discussed in this episode:Nissan's journey and transformation.The necessity for behavioral and cultural changes to drive success.Adapting to changing customer expectations from transactional to experiential.Evolving dynamics of leadership in the automotive industry.Balancing innovation with a strong sense of accountability in leadership.The influential role of leadership teams in setting positive examples.Featured: Michael ColleranWhat he does: Michael is Corporate Vice President at Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., and Senior Vice President for all sales and marketing activities for the Nissan and INFINITI brands in the US. A former Captain in the United States Marine Corps, Michael brings a dynamic blend of strategic vision and operational excellence to the automotive industry.On leadership: “When leaders replicate good behaviors, people will follow. They want to follow; they want that example out there... Leaders can get out there, set an example, and use their experience.”Mentioned in this episode:Podcast interview with Navy SEALs: Episode with Clint Bruce - Former Navy Special Warfare OfficerEpisode with Nick Norris - Former Navy SEALBook Extreme Ownership by Jocko WillinkPodcast

Rodrigo Centeno, Director Senior de Ventas para Nissan Mexicana. Nissan es un fabricante mundial de automóviles que vende una línea completa de vehículos bajo las marcas Nissan e INFINITI. La sede central de Nissan en Yokohama, Japón, gestiona las operaciones en cuatro regiones: Japón-ASEAN, China, América y AMIEO (África, Oriente Medio, India, Europa y Oceanía). Por su parte, Nissan Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. es una filial de Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. que se estableció en México en 1961. La constancia, la innovación, la calidad y el trabajo en equipo se han combinado con la excelencia en manufactura mexicana y la inigualable ingeniería japonesa para ofrecer experiencias de movilidad únicas que, durante los últimos 15 años han conquistado el mercado mexicano y han posicionado a Nissan Mexicana como la cuarta operación más importante a nivel global para la marca nipona.

Automakers Renault and Nissan formalized their reboot of a relationship that had grown rocky, culminating in the spectacular fall of top executive Carlos Ghosn, who had led successful turnarounds at both companies before his arrest and daring escape. The boards of both companies approved equalizing the stake each automaker holds in the other to 15%, bringing a better balance in the French-Japanese alliance, which also includes smaller Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp. The uneven shareholdings had been viewed at times as a source of conflict. Until now, Renault Group of France owned 43.4% of Nissan Motor Co., while the Japanese automaker owned 15% of Renault. “We have been waiting a long time for this moment,” Renault board Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard said at a news conference in London, calling it a “new era." The long-speculated changes to the carmaker alliance were announced in January. Shares equivalent to a 28.4% stake will be transferred to a French trust, according to the companies. Renault, whose top shareholder is the French government, and Nissan agreed on an orderly sale of that stake, although there will be no deadline. Nissan Chief Executive Makoto Uchida vowed to take the alliance to “the next level of transformation” to adapt to a new era. “This is not a choice but a need,” he said. In theory, partnerships are a good way for automakers to cut costs by sharing parts, production and technology, especially when the industry is going through such dramatic change with EVs. That also means that, once formed, ending an alliance can be difficult because the companies' development, manufacturing and products get so closely tied together. Still, partnerships can stumble because of the different corporate cultures of the automakers, especially when it involves a meeting of the West and East. This article was provided by The Associated Press.

An American father and son convicted in Japan on charges of helping Nissan former Chairman Carlos Ghosn escape to Lebanon, hiding in a box, have been returned to the U.S., their lawyer said. Michael Taylor, a former Green Beret, was sentenced in July last year in Tokyo District Court to two years in prison, while his son Peter Taylor was sentenced to one year and eight months. They were convicted of helping a criminal for their involvement in the December 2019 escape of Ghosn, who had been awaiting trial on various financial misconduct charges, including under-reporting his compensation. The Taylors were arrested in Massachusetts in May 2020, and extradited to Japan in March 2021, though they fought against deportation to Japan. The U.S. and Japan have an extradition treaty, while Lebanon has no extradition treaty with Japan. Ghosn is French-Brazilian of Lebanese ancestry. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons online site lists Michael Taylor as at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles and set for release Jan. 1, 2023. Paul V. Kelly, the lawyer for the Taylors, said by email that he was in talks with parole officials about an earlier release. Peter Taylor has already been released, and is back with his family in Massachusetts, said Kelly, whose office is based in Boston. The Japanese Justice Ministry declined comment. Nissan had no comment. During their trial in Tokyo, Michael and Peter Taylor apologized and acknowledged guilt, saying they had been misled by Ghosn. They denied they had benefited monetarily because the payment just covered expenses. Ghosn, who led Nissan Motor Co. for two decades, says he is innocent. He says he fled because he could not expect a fair trial in Japan. This article was provided by The Associated Press.

The company that assembles smartphones for Apple Inc. and other global brands unveiled an electric SUV on Oct. 18 that will be produced for a Taiwanese automaker under a similar contract model. Foxconn Technology Group said the SUV will be sold by Yulon Motor as the Luxgen n7 starting next year. It said the five-seat vehicle should be able to travel 700 kilometers (440 miles) on one charge. No price was announced. Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., plans to produce electric cars and buses for brands in China, North America, Europe and other markets. It said clients can modify their appearance and features. The venture adds to a crowded global market with electrics offered by almost every established automaker and dozens of ambitious startups. “Hon Hai will certainly redefine the EV industry,” company founder Terry Gou said in a statement. Foxconn, headquartered in New Taipei City, Taiwan, is the world's biggest contract assembler of smartphones and other consumer electronics. Yulon, founded in the 1940s, assembles vehicles for Nissan Motor Co. and other automakers. The company launched its own brand, Luxgen, in 2009. The Luxgen n7 is one of five proposed models for potential customers. Foxconn also displayed a five-seat crossover, the Model B, and a five-seat double-cab pickup truck, the Model V. The company previously announced plans for a sedan developed with Italian design house Pininfarina and an electric bus, the Model T. This article was provided by The Associated Press.

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency says Ukraine's biggest nuclear plant has lost all external power needed for vital safety systems for the second time in five days. International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi on Wednesday called it a “deeply worrying development.” The Los Angeles City Council is mired in uncertainty after a recording surfaced of members participating in a meeting in which racist language was used to mock their colleagues. It's not known if the Council can assemble the required 10 members — out of 15 total — to conduct business Wednesday. A now-former San Antonio police officer has been charged for shooting and gravely wounding a teen eating a hamburger in his car in a McDonald's parking lot. A family attorney says 17-year-old Erik Cantu remains hospitalized in critical condition. Joe Biden's three-state swing out West this week will capture, in a nutshell, the White House's midterm strategy for a president who remains broadly unpopular: Promote his administration's accomplishments and appear where he can effectively rally the party faithful. Authorities say a tree trimmer was killed in the San Francisco Bay Area after he fell into a wood chipper. Police say the man, whose name has not been released, was working in the city of Menlo Park shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday when he fell. The International Monetary Fund is downgrading its outlook for the world economy for 2023, citing a long list of threats that include Russia's war against Ukraine, chronic inflation pressures, punishing interest rates and the lingering consequences of the global pandemic. Angela Lansbury, the scene-stealing British actor who kicked up her heels in the Broadway musicals “Mame” and “Gypsy” and solved endless murders as crime novelist Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series “Murder, She Wrote,” has died. She was 96. NASA says a spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away last month succeeded in shifting its orbit. NASA attempted the first test of its kind two weeks ago to see if a killer rock could be nudged out of Earth's way. In sports, the Houston got a 9th inning homer to complete a comeback, the New York Yankees got two homers in their win, Philadelphia's postseason success continued, the Los Angeles Dodgers got early offense in their win, and the NHL season opened.  Russian forces have carpeted Ukraine with a fresh barrage of missiles and munition-carrying drones. The bombardment came a day after strikes across the country killed at least 19 people and knocked out power across the country. The U.N. human rights office says the “particularly shocking” attacks could amount to war crimes. President Joe Biden is reevaluating the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia. That's after the Riyadh-led OPEC+ alliance of oil-producing nations announced it would cut oil production and as Democratic lawmakers are calling for a freeze on cooperation with the Saudis. The lead prosecutor of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz has made his final case to persuade jurors to sentence him to death. Cruz pleaded guilty a year ago. The jurors will only decide whether Cruz is sentenced to death or life without parole. President Joe Biden on Tuesday said the U.S. has brokered a “historic breakthrough” between Israel and Lebanon that would end a dispute over their shared maritime border. A Connecticut jury has resumed deliberations on how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay for spreading the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. Crypto exchange Bittrex was fined $24 million by U.S. authorities on Tuesday for helping clients evade U.S. sanctions in places such as Syria, Iran and Crimea. Prosecutors have dropped charges against Adnan Syed in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee after additional DNA testing excluded him as a suspect in a case chronicled by the hit podcast “Serial.” A person with directly knowledge of the matter told The Associated Press that the NFL did not give officials a directive to emphasize roughing-the-passer penalties following Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa's concussion, but the topic will be discussed next week when NFL owners meet in New York. Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. says it plans to sell its Russian operations to its local partner and end manufacturing there. A horticulture teacher from Minnesota has set a new U.S. record for the heaviest pumpkin after raising a giant gourd weighing 2,560 pounds. —The Associated PressSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jonathan Adashek is the Chief Communications Officer and Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications at IBM. Before joining IBM, Jonathan was at Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance in Paris, as well as Nissan Motor Co. in Yokohama, Japan, and prior to that had stints at Microsoft and Edelman.  One of Jonathan's first roles was as a special assistant at the White House before becoming director of the national delegate strategy for the John Kerry presidential campaign. At IBM, Jonathan leads a team of 800+ professionals in more than 170 countries with responsibility for IBM's global communications, corporate citizenship, and CSR, as well as strategic events and social media. Without further ado, please enjoy this conversation with IBM CCO and SVP of Marketing and Communications Jonathan Adashek.  Here are some key takeaways from this conversation with Jonathan.  Simplify your message. As a company, IBM has thousands of products, services, and solutions, and prior to Jonathan coming on board, there was an overwhelming amount of different marketing and communications campaigns for these different products. This caused confusion among the general public over what IBM really stood for as a brand. One of Jonathan's first orders of business was to significantly simplify IBM's message into one slogan: “Let's Create.” A brand can only get so much attention which is why it's important not to diffuse your brand's message across a number of separate campaigns. Furthermore, emotional statements like “Let's Create” can transcend product features and benefits and get to the heart of your company's real mission, which is way more effective than focusing on the products.  Admit failure early & honestly. Jonathan mentioned committing an epic failure at IBM recently. Instead of blaming someone else, shirking behind it, or attempting some sort of internal coverup, he sent out an all-employee message outlining what had happened while owning up to it. He claimed the experience was more cathartic than scary and set a standard for radical honesty at the company that was unprecedented. Embracing humanity on an executive level with this kind of honesty is the foundation for creating extremely healthy and effective company cultures.  Be client zero; practice what you preach. All products and tech solutions conceived of and created by IBM must be used internally as a standard for their creation. Jonathan states that clients and customers will not stand by any other standard. By being client zero, IBM is able to only create products and solutions that they stand by after a lot of trial and error. This ensures a level of trust with customers that simply cannot be bought. Thanks for listening, don't forget to subscribe! ----- Produced by https://podcastlaunch.pro (Simpler Media)

日産自動車のロゴマーク日産自動車は７日、車載用リチウムイオン電池事業を手掛けるビークルエナジージャパンを子会社化すると発表した。 Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday that it will make a Japanese automotive lithium-ion battery producer a subsidiary.

Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday that it will make a Japanese automotive lithium-ion battery producer a subsidiary.

日産自動車が国内向け販売を終了する小型車「マーチ」日産自動車が小型車「マーチ」の国内販売を在庫がなくなり次第、終了することが３１日、分かった。 Nissan Motor Co. plans to end the sales of its March compact car in Japan when the stock has run out, it was learned Wednesday.

Nissan Motor Co. plans to end the sales of its March compact car in Japan when the stock has run out, it was learned Wednesday.

Urahn der Nissan-Fahrzeuge: Erster "DAT" von 1912Zurzeit erinnern sich fast alle großen Automobilhersteller an ihre Geburtsstunde. Im Laufe der Jahrzehnte erblickten viele Unternehmen das Licht der Automobilwelt, viele waren kurz danach wieder verschwunden, einige waren länger am Markt. Wir werfen heute einen Blick auf den ältesten Automobilhersteller Japans. Datsun ist der älteste existierende Automobilhersteller Japans. Der Markenname hieß ursprünglich Datson, wurde 1931 von der DAT Motorcar Company für ein neues Pkw-Modell eingeführt. Seit 1934 gehört das Unternehmen zur Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. Datsun 14 (ab 1935) Darum geht es diesmal!Vor 50 Jahren startete Nissan seine Vertriebsaktivitäten in Deutschland. Doch die Geschichte von Nissan reicht natürlich viel weiter zurück. Im Heimatland Japan legte das Modell Dat bereits vor 110 Jahren den Grundstein für die Marken Datsun und Nissan. Der 1912 in Produktion gegangene Dat war der erste von einem japanischen Automobilhersteller produzierte Pkw und markierte für Japan den Beginn des Aufstiegs zu einer der wichtigsten Autonationen der Welt. Die Modellbezeichnung Dat verwies auf das japanische Sternzeichen des vielseitig talentierten Hasen. Gleichzeitig verbarg sich dahinter auch eine Würdigung an die Geldgeber des japanischen Automobilpioniers Masujiro Hashimoto, der die treibende Kraft hinter dem Dat war. Die Investoren Kenjiro Den, Rokuro Aoyama und Meitaro Takeuchi hatten die Entwicklung finanziert und wurden mit den Initialen ihrer Familiennamen in der Modellbezeichnung verewigt. D A T. Datson WerbungMit dem Start eines neuen 495-cm³-Modells im Jahr 1931 wurde der Name Datsun etabliert: Das neue Fahrzeug war kompakter und hieß daher zunächst Dat-son. Da „son“ im Japanischen jedoch auch „Verlust“ oder „Nachteil“ bedeutet, entschied man sich zwei Jahre später für das sonnigere „sun“ – ein Verweis auf die Sonne in der japanischen Nationalflagge. Nissan Datsun 180 B Bluebird Coupé (1973)Für diese Umbenennung war bereits Nissan verantwortlich. Das Industrieunternehmen hatte durch die Fusion der Tochter Tobata Casting mit Dat Motors die Kontrolle bei Dat übernommen. Der Name Nissan wurde zu diesem Zeitpunkt an der Tokioter Börse als Abkürzung für Nippon Sangyo genutzt. 1934 gingen die fusionierten Unternehmen in der neugegründeten Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., auf – die Geburtsstunde der Automobilproduktion unter dem Namen Nissan. Nissan Datsun Werbung zum Marktstart in Deutschland (1972)Fließbandfertigung als Revolution in der ProduktionIm April 1935 rollte das erste Exemplar des Typ 14 vom neu eingerichteten Fließband im Werk Yokohama. Zurecht feierte die Presse das Ereignis als Meilenstein, der die japanische Industrie und Gesellschaft verändern sollte. Schon wenig später wurden Fließbänder in fast allen Fabriken japanischer Fahrzeughersteller eingesetzt.  Als erster Automobilhersteller Japans wagte Nissan 1957 den Sprung nach Europa. Alle Fotos: ©  Nissan Motor Corporation   Diesen Beitrag können Sie nachhören oder downloaden unter:

Show #1352 If you get any value from this podcast please consider supporting my work on Patreon. Plus all Patreon supporters get their own unique ad-free podcast feed. Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Monday 24th January. It's Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they've built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It's a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too. Welcome to a new EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TYLER VOSS WATCH RECORD-SETTING LUCID AIR DREAM EDITION 70-MPH RANGE TEST - We knew going into the range test that the Air would likely crush the 310-mile range test results we achieved on a 2021 Tesla Model 3 in our 70-mph range test, which was our range test leader until now. The only question that remained was by how much. - Lucid provided us with a production Lucid Air Dream Edition Range with the 19" Aero wheels which is the configuration that is EPA certified at 520 miles per charge. If you put the 21" wheels on this same vehicle, the EPA range rating drops to 481 miles - The temperature was 51° F (10.5° C) when we started the day, which isn't really ideal conditions for range testing. However, by the end of the day, the temperature had crept up to 69° F (20.5° C) - The consumption rate remained consistent and was on 4.3 mi per kWh for the vast majority of the drive, and only dropped down to 4.2 mi/kWh on occasion. - When the range test was over, we had used 117+ kWh of the Air's 118 kWh usable battery capacity, so we really ran it down to a completely drained battery. We drove the Air for six miles after the state of charge read zero, and about 3 more miles after the display said we had consumed 117 kWh on the trip. That leads us to believe we had less than .25 kWh left in the battery when we ended the test. - Lucid uses the 5-cycle test procedure to certify its vehicle's range with the EPA. Tesla, Audi, Polestar, and Rivian also use the 5-cycle test, while all other OEMs use the 2-cycle test. - Tesla vehicles, for instance, usually underperform their EPA range number by 10% to 13%. The Air actually did very well in this regard, falling only 4% short of its EPA range rating Original Source : https://insideevs.com/reviews/562511/lucid-air-range-test-record/ CYBERTRUCK PHOTOS LEAKED! - “The wiper lives flat across the bottom of the windscreen ? Or upright ? And Holy cow... it extends and retracts, potentially covering every inch of the glass.” Original Source : https://www.cybertruckownersclub.com/forum/threads/cybertruck-photos-leaked-%F0%9F%93%B8.4660/ TESLA'S GROSS MARGIN IN FOCUS WITH Q4 EARNINGS - Tesla Inc's (NASDAQ:TSLA) crushing fourth-quarter delivery turns the focus on how well the company managed costs amid supply headwinds and whether the electric vehicle maker is on track to deliver 40% long-term gross margins when it reports quarterly earnings on Wednesday, according to Loup Ventures analyst Gene Munster. - Tesla delivered 28.8% automotive gross margins in the third quarter, compared with 25.8% in the second quarter ended June. - Tesla Chief Financial Officer Zach Kirkhorn had told investors on the third quarter post-earnings call that there's "an awakening" for electric vehicles and that the company does not have a demand issue but the ability to produce as many cars. Original Source : https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/tesla-s-gross-margin-in-focus-with-q4-earnings-as-investors-look-for-apple-like-growth-story-munster-1031122133 PANASONIC TO START PRODUCING NEW TESLA BATTERIES IN 2023 - Panasonic will start the mass production of new lithium-ion batteries that will increase the range of electric vehicles over 15% as early as 2023 to compete with rival South Korean and Chinese battery makers. Original Source : https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Panasonic-to-start-producing-new-Tesla-batteries-in-2023 TESLA NOW RUNS THE MOST PRODUCTIVE AUTO FACTORY IN AMERICA - Last year Tesla's factory in Fremont, California, produced an average of 8,550 cars a week. That's more than Toyota Motor Corp.'s juggernaut in Georgetown, Kentucky (8,427 cars a week), BMW AG's Spartanburg hub in South Carolina (8,343) or Ford Motor Co.'s iconic truck plant in Dearborn, Michigan (5,564), according to a Bloomberg analysis of production data from more than 70 manufacturing facilities. - Tesla's Fremont factory is a scrappy site to behold. Originally built by General Motors Co. in the 1960s and jointly operated by GM and Toyota until after GM's 2009 bankruptcy, new additions have been kludged together to form an anthill of manufacturing. In what was once a rear parking lot, a pair of industrial tent structures provide shelter for bustling assembly lines that wouldn't fit inside the packed factory. - For all its rapid growth and dominance in electric vehicles, Tesla is still just the 10th biggest auto manufacturer in North America. The new plant in Austin should change that and, according to Levy, help Tesla maintain its EV lead for as long as the supply imbalances continue. Original Source : https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-tesla-factory-california-texas-car-production/ GM TO INVEST $6.5 BILLION IN MICHIGAN FOR EV PRODUCTION - General Motors Co. is expected to detail plans Tuesday to invest $6.5 billion in two Michigan sites and create 4,000 jobs in the state, according to a meeting agenda and two sources familiar with the situation. - The Detroit automaker is scheduled to announce its investment at an event in Lansing. The news would come a day before Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's State of the State address, which is expected to highlight the state's economic development efforts as the auto industry pivots to electrification. - GM and battery partner LG Energy Solution are planning a $2.5 billion investment in Lansing near GM's Delta Township plant for a battery cell manufacturing site that will support a growing list of coming EVs. - GM also received a tax abatement for a $1.3 billion investment at its Orion Assembly plant in Lake Orion to build EVs, but the investment amount there is expected to total $4 billion. Sources previously told The Detroit News the automaker plans to build electric trucks there. Original Source : https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2022/01/21/gm-invest-6-billion-michigan-ev-production/6599934001/ EXCLUSIVE RENAULT, NISSAN, MITSUBISHI TO UNVEIL 2030 EV PLAN THIS WEEK - Renault SA (RENA.PA), Nissan Motor Co and Mitsubishi Motors Corp (7211.T) plan to triple their investment to jointly develop electric vehicles (EVs), two people with knowledge of the plan told Reuters. - The three are expected to announce on Thursday a plan to invest more than 20 billion euros ($23 billion) over the next five years on EV development, the sources said. By 2030, the alliance is expected to come up with more than 30 new battery EVs underpinned by five common platforms, they said. - That is in addition to 10 billion euros the group has already spent on electrification - The three-firm alliance has developed and partly deployed four common EV platforms. - One underpins EVs such as Nissan's upcoming Ariya and Renault's Megane EV, and another supports affordable no-frills cars by Nissan and its China market partner Dongfeng, as well as for Renault's Dacia brand. The other two are platforms for micro minis, called “kei cars” in Japan, and light commercial vehicles. - The automakers are expected to use common batteries and other key components. The alliance plans to jointly invest in capacity to produce in France, Britain, China and Japan a total of 220 gigawatt hours of battery capacity by 2030 under the plan, the sources said. Original Source : https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/exclusive-renault-nissan-mitsubishi-unveil-2030-ev-plan-this-week-2022-01-23 DONGFENG E70 LAUNCHED WITH A SOLID-STATE BATTERY, 50 DEMONSTRATION CARS DELIVERED Original Source : https://carnewschina.com/2022/01/23/dongfeng-e70-launched-with-a-solid-state-battery-50-demonstration-cars-delivered/ APPLE'S SELF-DRIVING CAR PROJECT HITS ANOTHER SPEED BUMP AS ENGINEERING MANAGER DEPARTS Original Source : https://9to5mac.com/2022/01/23/apples-self-driving-car-project-hits-another-speed-bump-as-engineering-manager-departs/ LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR SUCCESSOR WILL BE A V12 PLUG-IN HYBRID Original Source : https://www.thedrive.com/news/43985/lamborghini-aventador-successor-will-be-a-v12-plug-in-hybrid-report SHANGHAI MAYOR WANTS MORE CHIP PRODUCTION FACILITIES TO SUPPORT NEW-ENERGY VEHICLE GROWTH   Original Source : https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3164446/shanghai-mayor-wants-more-chip-production-facilities NEW QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM Tom Moloughney's Lucid Air 70mph range test yielded a real world highway range of 500 miles. That raises the bar by a huge amount and make the Lucid Air easily the longest range EV ever tested. But…do EV's ever need a range of 500 miles? Email me your answer now: hello@evnewsdaily.com It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing. Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I'll catch you tomorrow and remember…there's no such thing as a self-charging hybrid. PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONAL CAR CHARGING ON THE US MAINLAND AND ALOHA CHARGE IN HAWAII DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM

Nissan Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. es una filial de Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. que se estableció en México en 1961. Cuenta con instalaciones corporativas de Mercadotecnia, Ventas, Manufactura, Distribución y Diseño en las ciudades de Aguascalientes, Ciudad de México, Cuernavaca, Manzanillo y Toluca. Actualmente, emplea a más de 15 mil trabajadores y colaboradores. Recientemente cumplió 60 años de operaciones y es el 4° mercado más importante para la compañía a nivel mundial. En las plantas de México se producen los icónicos autos: Nissan Versa, Nissan Sentra, Nissan NP300, Nissan Kicks y Nissan March.

I know there are so many lawyers who have been waiting to hear from our guest today: Jenifer Rogers. Sit back, buckle up and be prepared to be amazed and dazzled as we traverse her career in the law and hear about how she has found and made opportunities work for her. Jenifer is not only a powerhouse in the legal world but also turns her skills to help non-profits in areas she is passionate about. If you didn't know Jenifer you might not realise just how big her heart is and how seriously she takes her impact on the world. If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we'd love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Head over to Apple Podcasts to leave a review and we'd love it if you would leave us a message here! In this episode you'll hear: Jenifer's early life and how she came to be in Japan and then the law How she became General Counsel in her 30s The importance of noticing assumptions in difficult situations Jenifer's various pathways to attaining the board positions she holds, and her idea of networking that facilitated this Her advice for up and coming lawyers as well as the future of law Her favourite podcast, and other fun facts About Jenifer Jenifer Rogers is General Counsel of Asia for Asurion based in Tokyo. She was elected as an External Director of Mitsui & Co. Ltd in 2015 as the first foreign female director of a Japanese trading company. She was also elected as an External Director to the Board of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. in June 2018 as their first female and foreign director and to the Board of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd in June 2019 and serves on its Audit and Compensation Committees. Before joining Asurion in 2012, Jenifer worked at (what is now) the Bank of America Merrill Lynch for 18 years in a variety of senior legal roles in various cities including Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York and Tokyo. Jenifer was elected as the President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan in January in 2021, after serving as a Governor since January 2018 and as a Vice President from January 2020. She also serves on other not-for profit boards: since June 2016, Jenifer has been elected and served on the Georgetown University Alumni Association Board of Governors and in May 2018 was appointed by the American Ambassador of Japan to the Japan US Education Commission (Fulbright Japan) as Treasurer. She became a member of the Board of the U.S.-Japan Council (Japan) in April 2019. Jenifer is a founding member of the Japan Center of the Asia Society and a member of its Arts Committee. More recently in November 2020, she was appointed to the Board of Councilors of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University. She is a member of the New York bar and fluent in Japanese. Connect with Jenifer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenifer-rogers-0592306/ Links Andaz Rooftop Bar: https://www.andaztokyo.jp/restaurants/jp/rooftop-bar/ Feel better live more podcast: https://drchatterjee.com/blog/category/podcast/ Thinking fast and Slow book: https://www.amazon.co.jp/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0141033576

Show #1127. If you get any value from this podcast please consider supporting my work on Patreon. Plus all Patreon supporters get their own unique ad-free podcast feed. Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Monday 28th June. It's Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they've built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It's a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too. HONDA WILL BUILD ITS OWN ELECTRIC VEHICLE - Although General Motors will build Honda's first two fully electric vehicles for North America, the Japanese automaker plans to change course and manufacture its own later this decade. - Company officials say they're developing their own EV architecture, and after two GM-made EVs go on sale in 2024, Honda will start building its own. - Honda and GM have been partners on hydrogen fuel cell and electric vehicles. Earlier this year they announced that GM would build one Honda SUV and one Acura SUV using its Ultium-branded electric vehicle architecture and battery system. The company said the Honda SUV would be named the Prologue - both SUVs will have bodies, interiors and driving characteristics designed by Honda.   Original Source : https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-technology-electric-vehicles-environment-and-nature-business-2b96916e9e6ce43fc55ab4455a97d419   CHINA: LFP BATTERY SHARE FOR MIC TESLA MODEL 3 REACHES 88% IN MAY   - According to very interesting insurance data released by EV Observer (via Moneyball), Tesla Model 3 sales in China are dominated by the version with LFP (lithium iron phosphate) batteries. Tesla produces in China two versions of the Model 3 that, as far as we know, are equipped with LG Energy Solution's NCM batteries or CATL's LFP batteries - The data - assuming it is correct - indicates that the SR+ version stands for a record share of 88% of all Made-in-China (MIC) Model 3 sold in China in May 2021 - One of the most interesting things is what will happen once Tesla introduces the entry-level Model Y with LFP batteries? According to rumors, such a version might be launched in July   Original Source : https://insideevs.com/news/516453/china-lfp-share-tesla-model3/   NISSAN MAY CONFIRM THIS WEEK IT IS BUILDING A BATTERY PLANT IN UK   - Nissan Motor Co will confirm as soon as this week that it will build a battery gigafactory in Sunderland, northeastern England, as part of its electric vehicle strategy, a reporter for broadcaster Sky News said on Monday. - Japanese media firm Nikkei reported last month that Nissan would partner with China-based battery maker Envision AESC group to build new battery plants for electric vehicles in Japan and United Kingdom.   Original Source : https://www.euronews.com/2021/06/28/uk-nissan-electric-britain   Revealed: I understand Nissan will confirm as soon as this week details of its EV strategy for the UK, including the construction of a battery gigafactory in Sunderland - paving the way for thousands of the Japanese company's electric cars to be built in Britain every year.   Original Source : https://twitter.com/MarkKleinmanSky/status/1409455006600814596   RENAULT SIGNS EV BATTERY DEALS WITH ENVISION, VERKOR FOR FRENCH PLANTS   - Renault said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the French start-up Verkor to co-develop and then manufacture high-performance batteries, with a view to owning a more than 20 percent stake in Verkor. - "The combination of these two partnerships with Renault ElectriCity will create nearly 4,500 direct jobs in France by 2030, while developing a robust battery manufacturing ecosystem in the heart of Europe," Renault said in a statement. - Renault's electric vehicle production hub, with sites at Douai, Maubeuge and Ruitz, is expected to produce 400,000 cars a year and create 700 additional jobs in the region. With the French state as its most powerful shareholder, Renault has come under pressure to preserve jobs and keep EV technology in the country. - The automaker currently buys batteries for its Zoe model from an LG Energy Solution factory in Poland, an arrangement that will carry over to the coming Megane EV lineup planned for next year, according to the statement. - Renault is also still talking to Stellantis' battery joint venture with energy giant Total, called Automotive Cell Company, about a potential third battery tie-up for around 2027, according to its statement.   Original Source : https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/renault-signs-ev-battery-deals-envision-verkor-french-plants   Renault confirms battery deals with AESC and Verkor - electrive.com   - Renault now officially confirms that Chinese battery manufacturer Envision AESC will build a battery factory at Renault's Douai site in northern France - a total capacity of 43 GWh is targeted by 2030, of which Renault is to purchase 24 GWh. The batteries from Douai are to be used in the future in the electric R5, among other vehicles. - “Our battery strategy builds on Renault Group's ten years of experience and investment in the electric mobility value chain,” expresses Luca de Meo, CEO of Renault Group. “The latest strategic partnerships with Envision AESC and Verkor greatly bolster our position as we ensure the Europe-based production of one million electric vehicles by 2030. This marks a major milestone as we strengthen our competitive edge, by rooting our Group in the underlying momentum of French industry and striving to reach our carbon neutrality objectives. The Group thus reaffirms its willingness to produce popular, affordable, and cost-effective electric cars in France.”   Original Source : https://www.electrive.com/2021/06/28/renault-confirms-battery-deals-with-aesc-and-verkor/   CHINA'S ENVISION TO BUILD RENAULT $2.4 BILLION BATTERY PLANT   - French President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to unveil the agreements on Monday at Renault's assembly plant in Douai, where the Envision battery plant -- the first in Europe for the company that also makes wind turbines -- will be located. Ahead of a national election next year, Macron is seeking to reap political advantage from the prospect that some 4,500 jobs could be created by 2030 at the EV hub situated in a region that has long suffered from industrial decline.   Original Source : https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-27/china-s-envision-to-build-2-4-billion-battery-plant-for-renault   RIVIAN SHOWCASES R1T CAMP KITCHEN'S FEATURES IN NEW VIDEO   - Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe shared a video showcasing the R1T's camp kitchen feature recently. The Rivian R1T modular camp kitchen seems to deliver as promised, with a full set of utensils and a makeshift kitchen sink to boot. - The entire kitchen comes in three modules, stored in the electric pickup's Gear Tunnel. The R1T camp kitchen includes an induction cooktop for at least two pots or pans and a removable sink with a hose reel to rinse off dirty dishes, utensils, food, and more. - The sink seems to be attached to a water tank module. It does not have a drain but can be detached to throw out the water. The sink could also be used as a basket when removed from its module based on the video. The sink's cover seems like it also functions as a cutting board. - The R1T's kitchen modules are easily detached from the Gear Tunnel shuttle, which is 65” long, 18.1” wide, and 20.3” in height. It includes features like LED lighting, a 12V outlet, a 110V outlet, and a safety release.   Original Source : https://www.teslarati.com/rivian-r1t-camp-kitchen-features-video/   BRITAIN AIMS TO CAPTURE £8BN ELECTRIC CAR SPENDING SPREE   - Britain aims to seize on an imminent £8bn spending spree by international manufacturers to “catch the wave” of electric cars, Boris Johnson's investment tsar has revealed. The City grandee Lord Grimstone, who now leads the Government's Office for Investment, told The Telegraph he is in discussions with a raft of potential investors in the UK to capitalise on an “auto-Renaissance”. - Investment decisions are due from Japanese carmaker Nissan over a new gigafactory in Sunderland for electric car batteries. Stellantis, the owner of Vauxhall's Ellesmere port, has held talks over making electric vehicles on the site. The South Korean duo LG and Samsung are also reportedly in discussions over major gigafactory investments, while West Midlands carmaker JLR is looking to source batteries from a UK plant. - Lord Grimstone said: “I think we are in the middle of what I call the “auto-Renaissance” because all the manufacturers have been caught out across Europe and the UK by the speed at which the customer - not the manufacturer, not the Government - is moving towards electric vehicles. “Every single one of them I talk to - all of them - are changing their production schedules, bringing forward new models and reconfiguring their whole global footprint. - “This is a huge opportunity for the UK. Out of this kind of massive change, you are either going to catch the wave, or if you don't it is not going to be there for another 20 or 30 years.”   Original Source : https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/06/26/britain-aims-capture-8bn-electric-car-spending-spree/   2023 AUDI E-TRON FACELIFT RUMOURED TO GET NEW BATTERY, MORE RANGE   - The automaker began delivering the E-Tron crossover in 2019, and that model is due for a mid-cycle refresh. However, instead of the usual design tweaks automakers make, Audi is rumoured to be updating the electrified powertrain, too. - Not only will the E-Tron and E-Tron Sportback receive a new battery, which will increase its range, but the two will also receive improved electric motors that are more efficient. Autocar's sources say that the E-Tron will deliver more than 373 miles of range for both variants. The current 95-kilowatt-hour battery delivers 249 miles of range in the UK.   Original Source : https://uk.motor1.com/news/516603/audi-e-tron-battery-update/   VOLKSWAGEN IS #1 IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SALES ACROSS THESE 10 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES   - Looking across the same 10 European countries as before — Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland — the clear brand leader is Volkswagen, with 18.3% of the pure electric vehicle sales across those 10 markets. That's nearly one out of every five electric vehicles sold in those 10 countries. - Tesla, still carried by just the top-selling Model 3, is #2, holding 10% of EV sales. Renault is not far behind, with 9.2% EV market share, but expect Tesla to grow its lead notably in June, and probably further through the end of 2021. Peugeot (7.7%) and Hyundai (6%) round out the top 5.   Original Source : https://cleantechnica.com/2021/06/27/the-top-electric-vehicle-seller-in-europe-is-volkswagen/     Email me your thoughts and I'll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com   It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I'll catch you tomorrow and remember…there's no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.   PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/

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Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: Ford to use Google Android VW CEO Tells Managers to Prepare for ‘Significant’ Market Upturn Gasoline is becoming worthless Tesla recalls 135,000 cars after pushing back against regulators First look at Tesla Model S and X front ‘megacasting’ Lynk & Co Zero EV Interior Teaser Push to Go Electric Could Wipe Out Japan’s Cheap Microcars Nissan Note e-POWER orders more than double the monthly target Norway’s Best Ever January At 81% Plugin Electric Vehicle Share     Show #980   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Wednesday 3rd February. It’s Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to.   Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they’ve built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It’s a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too.   FORD TO USE GOOGLE ANDROID "Ford will install Google's Android operating system on all new vehicles starting in 2023, giving passengers access to more personalized services and potentially unlocking new lines of business for the automaker." says Axios: "Ford's decision, part of a broader technology partnership with the tech giant, is an acknowledgment that carmakers need Silicon Valley's help to adapt to seismic changes in the transportation industry."   "Android Automotive OS is an embedded version of Android that Google developed specifically for automakers to include in their vehicle models.  The infotainment systems in Ford and Lincoln vehicles will be built on top of the Android operating system. Eventually millions of Ford and Lincoln vehicles will be powered by the Android Automotive OS, which means that popular Google apps and services such as Maps and Google Assistant will be built-in to the vehicle's infotainment system without having to sync a cellphone. " according to FutureCar: "The Android OS supports OTA updates, so Ford customers will always have the latest software installed in their vehicles. Ford vehicles will also feature Google Maps as the primary navigation provider. Google Maps is one of the company's most used apps and includes voice-guided turn-by-turn directions, real-time traffic information, automatic rerouting, lane guidance and more.  The open-source Android ecosystem also allows Ford and third-party developers to build their own apps that provide a more-personalized ownership experience for Ford customers."   We've seen this in Polestar 2 and Volvo XC40.   https://www.axios.com/ford-google-android-vehicles-6bb6d356-9343-4e77-9ccb-ca9e67373e15.html   https://www.futurecar.com/4395/Ford-&-Google-Plan-to-Reinvent-the-Connected-Vehicle-Experience-with-New-Android-OS-Partnership   VW CEO TELLS MANAGERS TO PREPARE FOR ‘SIGNIFICANT’ MARKET UPTURN "Volkswagen AG Chief Executive Officer Herbert Diess provided an upbeat outlook for the back half of this year even as Covid-19 and a global shortage of semiconductors is poised to hit first-quarter results." reports Bloomberg: "Europe’s largest automaker lost the top spot in global sales to Toyota Motor Corp. last year, but it sold more electric cars than Tesla Inc. in Europe and is escalating the world’s biggest push into purely battery-powered vehicles. VW will roll out the ID.4 crossover under its namesake brand in 2021 and add more versions of the Audi e-tron and Porsche Taycan models. The two luxury brands generate the biggest chunk of profits for the German industrial giant. VW expects to sell roughly 600,000 purely battery-powered cars this year"   And they're all profitable.   https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-01/vw-ceo-tells-mangers-to-prepare-for-significant-market-upturn   GASOLINE IS BECOMING WORTHLESS "You still have to pay a couple bucks for a gallon of gas (more in California, as always), but automakers are discovering that gas-powered cars may be a liability that detracts from their valuations, instead of an asset that enhances values." according to Yahoo Finance: "New research from Morgan Stanley argues that traditional internal combustion engines—the mainstay of automobiles for more than a century—are destined to become money-losers as early as 2030. he Morgan Stanley analysis suggests market forces may now drive a move from carbon-fueled vehicles to electric ones, at least as much as government policy. The investing firm recently surveyed institutional investors on the value of internal-combustion technology at GM and Ford. Seventeen percent said ICE technology had no value or negative value today. Sixty percent rated ICE technology as slightly positive. But essentially all of the growth in powertrain adoption in coming years will be electric, while ICE powertrains are certain to decline. With investors viewing internal-combustion powertrains as a dying technology, there’s likely to be little new investment, with research dollars flowing instead to the electrification efforts investors value. That will speed innovation and lower costs."   https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gasoline-is-becoming-worthless-210636353.html   TESLA RECALLS 135,000 CARS AFTER PUSHING BACK AGAINST REGULATORS "Tesla (TSLA) is recalling 135,000 Tesla Model S sedans and Model X SUVs because their large center touchscreens can fail. Tesla had previously objected to a push to issue a recall from regulators, as it claimed that the problem wasn't a safety issue." according to CNN: "The recall applies to some 2012 through 2018 Model S and 2016 through 2018 Model X vehicles. Under the recall, which will begin on March 30, Tesla must notify owners of cars with the failure-prone touchscreens and replace a computer chip that controls the screen. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) considers this a safety issue because without a functioning center screen, drivers lose the display for the car's backup camera and controls for the window defroster and defogger., Tesla said in its letter to NHTSA that it will make the recall repairs for free and will offer a discount on upgraded screen hardware."   From NHTSA: ""We note that your report states that Tesla believes that this matter does not have a safety risk," read the letter, signed by Alex Ansley, chief of NHTSA's Recall Management Division. "In our view, this statement has no force or effect in terms of Tesla's obligation to undertake and complete the recall, and NHTSA does not agree with it.""   https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/02/business/tesla-screen-recall/index.html   FIRST LOOK AT TESLA MODEL S AND X FRONT ‘MEGACASTING’ "A recently leaked image from the Fremont Factory has provided what could very well be the first look at the Tesla Model S and Model X refresh’s front “megacastings.” Provided that the leaked images are accurate, it would appear that Tesla’s updated flagship vehicles would feature some of the company’s most advanced casting technologies. " reports TEslarati: "Model S and Model X refresh features two castings in the front underbody and two in the rear underbody. This means that the flagship vehicles’ front underbody is now tied together by the dash and central underbody. The rear underbody, on the other hand, now features two castings linked together by stamped and welded aluminum. With such a system in place, there could be one megacast for each of the flagship vehicles’ wheels."   https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-s-model-x-refresh-megacast-first-look-photos/   LYNK & CO ZERO EV INTERIOR TEASER "Geely's Lynk & Co has just released a new teaser of the interior of its upcoming high performances and long-range all-electric model - Lynk & Co Zero. We must admit that it looks cool. There is a dashboard display that reminds us of the one in Ford Mustang Mach-E, and a 15.4" central touchscreen that, on the other hand, reminds us of the one in Teslas." says InsideEVS: "The Zero EV is expected on the Chinese market in the fourth quarter of this year, as the first model based on the Sustainable Electric Architecture (SEA). The specs will be really strong, including:0-100 km/h (62 mph) in less than 4 seconds. long-range of more than 700 km (435 miles) - under the NEDC test cycle"   https://insideevs.com/news/484189/lynk-co-zero-interior-teaser/   PUSH TO GO ELECTRIC COULD WIPE OUT JAPAN’S CHEAP MICROCARS "Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledged last year to decarbonize Japan by 2050, with plans to ban the sale of new gasoline-only vehicles by the mid-2030s. That’s created a dilemma for Honda Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co. and other makers of compact cars, with the added cost of technology making them less affordable for buyers." says Bloomberg: " Prices for electric-vehicle battery packs fell 15% from 2019 to 2020, whereas plug-in hybrid packs only fell 5%, according to BloombergNEF. Hybrid pack prices didn’t change significantly. The worst scenario for Japanese kei makers is that affordable electric cars from China will enter the market and lure kei customers, Miyao said. SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co.’s four-seater hatchback Mini EV has become a best-seller in China and is one of the cheapest on the market, costing less than $5,000."   https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-31/push-to-go-electric-could-wipe-out-japan-s-cheap-microcars   NISSAN NOTE E-POWER ORDERS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE MONTHLY TARGET "Orders for the all-new Nissan Note e-POWER have surpassed 20,000—more than double the compact car’s monthly sales target—since it was released in Japan in late December. (Earlier post.) Equipped with Nissan’s e-POWER electrified powertrain, the fully refreshed Note went on sale on 23 December with a monthly sales target of 8,000 vehicles. As of 1 February, Nissan has received orders for 20,044." says Green Car Congress: "e-POWER comprises a high-output battery and the powertrain which is integrated with gasoline engine, power generator, inverter and a motor. In conventional hybrid systems, the wheels are driven by an electric motor and a gasoline engine. However, in the e-POWER system, the gasoline engine is not connected to the wheels; it simply charges the battery. And unlike a full EV, the power source is the engine, rather than just the battery."   https://www.greencarcongress.com/2021/02/20210202-epower.html   NORWAY’S BEST EVER JANUARY AT 81% PLUGIN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHARE "Norway, the world’s leading nation in the electric vehicle transition, saw 80.7% plugin share in January, significant growth from the 64.4% of a year ago. The overall auto market was up 7.7% in volume year-on-year, with the country’s bestsellers being the Audi e-tron and Peugeot e-2008." says Dr Max Holland for Clean Technica: "January’s combined plugin result of 80.66% comprised just over 53.0% full battery electrics (BEVs) and just over 27.6% plugin hybrids (PHEVs), a slight swing toward PHEVs from full year 2020’s contributions."   "Strong volume by the Peugeot e-2008, the Volvo XC40 and Polestar 2 saw them join the Mercedes-Benz EQC and Nissan LEAF in the top 6 positions in January"   https://cleantechnica.com/2021/02/02/norways-best-ever-january-at-81-plugin-electric-share/     NEW QUESTION OF THE WEEK Have you seen the social media meme of putting two photo’s side by side and titling them ‘how to started’ and ‘how it’s going’. 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Mark Ramseyer, a professor at Harvard Law School, discusses the fight against extradition to Japan of two American men who are wanted there on charges that they smuggled former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of the country in a box last year in his daring escape. Bloomberg's David McLaughlin discusses the decision by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. to fight charges by the U.S. of conspiring with competitors to raise prices for generic drugs. June Grasso hosts. 

Mark Ramseyer, a professor at Harvard Law School, discusses the fight against extradition to Japan of two American men who are wanted there on charges that they smuggled former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of the country in a box last year in his daring escape. Bloomberg's David McLaughlin discusses the decision by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. to fight charges by the U.S. of conspiring with competitors to raise prices for generic drugs. June Grasso hosts.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Renault SA, Nissan Motor Co and Mitsubishi Motors Corp on Wednesday announced details of a new strategy plan pledging to deepen cooperation in developing and producing cars to survive as an automaking group. The three carmakers are reeling from the coronavirus pandemic which engulfed them just as they were trying to rework their partnership after the arrest in 2018 and subsequent ousting of its chairman and chief architect, Carlos Ghosn. The reworked alliance will focus on more systematic divisions of labour, with one partner leading for a particular type of vehicle and geography while the others follow. --- This episode is sponsored by · Afrolit Podcast: Hosted by Ekua PM, Afrolit shares the stories of multi-faceted Africans one episode at a time. https://open.spotify.com/show/2nJxiiYRyfMQlDEXXpzlZS?si=mmgODX3NQ-yfQvR0JRH-WA Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/newscast-africa/support

Nissan Motor Co on Tuesday said it expected to post its first annual operating loss in 11 years as the Japanese automaker struggles to recover from plunging vehicle sales as the coronavirus pandemic has sapped demand for cars. In a statement, Japan’s No. 2 automaker said that it expected an annual operating loss of as much as 45 billion yen ($419.7 million), down from a previous forecast announced in February for an operating profit of 85 billion yen. It expects to post a net loss of as much as 95 billion yen, compared with a previous forecast for 65-billion-yen profit. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/newscast-africa/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dow and S&P500 logged their worst start to quarter ever as President Trump warned that a “very, very painful” two weeks lie ahead for the country in face of a rapidly spreading COVID-19 epidemic - Dow dropped -973-points or -4.44% (to 20,944) to settle with its worst opening to a quarter in its 124-year history. Boeing Co (down -12.36%), American Express (down -9.08%) and Dow Inc (-7.52%) all fell more than >7.5% The broader S&P500 fell -4.41% to book its worst start to a quarter since the index was created in 1957 . The Utilities (down -6.12%), Real Estate (-6.11%) and Financials (-5.97%) sectors all fell over >5%, leading all eleven primary sectors into the red. A collapse of showroom traffic in March led to a big drop in U.S. sales for major car companies in the first quarter. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (-5.15%) reported a -10% drop in first-quarter U.S. sales, saying strong results in January and February were more than offset by the impact of the virus in March. General Motors Co (down 7.3%) said its U.S. sales were down 7% in the January-to-March period, citing similar reasons, while Nissan Motor Co. reported a -30% drop in the first quarter. Ford Motor Co (-8.9%) is slated to release its first-quarter sales results tonight AEST. Cruise ship operator Carnival Corp rose +2.39% in the extended session (after ending the regular session down -33.18%) after securing a huge rescue financing package a US$4B senior secured bond offering that gives investors an 11.5% coupon, yielding near 12% yield on debt that matures in 2023. The NASDAQ -4.41%. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 index skidded -7.03% lower. The major indices touched their session lows in the final minutes of the session, with Dow briefly down over >1,100-points.

The Dow and S&P500 logged their worst start to quarter ever as President Trump warned that a “very, very painful” two weeks lie ahead for the country in face of a rapidly spreading COVID-19 epidemic - Dow dropped -973-points or -4.44% (to 20,944) to settle with its worst opening to a quarter in its 124-year history. Boeing Co (down -12.36%), American Express (down -9.08%) and Dow Inc (-7.52%) all fell more than >7.5% The broader S&P500 fell -4.41% to book its worst start to a quarter since the index was created in 1957 . The Utilities (down -6.12%), Real Estate (-6.11%) and Financials (-5.97%) sectors all fell over >5%, leading all eleven primary sectors into the red. A collapse of showroom traffic in March led to a big drop in U.S. sales for major car companies in the first quarter. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (-5.15%) reported a -10% drop in first-quarter U.S. sales, saying strong results in January and February were more than offset by the impact of the virus in March. General Motors Co (down 7.3%) said its U.S. sales were down 7% in the January-to-March period, citing similar reasons, while Nissan Motor Co. reported a -30% drop in the first quarter. Ford Motor Co (-8.9%) is slated to release its first-quarter sales results tonight AEST. Cruise ship operator Carnival Corp rose +2.39% in the extended session (after ending the regular session down -33.18%) after securing a huge rescue financing package a US$4B senior secured bond offering that gives investors an 11.5% coupon, yielding near 12% yield on debt that matures in 2023. The NASDAQ -4.41%. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 index skidded -7.03% lower. The major indices touched their session lows in the final minutes of the session, with Dow briefly down over >1,100-points.

Doron Levin joins the Marketplace Roundtable podcast to discuss his views on the transportation sector and picks for 2020 as featured in his Auto/Mobility Investors research service. Levin is a longtime journalist covering the auto and transportation sector. Based in Detroit, he focuses on the global automobile "plus mobility" industry. This includes not just cars and automotive suppliers, but "the idea that personal transportation is changing its nature." It's not just about car ownership, in fact many people may not even want to own a car at all. "We're really moving to an autonomous future where cars I believe will drive themselves and of course all of this will change the investment picture in the automobile and mobility sector," says Levin. This begs the question: How close are we to fully autonomous vehicles? Nobody knows for sure, but advances are being made all the time. Companies to watch are often outside the automobile sector, including Google (GOOG, GOOGL), and Intel (INTC) that recently acquired a company called Mobileye. Many are startups. When it comes to "traditional" auto stocks, Levin likes Hyundai Motor Corp. (HYMLF) and is bearish on Nissan Motor Co. (NSANY). Topics Covered 1:45 - Background, specifically regarding the auto sector. 5:00 - How close are we to having autonomous vehicles? 8:15 - How does this translate into picking stocks in the auto sector? 11:45 - The future of individual car ownership 16:45 - Short term issues in the auto sector 19:15 - What concerns you? 21:45 - Something that gives you confidence 25:00 - Favorite picks (HYMLF) (INTC) and companies to avoid (NSANY) (RNSDF) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the Season One finale of Making A Killing, Bethany brings back her friend, colleague and co-author Joe Nocera (Bloomberg Opinion columnist and creator of The Shrink Next Door podcast) to bookend the season with a lively analysis of the former head of Nissan Motor Co. and Renault S.A., Carlos Ghosn... sure to go down in history as one of the wildest business stories ever. Time and time again we learn that in business, truth is always stranger than fiction.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hosts Jonathan Ferro and Guy Johnson spoke with Alastair McCaig, Director of Investment Management at Fern Wealth, and Cameron Crise, Macro Strategist for Bloomberg. They discussed the outlook for investors after President Donald Trump toned down rhetoric against Iran, and the press conference held by Carlos Ghosn, former head of Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA, following his escape to Beirut.

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The newly tapped directors to strengthen corporate governance at Nissan promised to turn the Japanese automaker's ailing business around but said Wednesday that extensive job cuts designed to drive a recovery are also coming.Nissan's brand image has been battered by the financial wrongdoing scandal of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who is awaiting trial in Japan.Motoo Nagai, a former banker and a new outside director overseeing audit, told reporters Wednesday the job cuts will be announced this week under a new scenario to drive growth.Japanese media have reported that Nissan Motor Co. will slash 10,000 jobs. Nagai did not give details."This is not a simple job reduction but designed for a big jump," he told reporters at the company's Yokohama headquarters.Ghosn, who led Nissan for two decades, is awaiting trial on allegations of under-reporting future compensation and having Nissan shoulder his investment losses. He has repeatedly said he is innocent.Nissan restructured its board and management team in March, adding outside directors, after Ghosn was arrested in November. The directors' appointments to head various governance committees, to oversee compensation, nomination and audit, won shareholders' approval in June.The directors have said that the concentration of power in Ghosn led to the wrongdoing and have acknowledged that governance checks at Nissan had lagged. But they stressed that their efforts had just begun."We need to set up a solid corporate governance structure but also make sure it is put it into practice," said Yasushi Kimura, chairman of the board, stressing that transparency and fairness were critical. Kimura previously served as a consultant at an oil company.Other governance directors are Masakazu Toyoda, an academic and outside director overseeing executive nominations, and Keiko Ihara, a race-car driver and outside director overseeing compensation. Both were Nissan directors from last year but are newly appointed to the governance positions.Toyoda said it was important to build a succession in management and strengthen Nissan's alliance with French automaker Renault SA and smaller Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp.Nissan's financial results have tumbled since the Ghosn scandal. The company reports its fiscal first quarter earnings on Thursday.The directors acknowledged that Nissan's U.S. operations suffered from a mistaken strategy that pursued maximizing sales volume, relying on incentives and fleet sales, or rentals. They also said reassuring shareholders and the public that Nissan had proper governance was important for overall operations."Our job is to make sure management can focus on the auto business," Nagai said.The company's relationship with Renault also has been questioned in the absence of Ghosn, as he was sent by Renault to help turn around Nissan in the late 1990s and had worked to bring together the alliance.Ghosn was released on bail in April after spending 130 days in detention. It's unclear when his trial will start as it is common in Japan for trial preparations to take many months. Ghosn has been ousted from Nissan's board, and he has resigned from the board of Renault.

Prueba del Camaro SS 2019Un coche divertido pero de cuidadoPotencia inmediata al aceleradorErgonomía mala y visibilidad peor pero con ayuda tecnológicas se hace más llevadera.Tiene Nissan Mexicana nuevo directorMayra González asume nueva posición como General manager de Global Sales en Nissan Motor Co en Japón a partir del 1 de septiembre.José Román asume el puesto de director de Nissan Mexicana a partir del 1 de julio.Fórmula 1; más penalizaciones y la promesa de una carrera diferente.Jeep Grand WagoneerPlática con Arturo Salinas sobre la Grand Wagoneer, su historia y el proceso de restauración de una de ellas.

Bloomberg columnist Joe Nocera discusses how Japanese prosecutors have repeatedly extended the detention of Carlos Ghosn, former Nissan Motor Co. chairman, and the implications. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.

Bloomberg columnist Joe Nocera discusses how Japanese prosecutors have repeatedly extended the detention of Carlos Ghosn, former Nissan Motor Co. chairman, and the implications. He speaks to Bloomberg's June Grasso. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

En este programa te ofrecemos detalles sobre el acuerdo entre AES y CEPM para suministro de Gas Natural. Te decimos también sobre un préstamo del BCEI por US$54 millones para un gasoducto. Te informamos también sobre los financiamientos que ha otorgado el BEI a República Dominicana. Conversamos con Luis Veras sobre la destitución del CEO de Nissan Motor Co por "importantes actos de mala conducta" y dedicamos una buena parte del programa a responder muchas preguntas de los oyentes en una Plaza Pública extendida.

En este programa te ofrecemos detalles sobre el acuerdo entre AES y CEPM para suministro de Gas Natural. Te decimos también sobre un préstamo del BCEI por US$54 millones para un gasoducto. Te informamos también sobre los financiamientos que ha otorgado el BEI a República Dominicana. Conversamos con Luis Veras sobre la destitución del CEO de Nissan Motor Co por "importantes actos de mala conducta" y dedicamos una buena parte del programa a responder muchas preguntas de los oyentes en una Plaza Pública extendida.

En este programa te ofrecemos detalles sobre el acuerdo entre AES y CEPM para suministro de Gas Natural. Te decimos también sobre un préstamo del BCEI por US$54 millones para un gasoducto. Te informamos también sobre los financiamientos que ha otorgado el BEI a República Dominicana. Conversamos con Luis Veras sobre la destitución del CEO de Nissan Motor Co por "importantes actos de mala conducta" y dedicamos una buena parte del programa a responder muchas preguntas de los oyentes en una Plaza Pública extendida.

En este programa te ofrecemos detalles sobre el acuerdo entre AES y CEPM para suministro de Gas Natural. Te decimos también sobre un préstamo del BCEI por US$54 millones para un gasoducto. Te informamos también sobre los financiamientos que ha otorgado el BEI a República Dominicana. Conversamos con Luis Veras sobre la destitución del CEO de Nissan Motor Co por "importantes actos de mala conducta" y dedicamos una buena parte del programa a responder muchas preguntas de los oyentes en una Plaza Pública extendida.

President Donald Trump has floated the idea of aiding farmers with a $12 billion package amid the recent barrage of U.S. tariffs — a clear anticipation of the tariffs’ impact on U.S. jobs. Agricultural groups like the American Farm Bureau Federation have criticized the surge in U.S. tariffs, saying Chinese retaliatory tariffs will likely hurt U.S. farmers. Automobile companies are also caught in the crosshairs: foreign companies with operations in the U.S., such as Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Kia Motors Corporation, said the added tariffs pose a risk to U.S. workers, according to the Association of Global Automakers. Will the Trump administration’s tariff actions live up to Trump’s campaign promises? For this episode of Cases & Controversies, Bloomberg Law international trade reporter Dave Sebastian speaks with Celeste Drake, a trade and globalization specialist at AFL-CIO, and William Hoagland, senior vice president at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Follow Dave on Twitter: @depsebastian.

Well good morning, good afternoon and good evening, wherever you are in the world, hello and welcome to the Wednesday 11th July edition of EV News Daily. It’s Martyn Lee here with the news you need to know about electric cars and the move towards sustainable transport.   An update on a story I mentioned briefly yesterday...with many news outlets confirming the news such as Bloomberg saying "Nissan Motor Co. said it will investigate instances of misconduct involving falsified data about exhaust emissions and fuel economy, the second controversy in less than a year for the automaker whose vehicle-inspection scandal had led to the recall of about 1.2 million vehicles. The data falsification...occurred on 19 models across five plants in Japan. During the checks, Nissan found out that employees misrepresented temperature and humidity data in the testing chamber and manipulated emission data on carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. The automaker has hired a law firm to investigate the matter further."   TESLA TO BUILD GIGAFACTORY IN SHANGHAI We knew it was coming, just a matter of when not if, and it has just been confirmed Tesla will build a factory in Shanghai, the city government announced. WSJ said: "The electric-car maker will set up a plant with an annual capacity of 500,000 vehicles, the Shanghai authorities said in a statement. Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk was in Shanghai to sign a memorandum of cooperation with Mayor Ying Yong". But why build a factory there? Once Tesla Shanghai has the new Gigafactory at capacity, they'll be building half a million cars for the Chinese market without paying the new import duties. Plus they could move the cheaper cars, like base Model 3 and base Model Y to be built there with lower costs, to increase margins. We know that Freemont is full and Elon has said in the past the Model Y won't be built there. Tesla said in a statement to Bloomberg: "We expect construction to begin in the near future after we get all the necessary approvals and permits. From there, it will take roughly two years until we start producing vehicles and then another two to three years before the factory is fully ramped up to produce around 500,000 vehicles per year for Chinese customers. Tesla is deeply committed to the Chinese market, and we look forward to building even more cars for our customers here. Today’s announcement will not impact our U.S. manufacturing operations, which continue to grow.” "Tesla’s lone car-assembly plant is in Fremont, California, where it’s built about 88,000 cars through the first half of this year, and it has a giant battery factory in neighbouring Nevada. After moving ahead in China, the world’s largest market for electric vehicles, Tesla has said it will reveal plans toward the end of 2018 to build a plant in Europe." Although this isn't a financial podcast and I never pretend to understand the finer subtleties of a balance sheet, TEsla has $2.7bn in cash at the end of Q2 2018, with a plan for the Model 3 to make them profitable between now and the end of the calendar year. China has been an investor in Tesla before, with Tencent Holdings Ltd. spending $1.8 billion to buy a 5 percent stake in March 2017.   MERCEDES ECITARO IS AN FULLY ELECTRIC CITY BUS At a major launch event yesterday, Mercedes revealed their all electric eCitaro bus. They said the powertrain has electric motors at the wheel hubs. Lithium-ion batteries with a total capacity of up to about 243 kWh provide the power. The range is 150km. They are modular in design: the batteries are split between up to ten modules, each supplying around 25 kWh. As well as two battery modules on the vehicle roof, the standard equipment includes four modules in the rear of the bus. In the eCitaro, these are taking the place of today's powertrain combination of combustion engine and transmission. Depending upon customer requirements, another two or four battery modules are mounted on the roof of the eCitaro. They're using prismatic cells. Mercedes-Benz cools the batteries to ensure that they remain at the ideal temperature, thereby ensuring maximum charging capacity, performance capability, and service life. This cooling is undertaken by a separate battery cooler mounted on the roof. At extreme outside temperatures, the standard passenger-compartment climate control system is used to boost the cooling of the batteries. They see an upgrade path too as battery technology increase: "transport operators will even be able to increase the range of the existing eCitaro buses by swapping out the batteries at a later time and thereby further increase the operational flexibility." They are also talking about solid state batteries, which they predict will offer a 30% increase from 243kWh to 400kWh from 2020. However due to design these won't be swappable with the Li-Ion batteries but sold as a different range.   VOLKSWAGEN EXPANDS "ROADMAP E" — AN E-MOBILITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE IN CHINA On Monday 9th July Volkswagen Group China signed a "Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)" with JAC and SEAT in Berlin, to establish a new "Research & Development" center with a focus on developing electric vehicles, connectivity and autonomous driving technologies, as well as a competitive platform for battery electric vehicles (BEV). SEAT brand will be introduced to China by 2020/2021. This new Memorandum of Understanding will play a key role in Volkswagen Group’s e-mobility plans for China, in order to meet the demands of Chinese customers. Together with JAC and SEAT, Volkswagen Group China will establish an R&D center to develop electric vehicles, connectivity and autonomous driving technologies specifically tailored to the Chinese market, including relevant parts and components and core technologies, with completion planned for 2021.   CHINA'S CATL TO BUILD ITS FIRST EUROPEAN EV BATTERY FACTORY IN GERMANY "Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL) will build its first production site in Europe in Germany, agreeing a major contract with BMW to supply lithium-ion batteries." according to a report from Reuters, which adds to more of what we've previously reported on this story:" A contract to build the new plant was signed on Monday during a visit to Germany by China's Premier Li Keqiang. Around 240 million euros (S$379 million) will be invested in the first phase of the project, Wolfgang Tiefensee, Thuringia's minister of economic affairs, told journalists. BMW plans to source 4 billion euros of battery cells from CATL over the next few years, with 1.5 billion euros coming from the new site in Erfurt in eastern Germany, the carmaker's purchasing head, Markus Duesmann, said. CATL, the world's largest maker of battery cells for electric vehicles, said the new factory was just its first step in Europe." says BusinessTimes.com.sg: "The CATL factory will create about 600 jobs and reach production of 14 gigawatt hours (GWh) by 2022. CATL reached shipments of 12 GWh in 2017." Deussmann also added: "BMW had invested in some of the costs for the CATL factory in Erfurt, but declined to say how much. Duesmann said BMW was investing in cell research but a decision on whether to produce battery cells itself had not been made. "I don't rule it out," he said. BMW is "very comfortable" with two suppliers of battery cells at the moment, but could add a third and is in talks with eight manufacturers, he added".   NOW ANYONE CAN CONFIGURE A MODEL 3 LA Times reports: "Anyone can access the Tesla’s Model 3 “online configurator” and lay down a non-refundable $3,500 cash payment; the delivery date is determined after the money’s been transferred to Tesla." I tried it here from the UK, but with my US VPN connected, and the TEsla.com site hadn't updated. "The stated wait time a Model 3 runs from immediate delivery to as many as nine months for the company’s long-promised $35,000 base price version. But each customer is informed individually about his or her specific delivery date." Tesla replied to a request for comment with this: "“Tesla has always required this deposit for all of its vehicle orders, including Model S and Model X, given that we build cars to our customers’ specifications. That deposit goes towards the purchase price of the vehicle.” We heard at the start of July, when Tesla confirmed they had made 5,000 MOdel 3's per week, that the official number of outstanding orders was 420,000.   DHL OFFERING NEW YORKERS FREE ZERO-EMISSION RIDES DHL, the Official Logistics Partner of Formula E, is offering New Yorkers a free eShuttle service from key locations across Manhattan this week in an effort to reinforce the global logistics company’s commitment to drive progress in sustainability and e-mobility. DHL has teamed up with Nissan ahead of the 2018 Qatar Airways New York City E-Prix to roll out a fleet of 14 Nissan Leafs that will be available for the public to take free zero-emission rides. The DHL eShuttle service will be running from July 11 through July 13 in the lead up to the New York City E-Prix taking place in Red Hook, Brooklyn, this weekend. The service will be offered from 10am to 4pm at three different locations The service is open to members of the public who download the DHL Mobility Quest app.   SKODA IS PREPARING 'E-RS' ELECTRIC CAR HALO EVS TO MIRROR VRS Skoda is to make a performance variant of its upcoming all-electric model, based on the Vision E Concept from the 2017 Frankfurt motor show and should be on sale by the end of 2020. Tim Pollard, writing for the always-excellent CAR Magazine here in the UK reports that: "Skoda is working on a range of performance electric vehicles loosely dubbed e-RS to indicate the EV equivalent of the Czech company’s vRS go-faster brand. Global sales and marketing chief Alain Favey told CAR magazine that Skoda is planning performance spin-offs of its future EVs, which are in development and ready to launch from next year. First up is the e-Citigo, basically a Czech-branded Volkswagen e-Up testbed, due for launch in late 2019; but this is just the warm-up act for the main event - the new bespoke EV crossover due a year later in autumn 2020, which will be the first to get Skoda’s proposed new e-RS derivative." Favey said to CAR: "There will be an e-RS,the logic is the same as for vRS. It’s not about performance as such… it’s more about the look, the sporty seats, the experience. That’s the spirit of vRS.’ "Expect a 300-mile range, design consistent with regular Skodas, a fast-charging network at main dealers, new, floating instrumentation and the very latest in connectivity, according to Favey."   https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/industry-news/skoda/skoda-e-rs-electric-vrs-performance-cars-from-2020/   VW EYES GOODWOOD RECORD WITH ITS I.D. R PIKES PEAK ELECTRIC RACER "Hardly content with shattering the all-time record at Pikes Peak, Volkswagen wants its I.D. R Pikes Peak electric race car to be the one to beat on other tracks. It's taking the racer to the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the south of England this week, with designs on setting not only the electric car record at the Goodwood Hillclimb, but perhaps the overall benchmark too." according to Engadget: "The Goodwood festival marks the competitive debut of VW's car in Europe, while it will also host the European debut of Tesla's Model 3."   https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/09/vw-pikes-peak-electric-race-car-goodwood-hillclimb/   MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER PHEV REMAINS UK’S NUMBER ONE PLUG-IN VEHICLE "The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV continues to be the UK’s best-selling plug-in electrified vehicle. Sales of Mitsubishi Motors’ petrol/electric plug-in hybrid SUV totalled 537 units in June and 3,732 units so far this calendar year, ahead of every other pure EV and plug-in hybrid on the market" as reported yesterday by Automotive world.     COMMUNITY   You can listen to all previous 175 episodes of this podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, YouTube, TuneIn, Stitcher, and the blog https://www.evnewsdaily.com/ – remember to subscribe, which means you don’t have to think about downloading the show each day, plus you get it first and free and automatically. It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. And if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing. 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Monday 23rd April 2018.  The current Model 3 Tracker from Tom Randall and Dean Halford, as updated on 16th April, shows 16,587 cars produced, and a current rate of 2,731 Model 3’s being built per week. BEIJING MOTOR SHOW Auto China 2018, which opens this week, follows Beijing's decision to allow full foreign ownership of Chinese automakers in a move to make the industry more flexible as it promotes electrics” report CTV.ca: “That is reflected in the auto show lineup: Global and Chinese brands including General Motors Co., Volkswagen AG and Nissan Motor Co. plan to display dozens of electrics and hybrids, from luxurious SUVs to compacts priced as low as 152,000 yuan ($24,000). "There is huge potential for vehicle electrification here," said Roland Krueger, chairman of Infiniti Motor Co., Nissan's luxury brand. “VW is due to launch 15 electrics and hybrids in the next two to three years as part of a 10 billion euro ($12 billion) development plan announced in November. Nissan is unveiling an electric model at the auto show designed for China and will display the updated version of its LEAF and an electric concept car. The Japanese automaker also plans to develop a lower-priced electric with a local partner, state-owned Dongfeng Motor Co. Two more versions of that are to be sold under their jointly owned Venucia brand. China’s BYD Auto, the biggest global maker of electrics by volume with 2017 sales of 113,669 units, plans to unveil two new hybrid SUVs and an electric concept car. The company also plans to display nine other hybrid and plug-in electric models”   VOLKSWAGEN LAUNCH PIKES PEAK CHALLENGER The Volkswagen I.D. R Pikes Peak. As the name implies, this is made to tackle the world's most infamous hill climb. The car was unveiled yesterday in France before its first shakedown.  0-60 in 2.25 seconds, there is 500kW power, which generates 680bhp. It is all wheel drive and tops out at 150mph. That 0-60 time by the way is quicker than a Formula E or Formula 1 car. "As with the Volkswagen brand's production vehicles, fully-electric racing cars will also play an increasingly important role for us in the future," said Sven Smeets, Volkswagen Motorsport director. "The cooperation within the group really helped us, particularly given the tight schedule. For example, we received support from the Volkswagen battery plant in Braunschweig and worked together with the technical development department in Wolfsburg."   EXPERIENCED DIRECTOR FOR EV STARTUP  The Financial Times in the UK reported yesterday on former Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann joining the directors at Evelozcity, an electric-car startup backed by former Faraday Future CFO Stefan Krause. It was last year when Opel and Vauxhall was sold by GM to PSA Peugeot Citroen. Before joining Opel he was an EV advocate at VW and wanted to move Opel into an electric era. Evelozcity wants to develop a "skateboard architecture" that different bodies can be placed on, and they see opportunities for personal cars, delivery vehicles and ride-hailing EVs.   PLUG IN HYBRID JAGUAR XE COMING There is a plug in version of the Jaguar XE coming soon, in a bid to take on the Plug In battle tot eh BMW 330e. The car’s powertrain combines a 1.5-litre three-cylinder petrol engine with an electric motor, which also serves as the engine’s starter motor, to enable a limited range of pure electric running” says Sam Sheehan at Autocar: “The electrified powertrain will use a lithium-ion battery pack that comes as part of new 48V electrical architecture. The system is to be shared with the Range Rover Evoque PHEV from Jaguar's sister brand, Land Rover, as well as other models from the group.” Car makers are all trying to plug gaps left by the diesel sales falling off a cliff but for Jaguar Land Rover, Diesel was 90% of their sales.   BYTON BRING THE ELECTRIC STYLE TO MILAN Chinese EV maker Byton says they’re 85% production ready, after showing off their SUV at the Milan Design Week last week. Byton’s factory in Nanjing, China made it’s first protoype last week too. They are set to go on sale first in China in late 2019, before arriving in Europe and the United States in 2020. A recap on the specs: Battery: 71 or 95 kWhfor 250 miles (400 km) or 323 (520 km) of range Powertrain: 200 kW rear-wheel drive or 350 kW all-wheel drive Byton’s design chief, Benoit Jacob, says of the fledgling range: “We worked on the family from the beginning, and designed it so we can avoid re-engineering things every single time from an architecture and platform point of view. That means we can have a price point that is really attractive.”   I’d love to spread the word about electric cars so, if you can, share this somebody who might be interested. You can listen to every previous episode of this podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, YouTube, TuneIn, Stitcher, and the blog https://www.evnewsdaily.com/ – remember to subscribe, which means you don’t have to think about downloading the show each day, plus you get it first and free and automatically. It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. 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