Sentences with phrase «as an automaker in»

Audi has done as good a job as any automaker in thinking about how people actually use cars.

This was especially needed in the US market, where many consumers thought of Datsun as an automaker in its own right, and not as a Nissan brand.

Not exact matches

Toyota Motor (tm) on Thursday said that company President Akio Toyoda met with U.S. Vice President - elect Mike Pence in Washington earlier this week as the incoming U.S. administration pressures automakers to build more cars locally.

Describing the units atop Google's cars as «bulky,» the Lux report concludes that «no automaker would ever go to market with [such technology] in a mass - produced product.»

The automaker «will shift toward a lower volume passenger car lineup in North America and Europe, while competing in more profitable sub-segments of the utilities market, as demonstrated by vehicles such as the new Edge ST and the upcoming Bronco,» Ford said in a statement.

«When you have evidence of a problem like this, regardless of what the standards say, automakers should develop a better approach,» says David Friedman, who served as NHTSA's acting administrator in 2014 and is now director of cars and product policy and analysis at Consumers Union, the policy and mobilization division of Consumer Reports.

In 2014, Toyota also paid a whopping $ 1.2 billion fine, the largest ever paid by an automaker, to avoid criminal prosecution; as part of the settlement, Toyota admitted that it «misled U.S. consumers by concealing and making deceptive statements.»

The deal came amid a series of acquisitions as conventional automakers and software companies paired in a race to develop what appears to be the future of personal transportation.

Thanks to rigid labour laws, automakers haven't been able to cut back in Europe as they have in the United States.

Ford Motor said on Wednesday it plans to cut 1,400 salaried jobs in North America and Asia through voluntary early retirement and other financial incentives as the No. 2 U.S. automaker looks to boost its sagging stock price.

Hyundai and smaller affiliate Kia, which together make the world's fifth - largest automaker, said demand was expected to soften in the U.S. and Chinese markets as they unveiled a combined sales target of 7.55 million vehicles this year.

Since GM's driverless cars are years away from hitting the road as part of Lyft's service, the automaker plans to provide short - term car rentals (for a day, week or month) to Lyft drivers in the immediate future, as well as lease financing through its GM Financial arm, said Ammann.

China's automakers have struggled to establish themselves in countries such as Brazil even after building local plants.

The laws passed by Republicans in Michigan last week would exempt existing contracts between employers and unions until they expire, such as the automakers» contract with the United Auto Workers union, which expires in 2015.

As AR glasses gain mass adoption, automakers will be able to capitalize on their investments in digital reality and models by letting prospective buyers customize and virtually test drive cars before stepping onto the dealer's showroom floor.

As cars are becoming increasingly like computers, automakers are shifting their focus from Detroit to Silicon Valley in an attempt to tap top engineers, Bloomberg reports.

As a result, the automaker has recalled a record 15.8 million cars and trucks in North America so far this year.

The numbers don't lie: Tesla has never made any money, but investors haven't cared, seeing the all - electric automaker as a play for growth and as a dominant force in the future of cars.

His comments came in the first sit - down interview since he was appointed as head of the German automaker on April 12, 2018.

There's plenty of snow and rain in the state as well as mCity, a 32 - acre simulated real - world urban environment at the University of Michigan used by automakers to test autonomous driving tech.

But they're going to learn in a hurry that although Tesla is sometimes thought of as a high - tech hero of Silicon Valley, when it comes to rolling cars off an assembly line, it's just like any other automaker.

The new CEO of Volkswagen said Tuesday that the company has no plans yet to go it alone in China, but he sees investment opportunities afoot as Asia's largest economy prepares to open up its market to automakers.

Waymo is adding 100 of these self - driving minivans to its fleet, as part of a collaboration announced in May with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles — the first time the tech company has worked directly with an automaker to create its autonomous vehicles.

In the U.S., trucks made by the Japanese automaker now known as Nissan were marketed under the Nissan brand — but small cars were branded as Datsun until 1981.

U.S. President Donald Trump responded in a tweet saying he was «thankful» for Xi's kind words on tariffs and access for U.S. automakers, as well as his «enlightenment» on intellectual property issues.

Ford (f) also announced its intention to make self - driving cars for commercial ride - sharing or on - demand taxi services by 2021, a target the automaker says it will reach by expanding its Silicon Valley research lab, as well as investing in or buying autonomous vehicle technology startups.

Europe's largest automaker said on Thursday it expected full - year sales to come in slightly above last year's 9.93 million deliveries, as demand in China and Western Europe outweighs declines in the Americas and Russia.

The former professor of mechanical engineering believes that there's no technological impediment stopping communities in the future from pooling their 3D printer resources to print something like a car, thereby hurling sectors such as the automakers into the piracy crisis that music industry currently faces.

Toyota follows in the footsteps of Daimler AG and divests part of its shares in Tesla as the Japanese automaker looks to hydrogen fuel cells as an alternative power source.

Pay - per - use services such as car - sharing and ride - hailing are starting to challenge traditional car ownership in some in some of China's most congested cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, while global automakers are starting to bill themselves as «mobility» companies that do more than just build and sell vehicles.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- Chinese automaker GAC Automobiles» plan to sell vehicles in the United States ran afoul of Washington trade politics on Wednesday, as the top U.S. Senate Democrat and U.S. President Donald Trump separately criticized Chinese trade practices.

The UAW in a statement said the announcement «continues GM investments that have emerged as a result of the 2015 national bargaining agreement» between the union and the automaker.

For much of the past two years, the discounts offered by automakers have remained at levels that industry analysts say are unsustainable and unhealthy in the long term... Sales are expected to drop further in 2018 as interest rates rise and more late - model used cars return to dealer lots to compete with new ones.

As part of the automaker's 120th anniversary celebration in Shanghai, Alibaba, Groupe Renault and Dongfeng Renault — a joint venture between car manufacturers Dongfeng Motor Group and Renault — joined in a strategic partnership to «forge a unique experience to Tmall and Renault customers worldwide,» the statement said.

The deal is the latest major partnership with an international automaker for Alibaba, as the company makes inroads in the auto space with its New Retail - driven «car vending machine» model and recent collaborations with Ford, BMW, Volvo, Maserati and Alfa Romeo.

«This will be a big hit to Tesla's reputation because the automaker has been seen as a leader in both passenger safety and advanced technology,» Brauer added.

These tools and data have been used to target advertisements in categories such as automakers, luxury goods producers and consumer packaged goods companies.

Foreign automakers complied as the necessary price to access to China's populous market, which passed the United States in 2009 as the world's biggest by number of vehicles sold.

Just recently, the Japanese automaker purchased a 15 percent stake in Orocobre, an Argentinian lithium producer, most likely as a strategic initiative to secure lithium resources for its upcoming electric vehicles.

In China, the move to open the auto industry reflects growing official confidence in the country's young but fast - growing automakers and a desire to make the industry more flexible as Beijing promotes the development of electric carIn China, the move to open the auto industry reflects growing official confidence in the country's young but fast - growing automakers and a desire to make the industry more flexible as Beijing promotes the development of electric carin the country's young but fast - growing automakers and a desire to make the industry more flexible as Beijing promotes the development of electric cars.

General Motors, Toyota, Nissan, Ford and other big automakers, as well as startups like Southern California's Fisker Automotive, are rushing to put models on the market in the next few years.

Many automakers such as Volvo have come forward to state that it would take the responsibility for its autonomous car in the event of a crash if the vehicle is in autonomous mode.

The second - largest U.S. automaker said in January that 2018 would be a «bad year» as costs surge.

Rubber Inventories Climbing in China as Slowdown Reduces Automaker Demand Rubber stockpiles in China's Qingdao port, the main shipment hub for the commodity used in tires, are starting to expand as demand slows in the world's largest consumer, said the Qingdao International Rubber Exchange Market.

May 1 The following are the 20 top - selling vehicles in the United States in April as reported by the automakers and ranked by total units.

Tech companies like Uber, Waymo and Lyft, as well as automakers like General Motors and Toyota, have spent billions developing self - driving cars in the belief that the market for them could one day be worth trillions of dollars.

Automakers such as Ford have come to the same conclusion, pushing for full autonomy because there's a danger in providing so much self - driving assistance that the driver is lulled into complacency and can't retake control of the vehicle quickly.

DETROIT — Major automakers on Tuesday posted lower U.S. new vehicle sales in April as consumer demand continued to weaken and competition intensified following a lengthy boom for the industry.

Automakers worldwide have been investing in innovative approaches to auto retail, as China's automotive market expects significant growth.

It looks like Volkswagen's diesel scandal could keep rolling as reports claim that the automaker has three hidden software programs in its 3.0 - liter engines.