The annual Geneva Motor Show offers a tantalising look at new product planned for the European and
global car markets.
Interesting to note the Mandarin characters on the rev - counter - another example of the fact China has become a dominant influence in
the global car market.
But no company becomes one of the world's largest automakers by ignoring the middle, much less the bottom of
the global car market.
Between 2013 and 2014, there was just 4 per cent average growth in
the global car market, yet demand for electric vehicles, which JATO defines as both pure electric and plug - in hybrids, jumped a huge 43 per cent.
Not exact matches
«There are two ways to connect a
car: There's the original telemetry readings, but the new phase, now that we have 4G is infotainment devices, and the vehicle as a hotspot,» says Larry Zibrik, vice-president of
Market Development at Sierra Wireless, a Vancouver - based company that's become a
global leader in the modules that allow machines to communicate over cellular networks.
It's a high - stakes battle: one British automotive consultancy estimates that the
global connected
car market will be worth $ 61 billion by 2018.
However, growth in the classic
car market is slowing, in part due to fears of a potential interest rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve and a downturn in
global liquidity.
«We believe the
global addressable
market for
car sharing is enormous and in the early stages of development,» the company noted in its filing to the SEC.
«After years of claiming the OPEL business was critical to the company's
global platform strategy in small
cars and diesel engines (while suffering billions on losses), the company surprised the
market with its decision to completely exit,» wrote Jonas.
One billion
global cars multiplied by a $ 6,000 annual cost of ownership results in a $ 6 trillion
market for annual
car ownership costs.
«There's a lot of companies in Ontario, and indeed in other parts of Canada, who are wonderful at technology and can develop the software, the sensors, the security systems that these
cars will need and they will be able to compete on a huge multi-billion-dollar
global market.»
The partnership heralds a possible duopoly in the
market of
car sharing, and the impact could have
global consequences.
«Looking forward, a healthy
global economic forecast for 2018, positive
car sales data in recent months, stronger 2018 yea - on - year U.S. product consumption in January and potentially tighter
global product
markets are expected to boost gasoline and distillates demand...,» OPEC said.
1) China's emergence as a dominant player in the low - carbon
market, 2)
global oil majors» shift to renewable energy, 3) big corporate brands moving to 100 % renewable power, 4) the rise of electric vehicles and expiration dates for gas - fuelled
cars, and 5) energy getting smarter through digitization.
Anheuser - Busch birthed the
global beer industry and Purina the worldwide pet food
market; Energizer batteries and the largest
car rental company, Enterprise, launched in St. Louis; and say what you want about GMO crops pending your politics, but St. Louis - based Monsanto has ensured for a generation of food production while
global farmland dissipates and worldwide population numbers soar.
In a great deal of showmanship, he gave
global markets exactly what they wanted and needed by promising to raise the country's limits on foreign investment and lower import duties on products such as
cars.
At the
Global Mobility Leadership Forum held in Detroit, Volvo's CEO Hakan Samuelsson said that the company is looking to release self - driving
cars into the
market by 2021, with the autopilot features to add about $ 10,000 to the cost of its vehicles.
According to a September McKinsey report, China will contribute over half of
global car sales growth through 2022, while the growth in the luxury
car category is expected to outpace the rest of the
market.
Global lithium
markets are set to explode as
car manufacturers are buying up all existing supply in order to build...
Last month,
market research firm Counterpoint Insights forecast that the
global connected
car market would grow 270 % by 2022, with more than 125 million connected passenger
cars to be shipped between 2018 and 2022.
Now if they have to buy American steel, this will make their
cars more costly, reducing their competitiveness on the
global market and hurting the normal American customer that has to pay more for the
car now.
«Those in the
market for a new
car may have been uncertain how the
global warming emissions and fuel costs of EVs stack up to gasoline - powered vehicles.
This is possibly the newest
market in the world, a would - be
global attempt to create a trade in the greenhouse gas emissions from any nation's fleet of
cars, household refrigerators, electric power plants, factories, even farms.
So if you crave a new rotary - engined four - door coupe, you'll have to act quickly... We've been one of the most welcoming
markets for Mazda's rather revolutionary performance
car, with over 26,000 of its 186,000
global sales coming from Great Britain.
Up until this point, every
car featured was initially made available to the
global market.
Speaking about the
cars, Jolyon Nash, McLaren Automotive Executive Director,
Global Sales and
Marketing said, «The MSO X collection is the perfect example of the rich vein of bespoke service offered by McLaren Special Operations.
We recently sat down with Detlev von Platen, former president and CEO of Porsche
Cars North America, now
global sales chief and member of the executive board of Porsche AG in Stuttgart, to discuss Porsche's current
marketing strategies in America and abroad.
Takahiro Hachigo, president and CEO of Honda, revealed that the automaker aims to have electrified vehicles make up two - thirds of its new
car sales by 2025 in Europe and by 2030 in other
global markets.
At its worst, it was a failed experiment to rebadge existing
cars from Toyota's
global portfolio and attempt to
market them to millenials who didn't want to be told what was «cool.»
This is a one - flavor - fits - all
car, a hot hatch conceived by the
global performance vehicles group for the world
market, a common denominator of Ford's best - in - class ride, handling, and roadholding philosophy.
In 2008, an unstable automotive
market and questionable
global economic stability led Honda to reconsider its priorities — not surprisingly, an expensive top - tier sports
car wasn't exactly one of them.
One can argue that, regardless of Ford's «One Ford» globalized
marketing campaign that only recently debuted, the brand's first
global car for the new millennium was the 2000 Focus.
The Ford Ranger — no, not the Ford Ranger that will soon leave American showrooms, the all - new
global truck that won't be sold in our
market — has made history by becoming the first pickup truck to receive a five - star rating from the European New
Car Assessment Program.
The reality is... scanning the
global market Polestar is barely on anyone's radar with
cars languishing on dealer lots unsold... never mind high customer demand
«Polestar will be a credible competitor in the emerging
global market for high performance electrified
cars.
Every single electric - only
car on the
global market today is losing money.
Though its styling is nearly identical to the
global Sportage, the U.S. -
market car will use different powertrains when it goes on sale next year.
Indeed, our source has confirmed the
car's exterior is «for all intents and purposes, completed» and that — given its main
market will be the US — the all - new coupe could make its
global debut as early as Los Angeles motor show or the Detroit show in January.
In Today «s Busy Classic
Car Sector, Many New Keen
Global Collectors Will Want To Acquire Certain Models That Are Rarely Offered Into The
Market Place And With The Royal Connections And Incredibly Low Production Numbers, This May Be That Ideal Opportunity?
As A Total Number There Are Reports That Just 94 Vehicles Had Ever Been Produced For The
Global Market Place And If We Consider Further Past Great Aston Martin
Cars, The Vanquish V12 SDP Model Has Already Entered Into The Company's Heritage Sector, Meaning That Values Are Certain To Continue To Climb, With The New Breed Of Enthusiastic Collectors On A Globe Scale, Wanting To Acquire Their Very Own Piece Of British Motoring History.
Though the Hiroshima - based
global automaker was keen on the Indian
car market at the start of the decade, plans have not moved beyond the discussion phase.
The automaker challenged its engineers to design a fictional (for now...) midsize
car for the 2015
global market.
Our ambition is very clear: for DS to be among the
global leaders in electrified
cars on its
market.»
The iconic vehicle, seen in many movies, that left us lusting after muscle
cars as children has now been remodelled with more contemporary styling to suit the
global market.
It is a stable
market leader in Italy with a share of 20.7 % and for the Fiat brand it is the second most
global car - line after the 500, with 70 % of sales made outside Italy.
The
global market introduction of 16MY sports
cars begins in quarter three of 2015, with more details on
market - specific pricing and options available in due course.
Ford GT will go on sale in select
global markets late next year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ford GT race
cars placing 1 -2-3 at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Starting model year 2017, the Scion FR - S will become the Toyota 86 — hachi - roku in Japanese — the name the
car's been using in
global markets outside of North America.
IONIQ embodies Hyundai Motor's vision to shift the automotive paradigm and future mobility; IONIQ is the fruit of our efforts to become the leader in the
global green
car market.»
IONIQ embodies Hyundai Motor's vision to shift the automotive paradigm and future mobility; IONIQ is the fruit of our efforts to become the leader in the
global green
car market,» said said Woong - Chul Yang, Head of Hyundai Motor R&D Center.