Autonews - Breaking

• newRenault, Nissan chief engineers to meet amid bid to revive r&d projects, report says

  

  Analysts say that in order to turn investor sentiment around, the automakers need to make good on joint engineering projects that have slowed since the ouster of the alliance's former leader Carlos Ghosn.
  - 7 hours ago 26 Jan 20, 1:48pm -
• newRivian expects lower prices than previously announced

  

  CEO R.J. Scaringe declined to say how many prospective buyers have so far spent $1,000 on a refundable deposit to hold their spot for a Rivian, but he said the reaction had been "really positive."
  - 8 hours ago 26 Jan 20, 12:50pm -
• newGenesis GV80 Super Bowl ad is launch of new brand identity

  

  Armed with its new crossover, Genesis is leveraging the Super Bowl, celebrity couple John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, a new logo and the Young Luxury slogan to raise its American profile.
  - 15 hours ago 26 Jan 20, 5:00am -
• newSubaru plots EV strategy, despite doubts about U.S.

  

  The brand's plan calls for 40 percent of global sales from full electrics or hybrid vehicles by 2030. But executives aren't bullish about the vehicles' sales prospects in the U.S.
  - 15 hours ago 26 Jan 20, 5:00am -
• Virus sparks another China crisis

  

  Global travel restrictions could jeopardize automotive projects in China, especially in the industry hub of Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus. 
  - 2 days ago 25 Jan 20, 5:00am -
• When Mazda gambled on a rotary engine

  

  To set itself apart in the 1960s, the automaker turned to German technology, and the rotary engine helped kickstart the Mazda brand around the world.
  - 2 days ago 25 Jan 20, 5:00am -
• Unifor confident with Canada at crossroads

  

  Union President Jerry Dias says he expects to maintain jobs during 2020 Detroit 3 labor talks. Analysts, meanwhile, forecast Canadian production to fall in the coming years.
  - 2 days ago 25 Jan 20, 5:00am -

• FCA seeks dismissal of GM racketeering suit

  

  FCA, citing "fatal flaws" and "hyperbolic assertions," laid out six points that it believes make GM's lawsuit, alleging bribery of UAW officials, worthy of dismissal.
  - 2 days ago 25 Jan 20, 1:11am -
• With 'The Heist,' Porsche has fun in return to Super Bowl

  

  Porsche emphasizes speed and its German heritage with the brand's first Super Bowl ad since 1997, a plug for the Taycan, its first electric vehicle.
  - 2 days ago 24 Jan 20, 11:45pm -
• GM to build Cruise AV shuttle at Detroit-Hamtramck in 2022, forecaster says

  

  The Origin, a self-driving shuttle revealed in San Francisco this week, joins a roster of EVs slated for production at the assembly plant once destined for closure.
  - 2 days ago 24 Jan 20, 7:56pm -