Automobile

BLOOMBERG Two of Europe’s most venerable names in the car industry, Porsche and Ferrari, are surfacing in an European Union (EU) debate about a plan to kill the combustion engine — and they’re changing the conversation. The luxury sports-car makers are seeking a carve-out for synthetic electro-fuels, or e-fuels, from the EU’s planned 2035 ban on new internal combustion engine …

BLOOMBERG Elon Musk’s latest master plan for Tesla Inc fell flat as the electric-car maker shared scant details about next-generation models that will underpin its next phase of growth. The almost four-hour presentation was long on calculations of what the sustainable energy transition will require, along with boasts about manufacturing and engineering efficiencies. But Musk and the executives who joined …

    BLOOMBERG Tesla Inc will sell its electric cars in Malaysia to tap into the rising foreign demand for EVs in the Southeast Asian. Elon Musk’s EV pioneer will set up an office in Malaysia, introduce service centres and build a network of superchargers, the trade ministry said in a statement after approving Tesla’s application to import EVs. Malaysia …

BLOOMBERG Chinese electric carmaker Li Auto Inc expects first-quarter revenue to come in as high as $2.7 billion as a revamped and expanded product lineup helps it win sales from rivals including Tesla Inc. The Beijing-based auto manufacturer said revenue for the three months ending on March 31 should be between 17.5 billion yuan ($2.5 billion) to 18.5 billion yuan, …

BLOOMBERG American Car Center told employees the business was closing its doors, a day after it pulled a $222 million bond sale from the market, according to people familiar with the matter. The used car retailer, which tends to target consumers regardless of their credit history, said in an email to employees the firm was ceasing all operations, closing its …

BLOOMBERG Mercedes-Benz AG has tapped Google to assist with a reboot of software-based features it’s expecting to generate just under €10 billion ($10.6 billion) of additional revenue by the end of the decade. The new operating system, to debut around 2025, will go into models spanning Mercedes’s entire lineup and keep vehicles updated throughout their lifespan, the luxury-car maker said. …

  Bloomberg As recently as 10 years ago, touch screens in cars were tiny — if they were there at all. Most were grudgingly added by automakers in anticipation of a US mandate on backup cameras, or an early response to Elon Musk, who dropped a 17-inch monitor into a Tesla in 2012. Destinations were largely DIY, mapped on a …

  Bloomberg Tesla Inc. is recalling hundreds of thousands of vehicles after US authorities said its automated-driving technology could increase the risk of a crash. The automaker’s so-called Full Self-Driving Beta system “may allow the vehicle to act unsafe around intersections,” including travelling straight through from a turn lane and proceeding through steady-yellow traffic lights, according to a filing with …

  Bloomberg Nissan Motor Co. aims to increase car sales in Europe and make the region one of its four core markets, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing an interview with a senior executive. The carmaker will raise Europe to the same level of importance as Japan, China and the US after gaining market share in the region in …

  Bloomberg BMW AG is hoping to piggy-back on future hydrogen fuelling stations for trucks to help solve the protracted issue of building an expensive infrastructure network for cars powered by the alternative fuel. The German luxury carmaker, pushing on with plans for hydrogen models even as EVs proliferate, last year started production of fuel-cell systems for a small test …