August 21, 2007
China Is Chrysler Growth Test Track | online.wsj.com
Is Chrysler’s Chery strategy the right one? Will investment pay-off?
Ford Hydrogen Fusion 999 hits 200 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats track.
August 21, 2007
Ford Fuel Cell Car Goes 200 M.P.H. at the Bonneville Salt Flats | wheels.blogs.nytimes.com
Impressive indeed….. If it wasn’t for the fact that this powertrain technology is some 12 years old (counting from the last known engineering publication).
A battery alone does not make a car.
August 13, 2007
Will GM Blow It? The Detroit giant may actually have an edge in hybrid technology. But ... | www.slate.com
Is a perceived lead in lithium ion battery technology enough, by itself, to give GM an edge in the US market over Toyota? The answer to the question is a no-brainer (sorry!), NO, Li-Ion ALONE WILL NOT GIVE ANYONE THE LEAD OVER THE OTHERS ON HYBRID TECHNOLOGY…… However, it will give them the freedom to have solved one of the crucial parts of the puzzle: where to get a reliable source of energy and secure supply over the others OEMs!!!
Automakers response to declining SUV sales
August 10, 2007
Muzzling the Guzzlers: High Gas Prices Drive Effort to Remake SUVs | online.wsj.com
Market sector demand is decreasing. What are automakers doing to reverse the situation?
What is really going on at and with Chrysler?
August 9, 2007
Between the speeches, it's all Chrysler, all the time | www.autonews.com
Banks, Cerberus and the future of ChryslerPossible perspectives of Tom LaSordaWill UAW play ball?Likely Chrysler strategy
35mpg, hydrogen, hybrid, plug-in - Change has to be managed in stages
July 16, 2007
Ford: Hydrogen-Powered Cars May Reach Showrooms In 5 Years | online.wsj.com
Ford Motor Co, as may other OEMs must keep momentum with their own developments and keep track with the changing technology advances of this industry. Especially Ford has to do something to keep their vehicle line-up interesting and appealing for the end customer, to be recognized as an innovator and a technology leader, but hydrogen is hardly the way to recover market position. Not for Ford, not for anyother OEM... Let’s not loose the horizon of what is cool to have and what is necessary….
Russia is growing, but regrettably, this is not the report of a success story… At least not yet!
July 13, 2007
Nissan Plans Russian Output in 2009 | www.nytimes.com
Together with Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary, Russia is now, more than ever, luring the automotive industry to develop a well functioning local market.
June 25, 2007
Ford celebrates the revival of Taurus | www.freep.com
500 to Taurus, Quality first, make the masses aware of the “new Ford”…. is this the holly grail, the way out?
June 25, 2007
10 years after first hybrid, Toyota hits 1 million mark | seattletimes.nwsource.com
It is highly questionable whether Toyota looses money on HEVs. In any case, its technological lead is a no-brainer. Its current position in this market is indisputable and represents an investment into a, not to far away, promising future, as US Senate advances on its endeavor to tackle the issues of environmental safety and greenhouse effect and other governments start to develop their own approaches.
Will Ford survive on its own after selling the crown jewels? - A comment from the fortune teller…
June 18, 2007
Ford: Another fine mess | www.economist.com
It is no rocket science: Ford must attack many internal fronts and concentrate in its re-structuring to get out of this battle as a successful OEM, but there are precedents. Look at Fiat’s story of the past 5 years.
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