MAY 22, 2017

Fields Out, Hackett In as Ford Seeks Another Cultural Transformation

Management has been too top-down under former CEO Mark Fields, morale has suffered and decisions too slow in coming, executives say.

Many look to make a difference. At BorgWarner, we’re actually doing it. Every day, we’re innovating new technologies that can be found in efficient gasoline, clean diesel, hybrid and pure electric vehicles as well as in commercial and on/off-highway applications. We’re driven to create a clean, energy-efficient world.

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Ford Fires Fields, EV Costs Lower Than Expected, VW Diesels Flying Off Dealer Lots

The Big Story: Inside the Autonomous Vehicle

Designers are looking to create a “third living space” where, freed from the need to drive, occupants can work, socialize, be entertained or catch up on their sleep. But there are hurdles.

ArcelorMittal is making light of steel
Modern steel solutions are surprisingly lightweight and flexible, offering superior stamping performance for tomorrow’s vehicles with the smallest carbon footprint and lowest cost. That’s why the most enterprising engineers are collaborating with ArcelorMittal on the design solutions of tomorrow. Discover tomorrow’s steel at auto.arcelormittal.com/NA.

WardsAuto Flashback – May 2017

Chrysler Strike; K-F Needs Help; New Studebaker Trucks; AMC Sales Up; Chevy Styling Questioned; Studebaker Small Car; Ford Plant Closings; GM Hints Subcompact; Ford ABS; Young Buyers Defined; ZEV Protested; Chrysler Capacity Short; Honda Mexico Plant; AAMA on Japan

In developing and testing ADAS systems, you have to thoroughly analyze pre-accident scenarios. With dSPACE ASM Traffic, you can define traffic scenarios that in real life could result in an accident, and observe system behavior under challenging conditions. Traffic scenarios can be modified and immediately simulated without having to continually generate code. Learn more.

Internal Combustion Engine Far from Dead

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Because it takes 20 years to turn the fleet over, the ICE will be around until at least the middle of this century, and probably beyond that.

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Jaguar Offers Look at Upcoming Sports Station Wagon

The car marks Jaguar’s return to producing a sports station wagon since the demise in 2009 of the Jaguar X-Type Sportwagon, a model of which Queen Elizabeth II was pictured driving back from church early this month.

The answer to future vehicle connectivity
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Tata Aims to Build on Recent Truck Gains in Thailand

Assembly will begin at the Bangchan General Assembly plant after installation of equipment at a cost the Bangkok Post puts at TB500 million. The plant will have a capacity of 8,000 Tata Xenon pickups and 2,500 Tata Super Mint pickups.

See the outlook for the North American auto industry through 2024 at the WardsAuto Outlook Conference on June 6. In addition to our Long-Term North American Sales Forecast, with in-depth detail on WardsAuto's outlook for sales volumes in North America through 2024, we’ll present updates on autonomy, mobility and retail technology. Learn more and register today.

EVs’ Lagging Residual Value Concerns Renault Spain

Renault Spain’s Ivan Segal is urging creation of a residual-value scale for used EVs. He says that would give dealers who signed buy-back contracts with fleet operators time to have adequate marketing plans when the first of those vehicles are returned.

8 Innovative French Startups in the Autonomous Vehicle Sector You Need to Know
Business France, the French Economic Trade Mission, is set to arrive with 8 startups selected by a jury of major actors in the connected and autonomous vehicle space in the United States. Ubimobility is a 10-month acceleration program and 2 week immersion program that kicks off in Detroit and concludes in San Francisco.

North America Light-Vehicle Production Declines in April

Mexico continued to gain share of the region’s total while U.S. and Canada production slowed.

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