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Can New Ferrari CEO Camilleri Meet Ambitious Marchionne Targets?

Posted on 13 August 2018 by Ken Zino

Ferrari stock year-to-date gained 19.1% compared to the 6.2% the S&P 500 Index. The stocks of other automakers are laughably weak. Fiat Chrysler (FCA) -5.2%, General Motors (GM) -8%, and Ford (F) -18.7% were easily lapped by the Prancing Horse. Continue reading →

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Autonomous Vehicle Market – CAGR of 39.47% During 2019-2026

Posted on 13 August 2018 by Ken Zino

Currently, the North America dominates the market, followed by Europe. In 2019, the U.S. is expected to remain dominant in the North America market, while the UK is projected to lead the overall market in Europe. Continue reading →

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SAE to Administer Autonomous Driving Vehicle Testing Program

Posted on 13 August 2018 by Ken Zino

The program is long, long overdue with Google and automakers such as Daimler, GM, Ford and FCA – among others – are well underway to turning loose on the untrained public semi-automated and fully automated vehicles. Waymo – the Google driverless car will be in service in Arizona this fall. Apple is expanding its fleet of driverless vehicles in California. Continue reading →

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Mustang Running in NASCAR Cup Starting at Daytona 500

Posted on 9 August 2018 by Ken Zino

Mustang’s first official competition was in 1964, when it won – against smart money – the Tour de France Automobile, a 4,000 mile, 10-day rally. Soon after, it began racing legacy in SCCA Trans-Am. IMSA, NHRA, Formula Drift and NASCAR Xfinity – NASCAR’s second tier series followed as Ford wandered in and out and back into racing over the decades. Continue reading →

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JMC, Ford Develop Territory in China

Posted on 9 August 2018 by Ken Zino

Territory was developed and tested at Ford in Nanjing, China and Melbourne, Australia. The all-new SUV will be manufactured at JMC’s Xiao Lan plant. No word yet on possible export plans to North America, which is currently embroiled in Trump’s trade wars, although Ford acknowledges it has another small crossover coming there. From where is not confirmed. Continue reading →

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Milestones – Production of 10 Millionth Mustang

Posted on 8 August 2018 by Ken Zino

The 10 millionth Ford Mustang is a, 460 horsepower 2019 Wimbledon White GT V8 six-speed manual convertible equipped with the latest driver assist technology and built at Ford’s Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Michigan where Mazda once built cars. Continue reading →

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Mazda, Saudi Aramco, AIST Researching CO2 Reduction

Posted on 8 August 2018 by Ken Zino

Mazda says it is no longer enough to focus solely on the tank-to-wheel phase and develop fuel efficient engines and cars that emit low levels of carbon dioxide while driving on the road. Continue reading →

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2019 Lexus ES 350 in Production at Georgetown Kentucky

Posted on 7 August 2018 by Ken Zino

Workers at the company’s U.S. facility spent more than 150,000 hours training to build the ES model that delivers Lexus claims of a “fundamentally higher level of performance than its predecessors.” That includes sensory training that teaches assemblers, for instance, to feel for an abnormality as minute as a thread of hair. Continue reading →

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Global Warming Floods Big Population Coastline Counties

Posted on 7 August 2018 by Ken Zino

“With the exception of 2005 to 2006, a year marked by an intense hurricane season that included three of the costliest hurricanes on record (Katrina, Rita and Wilma), the population in Atlantic and Gulf Coast counties grew every year from 2000 to 2016,” says Darryl T. Cohen is a geographer in the U.S. Census Bureau’s Population Division. Continue reading →

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Repetitive Motion Injuries Cut by Exoskeletal Technology

Posted on 7 August 2018 by Ken Zino

Since 2005, Ford says incidents in global facilities that resulted in lost time fell 75%. The 2018 incident rate was one of the lowest on record. Ford is introducing wearable technology globally after a successful trial in two U.S. plants. Continue reading →

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Automated Guided Vehicle Market at $ 2.74B by 2023?

Posted on 6 August 2018 by Ken Zino

Currently, the AGV market is largely dominated by Europe because of the exceptionally high labor cost in this region. Continue reading →

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Another Mid-Size Crossover – 2019 Mazda CX-9

Posted on 6 August 2018 by Ken Zino

The global crossover phenom continues with the second-generation Mazda CX-9 mid-size three-row crossover ($33000 to +$46,000), available in both front-drive and all-wheel-drive formats. Mazda is the largest automaker threatened by Trump Tariff tantrums since Mazda no longer makes anything in the U.S. Continue reading →

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US DOT and EPA Want to Slash Fuel Economy Standards. Trump Administration Proposal Has Many Critics

Posted on 3 August 2018 by Ken Zino

The Trump Administration claimed that the new national automobile fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards will give the American people greater access to safer, more affordable vehicles that are cleaner for the environment. Continue reading →

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Ongoing Death of the Diesel: Toyota Shows Next Gen Zero Emissions Heavy-Duty Fuel-Cell Truck

Posted on 2 August 2018 by Ken Zino

Toyota put another shovel of dirt on the diesel engine grave by unveiling the second iteration of its hydrogen fuel cell electric Class 8 truck before a crowd of media and industry leaders during the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) Management Briefing Seminars in Northern Michigan. Continue reading →

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Death of the Diesel Continues: CARB Probe Prompts Recall of 500,000 Cummins Trucks

Posted on 2 August 2018 by Ken Zino

The recall number includes about 232,000 Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 vehicles with Cummins engines that had the same SCR defect. Recalls for those vehicles were approved in July 2016 and July 2017, respectively, and are already underway. Continue reading →

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