Buick unveiled the Electra GS Concept at the Shanghai Auto Show. Get all the latest automotive news in the Executive Briefing.
+ Tesla reported a 20 percent decline in automotive revenue and a 71 percent drop in net income in the first quarter, as vehicle sales fell 13 percent globally and 9 percent in the USA. More at Yahoo! Finance.
+ The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) plans to ease regulatory hurdles for self-driving vehicles, but will continue to require accident reporting. More at U.S. News & World Report.
+ Revising its annual forecast downward, Nissan expects to record a loss totaling $4.9 billion to $5.3 billion for the fiscal year due to declining sales and falling asset values. More at The Detroit News.
+ Spire Motorsports has released championship-winning NASCAR CUP crew chief Rodney Childers after only nine races with the team, to be replaced by Ryan Sparks. More at ESPN.
+ Uber will roll out a fleet of self-driving taxis based on the Volkswagen ID.Buzz electric minivan to compete with Waymo, starting next year in the Los Angeles area. More at Autoblog.
+ After one year on the job, former Tesla and Google executive JP Clausen has resigned from his position as head of manufacturing operations at General Motors. More at the Detroit Free Press.
+ In the first quarter of 2025, new EV sales in Europea grew 23.9 percent to 412,997 units to capture 15.2 percent of the total market share, though Tesla sales slid 37 percent. More at Electrek.
+ Buick unveiled the Electra GS Concept electric sedan at the Shanghai Auto Show, with Electra now being positioned as a full-line Buick EV subbrand in the China market. More at Car and Driver.
+ General Motors is ramping up production of internal combustion engine transmissions at its Toledo, Ohio, plant, scaling back its volume for EV components. More at CBT News.
+ Team Penske driver Scott McLaughlin turned in the fastest single lap in the two-day open test session at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a speed of 232.686 mph. More at Motorsport.com
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Low-bid contractor opinion based software attempting to replicate the human brain controlling imported Toys-R-Us grade hardware chauffeuring everyone around “autonomously” will certainly make everything “safer and better”, eh? Why not test and debug this crap on public roads, what could go wrong?
When government/industry ambulance chasers took over NHTSA office director slots from real engineeers years ago, the agency naturally evolved into a special interest lobbyist organization and laundrymat, focused primarily on litigation, portfolios, winning at all costs and settlements rather than actual problem solving. Motor vehicle crashes suddenly became scratch off lottery tickets, some are winners, some are losers, but more crashes result in more chances for winners…