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DriveNow to Suspend Operations in SF Bay Area

DriveNow to Suspend Operations in SF Bay Area

DriveNow USA launched as an electric vehicle car sharing pilot in 2012 in the Bay Area with great success and the hope of expanding our service city-wide so that all neighborhoods would have access to…

Mercedes could make EV batteries with BMW

Mercedes could make EV batteries with BMW

The head of Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler said recently that he sees the three larger German automakers, BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen, working together on battery packs for electric vehicles. Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche talked about “commonalities”…

BMW USA Sales up 4.0 percent in September 2015

BMW USA Sales up 4.0 percent in September 2015

Sales of BMW brand vehicles increased 4.0 percent in September for a total of 26,608 compared to 25,587 vehicles sold in September, 2014. Year-to-date, BMW brand sales are 249,956 vehicles, a 5.6 percent increase from…

Tesla Model X caught...towing

Tesla Model X caught…towing

The upcoming Tesla Model X, a fully-electric SUV for the environmentally concerned, yet still quite active, customer, has been making quite a bit of buzz lately. But the curtain was officially lifted and Tesla showed…

Tesla Model X: Everything you need to know

BMW adjusts to new EU emissions restrictions

BMW adjusts to new EU emissions restrictions

Following Volkswagen’s Dieselgate fiasco, BMW was also accused of tampering with its diesel engines by Auto Bild only to have the German publication retract its story. BMW’s diesel vehicles passed all government testing and there…

Porsche chief to become new Volkswagen CEO

The boss of Porsche is expected to be named CEO of Volkswagen when the company’s board meets Friday.  Porsche chief Matthias Mueller would take on the immense challenge of addressing the fallout of Volkswagen’s emissions…

Audi, Porsche R&D chiefs, VW US CEO to quit

The Volkswagen diesel scandal continues. According to Reuters, Volkswagen will dismiss the R&D chiefs of Audi and Porsche and its CEO in the United States where the German carmaker has been found manipulating diesel emission…