BERLIN—European car registrations slumped more than 25 percent in September due to a lack of supply of vehicles due to the ongoing semiconductor shortage, industry data showed on Friday. New passenger car registrations fell 25.2 percent in the European Union, Britain, and the countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) compared to last year,…
Japanese Automakers’ China Car Sales Tumble in September
October 11, 2021
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BEIJING—Japanese automakers Honda Motor Co. Ltd, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd, and Toyota Motor Corp. saw their sales in China tumble in September as a chip shortage hit vehicle production in the world’s biggest car market. Honda said it sold 121,448 vehicles in China last month, down 28 percent from a year earlier due to the…
Two Vehicles Hit by Trains in One Week in Irvine
Within the span of exactly one week, there were two different collisions between cars and Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) trains in Irvine, California. The first collision occurred Sept. 29 at approximately 10 p.m. at the railroad crossing on McGaw street between Jamboree and Von Karman, and the second collision occurred exactly one week later…
Video: Teachers Chip In to Buy Car for Beloved Custodian Who Walks an Hour to School
A beloved school custodian who was forced to walk an hour to work for lack of a car couldn’t believe when faculty chipped in to buy him one. Unity Grove Elementary in Locust Grove, Georgia, shared touching footage of custodian Chris Jackson receiving his car keys recently. “Today was one of those days that makes you…
Volkswagen Labour Boss Wants Faster Electric Car Rollout at Wolfsburg: Braunschweiger Zeitung
BERLIN—The head of Volkswagen’s works council wants the carmaker to bring forward production of electric vehicles at its main plant in Wolfsburg to 2024 make it more competitive, a newspaper reported on Saturday. The Braunschweiger Zeitung quoted works council chief Daniela Cavallo as saying a global chip shortage and the COVID-19 pandemic were reducing output…
Japan’s Factory Output Extends Declines on Car Production Cuts
TOKYO—Japan’s industrial output fell for the second straight month in August as COVID-19 outbreaks elsewhere in Asia disrupted supply chains for carmakers already facing headwinds from a prolonged chip shortage. Separate data out on Thursday showed retail sales in August slipped for the first time in six months as households cut spending amid a coronavirus…
Custodian Was Given a Car so He No Longer Has to Walk to Work
The world is full of amazing people with generous hearts. Bless this man! He knows who to thank first. And bless America—a nation of loving, caring human beings.
Suicide Car Bomb Targeting Convoy in Somali Capital Kills at Least 8: Official
MOGADISHU—A suicide car bomb killed at least eight people in the Somali capital on Saturday at a street junction near the president’s palace, police said, and Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group Al-Shabaab said it was behind the attack which targeted a convoy going into the palace. Police spokesperson Abdifatah Aden Hassan told reporters at the scene of…
New York Sets 2035 Zero-Emission Passenger Car Goal
September 9, 2021
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday signed into law a bill that sets a goal for all new passenger cars and light-duty trucks to be zero-emission models by 2035, joining the state of California in attempting to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles. The law directs setting regulations requiring higher numbers of zero-emission vehicles with a goal…
Tiny Chips Cast Big Shadow Over Munich Car Show
MUNICH—As carmakers gathered in Munich on Monday to launch almost exclusively zero- or low-emission vehicles, an ongoing semiconductor shortage cast a long shadow over the first major car show since before the pandemic began. Forced to shut down plants last year, carmakers now face increasing competition from the consumer electronics industry for chip deliveries. That…
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