The Automotive Family Tree is about to get more complicated. With EV’s (electric vehicles) getting more and more popular thing to do, I’d expect more joint venture’s in the future. Daimler has a joint venture with BYD to build a research and technology center to develop EV’s.
In other news, looks like Ford is thinking [...]

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Time to update the Automotive Family Tree. But this time I’m not adding a new connection as much as updating logos. Dodge is doing some shuffling of brand names. Ram, used in the current Dodge logo, will be used on the trucks and trucks only as the “Ram” brand, using the old logo. Dodge on [...]

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Looks like I need to update the Automotive Family Tree. Toyota and Tesla will become partners to produce electric vehicles, with the possibility of Toyota following in Daimler lead and owning a stake of Tesla after it goes public.
A few more details about the deal:
1. Toyota to make a sub-$30,000 EV with Tesla’s unique powertrain design.
2. Tesla [...]

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Does this mean the writing is on the wall? Hybrid’s are here to stay! BMW has plans to take the ActiveHybrid concept into full production as early as next year is it’s 5 Series, but also in it’s 3 Series.
The X6 SUV is the only full hybrid in the BMW’s line-up. The 7-Series hybrid, called [...]

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