No automaker has sold 10 million vehicles in a single year but it’s very likely that both Toyota and Volkswagen will surpass that milestone in 2014.
Monthly Archives: March 2014
VW targets 10 million sales this year on model expansion
Volkswagen Group may sell more than 10 million vehicles in 2014, four years earlier than planned, as Europe’s largest carmaker accelerates model introductions in a strategy to overtake Toyota as the global industry leader.
Tesla hires 2nd Renault-Nissan executive
Tesla is hiring Simon Sproule, a veteran of Carlos Ghosn’s Renault-Nissan alliance to manage its marketing and message as it prepares to push into China.
Tesla chooses battery-powered lifts for battery-powered cars
Rotary Lift, the exclusive vehicle lift supplier to Tesla Motors, has installed Shockwave-equipped two-post vehicle lifts in all of the Tesla Service Centers in North America.
Volkswagen seeks clarification over Hyundai World Cup promotion
Volkswagen Group, the sponsor of Brazil’s soccer team, has contacted the country’s soccer federation for clarification over a promotion by Hyundai Motor Co. linked to the team’s performance at this year’s World Cup.
The soccer body, the CBF, has complained to the South Korean automaker over an advertising campaign that promises an extra year’s warranty to new-car buyers in Brazil should the team clinch a record-extending sixth World Cup. The CBF says it’s a misuse of the national squad’s intellectual property.
