By SCOTT SONNER
Now that Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed into law a package of incentives for Tesla Motors worth up to $1.3 billion, the electric-car maker is moving ahead with plans to build a $5 billion lithium battery factory expected to open in 2017 and employ 6,500 workers to make cheaper batteries so it can afford to mass market a new line of more affordable vehicles.
After announcing his departure as Ferrari chairman at a news conference Wednesday, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo put his hands on Sergio Marchionne’s shoulders and gently pulled him away from a scrum with journalists eager to ask more questions.
The heirs of PSA/Peugeot-Citroen’s founder are returning to the business of making pepper grinders — among the first of the family’s 19th century industrial activities — in their latest move to diversify away from auto manufacturing.
PEUGEOT is showcasing its 208 HYbrid Air 2L Demonstrator at next month’s Paris Motor Show. The 2L stands for two liters per 100 km, equivalent to 118 mpg US, and is based on a production version of the Peugeot 208 1.2-liter PureTech 82 hp 5-seater Hatchback.
A week-long pan-European truck safety operation by TISPOL led to the discovery of nearly 1,200 illegal immigration and human trafficking offences.
The action involved checks on nearly 140,000 trucks across 27 countries between 21 and 27 July 2014.
