In January, 2013, at the Detroit auto show I interviewed Anthony Pratt, Director of Forecasting, Polk of America. I asked Pratt about Europe, what Polk was forecasting for 2013 and beyond for Western, Eastern and Central Europe. Polk has a downside scenario and an upside scenario. Would Germany going into a recession be in the [...]
While the Paris auto show begins in gloomy weather and a gloomy economic outlook Carlos Ghosn, CEO, Renault, Nissan and Datsun, took time back in April, 2012 to talk to a small group of journalists about the economy in Japan and Europe. Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, was one of those journalists. There are basic [...]
Have you even heard of Valmet Automotive? Mia Rio? Drivingthenation.com took some video at the 2012 Geneva auto show of cars that you won’t see in the United States, added a little Eurofusion and came up with a conglomeration, an amalgamation of vehicles that are poetry in motion. Some of the cars in the video [...]
World wide Ford made $1.649 billion profit which equals 41 cents per share. Debt at Ford was reduced by $1.3 billion in 2011 to make the remaining debt due by Ford. Ford’s profit came from North America. They were down in Europe. Ford says this is a seasonal effect. Seasonality could be that the third quarter [...]
Christophe Deville is the Manager of Communications for Renault. Deville talked about the difference in charging times between Europe and the United States. What does Renault have coming out by the end of 2012? Renault Fluence Z.E. wins the 2011 Michelin Challenge Bibendum in Berlin, Germany from the Renault press release: The Renault Fluence Z.E [...]
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