Zeekr Says It Will Be 1st Chinese Brand in the U.S.; Honda Unveils 0 Series – Autoline Daily 3965

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0:00 Zeekr Aims to Be 1st Chinese Car Brand in U.S.
1:21 VW Managers to Take €300 Million Pay Cut
1:54 EREV Scout Model Orders Outpace EVs
2:48 BMW Top-Selling Luxury Brand in U.S. In 2024
3:46 Chinese NEVs Hit Record Sales In 2024
4:34 Tesla Could Earn €1 Billion From Pooling Emissions
5:22 Nesbitt Named New GM Design Chief
5:52 BMW Reveals Next-Gen iDrive System
6:51 Honda Unveils 0 Series EVs
7:56 Stellantis Forms New Software Partnership

Story Links:
– Zeekr 1st Chinese Brand in the US: https://carnewschina.com/2025/01/07/zeekr-to-start-deliveries-of-customized-zeekr-mix-to-waymo-for-robotaxi-deployment-in-2025/

– VW Managers Taking Big Pay Cut: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/vw-managers-take-combined-300-mln-euro-pay-cut-reports-local-newspaper-2025-01-08/

– Scout EREV Outpacing EV Version: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-08/vw-s-new-scout-ev-line-sees-most-orders-for-gas-engine-version?srnd=phx-industries-transportation

– BMW Top Selling Luxury Brand in the US: https://www.autonews.com/bmw/an-bmw-wins-2024-luxury-sales-crown/

– Chinese NEV Sales Hit Record in 2024: https://carnewschina.com/2025/01/08/early-data-shows-record-breaking-11-million-nevs-were-sold-in-china-in-2024-penetration-rate-nearly-50/

– Tesla Could Earn 1 Billion Euros from Emission Pooling: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-08/tesla-poised-for-1-billion-windfall-from-eu-s-emissions-curbs?srnd=phx-industries

– New Head of GM Design: https://pressroom.gm.com/gmbx/us/en/pressroom/home/news.detail.html/Pages/news/us/en/2025/jan/0107-simcoe.html

– Next-Gen BMW iDrive System: https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0447111EN?language=en

– Honda 0 Series: https://hondanews.com/en-US/releases/honda-0-saloon-and-honda-0-suv-prototypes-make-global-debut-at-ces-honda-announces-new-asimo-operating-system

– Stellantis Working with dSPACE: https://www.media.stellantis.com/em-en/corporate-communications/press/stellantis-partners-with-dspace-to-accelerate-cloud-based-development-of-vehicles

– To read the transcript for today’s show click here: https://www.autoline.tv/daily/ad-3965-zeekr-aims-to-be-1st-chinese-car-brand-in-u-s-honda-unveils-0-series-evs-erev-scout-model-orders-outpace-evs/

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