This week’s most impactful OEM headlines, including:
- Toyota To Remain World’s Largest Automaker
Barring a catastrophe, Toyota will remain the world’s largest automaker…beating out Volkswagen and GM. Forbes.com says year to date, Toyota Is nearly 2-hundred thousand units ahead of Volkswagen and is expected to end the year with 10.1 million units to it name. - BMW, Nissan Team Up on National Fast Charger Network
The Detroit Bureau reports BMW and Nissan are teaming up in a bid to make it easier for owners to charge-up away from home. Both companies say it’s in an effort to set up fast-charging stations at 120 locations across the U.S. The systems will give vehicles like the Nissan leaf and BMW i3 an 80% charge in as little as 20 to 30 minutes. - Mercedes Replaces US Boss
Mercedes Benz USA made a move at the top last week, replacing CEO and President Steve Cannon, with Austrian native, Dietmar Exler. Mercedes Benz didn’t actually give a reason, but the DetroitBureau.com suggest the reason was because of sales lagging in an otherwise robust luxury market. - Toyota To Remain World’s Largest Automaker
Porsche plant workers have agreed to less pay to produce an electric car. Reuters reports the Volkswagen-Owned manufacturer said earlier this month it would spend a little over a billion dollars at its base in Zuffenhausen and create more than 1,000 jobs there to build the battery-powered Mission E model
