What Boeing’s 737 MAX Has to Do With Cars: Software

Investigators believe faulty software contributed to two fatal crashes. A newly discovered fault will likely will keep the 737 MAX grounded until the fall.

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Behind the myth of China’s great technology grab | The Japan Times

The issue of forced transfers is overstated. Carmakers know how to safeguard their most advanced know-how.

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China Car Market 101: Who Makes All Those 18 Million Cars?

If you want to get ahead in the car business, this is required reading. If you just like cars and don’t give a hoot about who makes them where and why, the

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Driven by the dream of making world-class Chinese automobiles[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

Wu Song, executive director, GAC Group, and director and general manager, GAC Motor. [Photo provided to China Daily] Wu Song, GM of GAC Motor, thinks foreign brands’ days are numbered The man responsible for making made-in-China cars popular in China, a market hitherto dominated by foreign brands, clearly remembers how the bestselling Chinese model got its name Trumpchi. The story goes back nine years. Driven by the dream of making world-class Chinese automobiles Wu Song, 52 years old, executive director of GAC Group, and director and general manager of GAC Motor, was on a business trip to Northeast China. “I was deeply moved when I listened to a Chinese song, Chuanqi (Chinese for Legend), during a taxi ride.”

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Problems Ahead for China’s Auto Industry | Chinese Auto Industry

After a summer slump where light vehicle sales fell year-over-year, the auto market in China crawled out of its cave in November. Sales picked up—as much as 72% in the lower-priced SUV market–after the Chinese government slashed the automobile sales tax in half. But the higher numbers won’t stick, predicts John Humphrey, senior vice present of global automotive practice for J.D. Power and author of a recent report on China’s Five-Year Plan for the auto industry. The industry can’t keep going the way it has without repercussions, both at home and abroad.

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