Alfa Romeo: Although Alfa Romeo has avoided the U.S. market for much of the last 2 decades, it’s back now. The admission of cheating ultimately cost the automaker tens of billions of dollars in fines and legal fees, making it one of the most expensive corporate scandals in history. Two points are key for automakers: 1) All of the disruptive forces dissected above — from circularity to the decline of the combustion engine and rising supplier power — will be accelerated by autonomy; and 2) For the first time, the auto industry will be subject to digital network effects, in turn, winner-take-all dynamics. The report says Chinese automakers are facing government pressure to expand business outside China by acquiring foreign companies.

Looking at deal count, Germany’s BMW was the most active automaker by a wide margin, with more than 30 disclosed investments since 2012, including 10 so far this year. The largest U.S. automaker by sales plans to move used vehicles into Houston, and expressed confidence it can reduce inventories to 850,000 or fewer vehicles by year end. Ford said it expects China’s market for all-electrics and hybrids to grow to annual sales of 6 million by 2025. Many in Congress accused the automakers of not operating competitively for years. Toyota earned an overall score of 71, placing 11th on the Consumer Reports list.

Her first role was as an analyst in the Ford division’s district sales office in Detroit, a city she ended up working in for six years, taking on roles as truck merchandising manager, market representation manager, distribution manager and field manager. Light truck sales are booming worldwide and, in the U.S. now account for almost two-thirds of the new vehicle market. Marchionne said the global SUV market could grow to between 33 million and 35 million vehicles annually, given current consumer trends.

In February 2016, automakers finally admitted that, while some of their cars can meet the EU’s NOx emissions limits in laboratory testing, they couldn’t meet the same standards on real roads. Fiat Chrysler’s ties to China have been growing in recent years after the company made an effort to re-enter the market and try to catch up to other global rivals that had zoomed past the Auburn Hills automaker in Asian. Deal counts are up, more automakers are investing and more big rounds are getting done.

The U.S. government bailed out Chrysler in late 2008 and 2009, funding the company’s bankruptcy and helping to negotiate Italian automaker Fiat’s deal to gain control of the brand. So, with the commission threatening to impose Real Driving Emissions (RDE) tests as soon as 2017, state governments representing their automakers argued for conformity factors” — a fudge factor if you will — that would allow their cars to continue polluting more during real-world driving and still be deemed as meeting the emissions standards. Yet, while that prediction may appear apocalyptic, ride-sharing does present an opportunity for automakers.