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ReutersNissan boss Uchida races to save the automaker - and his job
In early October, Nissan Motor managers dialed in for a regular online meeting with boss Makoto Uchida only to hear a grim message: business was worse than expected and the Japanese car maker had to cut jobs and production. They listened as the 58-year-old chief executive described a deteriorating financial situation that he put down largely to weak sales and profitability in North America and China, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. In the Q&A, some of the few hundred managers peppered Uchida with questions about responsibility for the decline of a company that five years ago had the world's top EV model by lifetime sales.
- BuzzFeed
23 Absolutely Fascinating Confessions From An Airline Pilot That Will Change The Way You Think About Flying
"I'm an airline pilot; ask me anything. I'll answer anything except which airline I fly for."
- CNN
Woman who sneaked onto Paris flight bypassed checkpoints by jumping into different security lines, TSA says
A Russian woman who stowed away on a flight from New York to Paris last week was able to sneak through the security checkpoint by starting off in a lane reserved for airline flight crews, according to the Transportation Security Administration.
- AFP News
Vietnam pushes electric motorbikes as pollution becomes 'unbearable'
In Vietnam's heavily polluted capital Hanoi, teenage taxi driver Phung Khac Trung rides his electric motorbike through streets jammed with two-wheelers belching toxic fumes.Trung has long hated riding in Hanoi, rated among the world's top 10 polluted capital cities in 2023 by air quality technology firm IQAir.
- CNN
Woman who stowed away on plane to Paris arrested, expected to face federal charge after returning to the US
A Russian woman who stowed away on a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Paris last week is expected to face at least one federal charge after she returned to the United States Wednesday, according to multiple law enforcement officials.
- CNN
Stowaway who flew from New York to Paris causes disturbance on return flight, remains in France
A woman who flew as a stowaway on a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Paris earlier this week remains in France after causing a disturbance on a flight scheduled to take her back to the United States Saturday, according to two law enforcement sources.
- Reuters
Analysis-China automakers pivot to hybrids for Europe to counter EV tariffs
Automakers in China are ramping up exports of hybrid vehicles to Europe and planning more models for the key market, exposing the limits of the European Union's electric vehicle tariff scheme. The bloc's latest EV tariffs to protect its auto industry from a flood of cheap Chinese imports do not apply to hybrid cars. Some manufacturers are also shifting production and assembly to Europe to lower the cost around tariffs.
- Robb Report
First Drive: This New Porsche 911 Restomod Is a Punchy, Comfortable Everyday Hypercar
Piloting this prototype of Kalmar’s 9x9, built on a 993-gen 911, we also discovered elements of Porsche’s Turbo and GT3 RS variants.
- BBC
India taxi service sorry for driver's gunpoint robbery
A 30-year-old woman said she was travelling with her six-year-old son when the driver pulled out a gun.
- Fortune
Thailand, the ‘Detroit of Southeast Asia’, is at the forefront of China’s battle for the global auto market
China has invested at least $1.4 billion in the nearby country’s auto plants.
- GOBankingRates
5 Hybrid Vehicles the Middle Class Can’t Afford Anymore
Are you interested in purchasing a hybrid vehicle? Hybrids offer ultimate fuel efficiency, lower maintenance costs and stable resale values -- and they open the door to tax benefits. Before you head...
- The Telegraph
Roadside trees should be felled after soldier killed in crash, says coroner
A set of “dangerous” trees lining a road in Plymouth should be felled following a fatal crash, a coroner has suggested.
- LA Times
Orange County domestic dispute ends in deadly police chase
Police arrested Huntington Beach resident Timothy Bradford Cole, 43, after his Dodge Ram smashed into a white BMW at the intersection of Ellis Avenue and Magnolia Street shortly after 10 p.m., according to Fountain Valley Police.
- Associated Press
Iranian fighter jet crashes in the country's south, killing 2 pilots
An Iranian fighter jet crashed in the south of the country Wednesday, killing the two pilots, state media reported. State television identified the pilots as Col. Hamid Reza Ranjbar and Col. Manouchehr Pirzadeh, saying they were on a test flight after the plane was overhauled. Video on the semiofficial Fars news agency, which is close to the military, showed columns of white smoke billowing from the remains of the aircraft.
- KameraOne
SUV passenger survives 1,000ft plunge off cliff near Malibu, two still missing
The 1,000ft plunge of an SUV off a cliff on the Pacific Coast Highway near Malibu in California on December 1 has left investigators scratching their heads. One passenger survived the crash with injuries to his arm, but failed to report it for a full day. Police have not been able to find or identify the two missing passengers.
- LA Times
DUI suspect in crash that killed two girls in Rialto pleads not guilty
A man suspected of drunk driving is facing criminal charges in a three-car crash that killed two girls. That intersection has been the site of 32 collisions and one pedestrian fatality in a 10-year span.
- People
Pregnant Woman Saved by Deputy as Her Runaway Car Neared Illinois Lake: 'I Cannot Die Today'
"I need help," the pregnant woman said during the 911 call
- BBC
Killer driver sped with feet out of car window
Several videos were found on Caleb Marsden-Marr's phone of him driving recklessly.
- CNN
A stowaway on a flight to Paris faces a court appearance in New York today. Here’s what to expect next
The extraordinary journey of a stowaway who made it all the way to Paris on a Delta Air Lines flight from New York last week has alarmed both aviation experts and travelers.
- Evening Standard
Three key London commuter rail companies to be renationalised next year
South Western Railways, C2C and Greater Anglia will be the first to be transferred into public ownership - with Avanti West Coast to follow