Autoline Daily Jan 12, 2026

AD #4209 - Lucid to Offer L4 in 2029; Ford EU Cuts Spare Parts Prices 25%; BMW EVs Outsell Mercedes by 273,000 Cars

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Term

spare parts

Spare parts are the pieces you can buy to fix or replace broken parts on a car.

Term

EBIT profits

EBIT profits show how much money a company makes before paying interest and taxes, helping to understand its financial health.

Brand

Ford

Ford is a well-known car company that makes many types of vehicles, like trucks and cars.

Brand

BMW

BMW is a German car company that makes luxury cars and is known for its sporty models.

Brand

Mercedes

Mercedes is a luxury car brand from Germany that makes high-end vehicles known for their quality and technology.

Term

fully electric vehicles

Fully electric vehicles are cars that run only on electricity and do not use any gasoline.

Car

Chevy Bolt

The Chevy Bolt is a budget-friendly electric car from Chevrolet. It's designed to be affordable and has a good range for everyday driving.

Term

LFP battery pack

An LFP battery pack is a type of battery used in electric cars that is safe and lasts a long time. It's made from lithium iron phosphate, which helps keep the car running smoothly.

Term

driving range

Driving range is how far an electric car can go before it needs to be charged again. It's important to know so you can plan your trips.

Term

peak charging speed

Peak charging speed is how fast an electric car can charge its battery. The faster it charges, the less time you spend waiting to drive again.

Term

autonomous car

An autonomous car is a self-driving car that can operate without a person controlling it. It uses technology to see and understand the road.

Company

Lucid

Lucid is a car company that makes electric cars, like the Lucid Air, which is a fancy and high-tech vehicle. They are working on new models that will use advanced technology.

Term

Level four technology

Level four technology means that a car can drive itself in certain situations, like in a city, without needing a driver to take over. It's a step towards fully self-driving cars.

Term

semi-active dampers

Semi-active dampers are parts of a car's suspension that can change how stiff or soft they are while driving. This helps the car handle better and feel more comfortable on different types of roads.

Term

active noise cancellation

Active noise cancellation is a method that helps reduce unwanted sounds in a car by using special technology to create sounds that cancel out the noise, making the ride quieter.

Term

horsepower

Horsepower is a way to measure how powerful a car's engine is. The more horsepower, the faster and stronger the car can be.

Car

Toyota GR Yaris

The Toyota GR Yaris Marizo R is a special version of the GR Yaris made for racing fans. It has extra features to make it even better for driving fast.

Car

The Saturn Aura is a type of car that is a bit bigger than a compact car, designed to be comfortable for families and everyday driving. It was made by a company called Saturn, which was part of General Motors, and it was known for being stylish and getting good gas mileage. People talk about it because it was a popular choice when it was available.

Term

Nismo

Nismo is a special performance brand from Nissan that makes cars faster and more exciting to drive. They add features that improve speed and handling.

Car

Nissan Aura

The Nissan Aura is a small hatchback car that is designed to be affordable and efficient. There is a special version called Nismo that makes it faster and sportier.

Term

lowered suspension

Lowered suspension means the car is closer to the ground. This helps the car handle better when turning and makes it look sportier.

Term

aero upgrades

Aero upgrades are changes made to a car to help it move through the air better. This can make the car faster and use less fuel.

Company

BYD

BYD is a big car company from China that makes electric cars. They are known for creating affordable and efficient vehicles.

LIVE

Speaker 1: This is Autoligne Daily, the show dedicated to enthusiasts of the global automotive industry. Automakers can make a fortune selling

spare parts to their dealers. A major car company can

make several billion dollars a year in ebit profits just from selling spare parts. That's a key reason why you

see them prosecute companies that sell counterfeit parts. They need

to protect those profits. So it's a bit surprising to

us that Ford is cutting the retail price of spare parts in Europe by up to twenty five percent. The

price cut only applies to vehicles made in twenty nineteen or earlier, but then again, those are the vehicles that are most likely to need spare parts. There are six

thousand parts that get the price cut, including doors, bumpers, grills, headlamps, and more. And with so many people complaining about the

cost of repairing cars, hopefully Ford will expand the program beyond Europe. Is clabboring Mercedes in sales of fully electric vehicles.

Last year, BMW including Mini, sold more than four hundred and forty two thousand bvs globally, up three point six percent compared to twenty twenty four while Mercedes sold one hundred and sixty eight thousand, eight hundred evs, down nine percent. Overall,

BMW sold two point four million vehicles in twenty twenty five, up half a percent, and Mercedes sold one point eight million, a drop of nine percent. The new Chevy Bolt is

now being delivered to dealerships in the US. General Motors

stopped selling the model in twenty twenty three, but it's back with a few upgrades. The styling is pretty much

the same, but now it features a sixty five kilowatt hour LFP battery pack from CATL and has a driving range of up to two hundred and sixty two miles.

The new Bolt has a peak charging speed of one hundred and fifty kilowatts, up from just fifty kilowatts, which allows it to charge from ten to eighty percent in twenty six minutes. Pricing starts just under twenty nine thousand bucks,

making it the most affordable EV in the US. But

if you're interested, you better not wait. GM says it

will be a limited run model. We used to think

that people wouldn't be able to buy their own autonomous car before the twenty thirties. Well Lucid CEO says they'll

have them on the road in twenty twenty nine, and we're not talking about the robotaxi that had just unveiled with Uber and Neuro. Mark Winneroff, the interim CEO of Lucid,

says their next gen platform will have Level four technology for city driving with an AV stack that uses Nvidios four chips. Lucid has three new products in the pipeline

based on this new platform, and winner Off says none of them will be a sedan.

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Speaker 1: Evs are pretty quiet except for all the tire noise.

You can hear inside the cabin. So we kind of

did a double take last week when zf announced it's going to use the dampers on a car to cancel out the tire noise, and now we've got more info on the system. Zetef uses chassis sensors to measure tire vibrations,

specifically tire cavity noise that's generated around two hundred hertz, and it uses that input to make micro adjustments to the valves in its semi active dampers without affecting their damping functions. Zetef says this kind of active noise cancelation

can cut tire noise by three decibels and claims it can probably hit ten decibels with further development. It says

the technology will be ready for delivery to automakers in twenty twenty eight, and maybe even better than this. It's

also working on future noise canceling technology that will eliminate break squeal. Toyota gr Yaris is already packed full of

performance parts and an impressive three cylinder engine that makes a hundred horsepower per cylinder. But when you're the chairman

of the company and you're racing alter ego gets its own special edition version of the gr Yaris. You know

there's a few more upgrades coming. The Marizo R R

Edition comes with a unique suspension set up, an exclusive driving mode, carbon fiber body panels, a race inspired steering wheel, and a number of special accents. But don't expect to

see one of these at your local Toyota dealer. The

model will be limited to one hundred units and will only be sold in Japan. But speaking of Japanese economy

cars transformed into performance models, Nissan is giving the Aura hatchback, which is based on the same platform as the Kicks crossover, the Nism treatment. While it retains the automaker's series hybrid

technology called ePower, it gets the setup from the X Trail, which puts out more power. It combines a roughly one

hundred and forty horse power gas engine with two electric motors, a front one that makes about one hundred and thirty horse power and a rear unit that makes two hundred horse power. The Nismo Aura also features wider fenders, lowered suspension,

bigger breaks, and a number of arrow upgrades. Nissan plans

to optimize the setup for racing and says there's potential for a future customer version. BYD has created a new

brand called lin Qui that will feature rebadge models that are popular with fleet operators and ride hailing services. The

new brand was revealed in filings disclosed by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. While BYD ding't comment on

the new brand, analysts speculate the automaker created it to guard its growing ride hailing market from hurting the re visual values of the models that are being rebadged, and that brings us to the end of today's show. Thanks

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AD #4209 - Lucid to Offer L4 in 2029; Ford EU Cuts Spare Parts Prices 25%; BMW EVs Outsell Mercedes by 273,000 Cars

spare parts

EBIT profits

Ford

BMW

Mercedes

fully electric vehicles

Chevy Bolt

LFP battery pack

driving range

peak charging speed

autonomous car

Lucid

Level four technology

semi-active dampers

active noise cancellation

horsepower

Toyota GR Yaris

Saturn Aura

Nismo

Nissan Aura

lowered suspension

aero upgrades

BYD

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