Unit8bis: The US car industry:
Useful links:
- The US car industry: main facts:
The US automotive industry: statistics, Statista.com
Main facts, Select USA
Main facts, US Department of Treasury
The US car industry seen through the eyes of the Simpsons, Jalopnik Detroit
- The Big Three:
"The Big Three are back", Bloomberg
General Motors: official website
- Developments in the car industry:
Elon Musk's Tesla: official website
- A few useful articles:
"Chrysler recalls 2.9 million US vehicles with Takata airbags", Car and Driver
"2014: Year of the Recall for the car industry" (AutoNews)
"GM outlines financial plans", WSJ
"Mary Barra's bumpy ride at the wheel of GM", Time
"Mary Barra, GM's new CEO is the firm's first female chief", Fast Company
"Most powerful women", Fortune
"Google is going to start building its own self-driving cars", BBC
"Elon Musk has raided 150 people from Apple for Tesla", Forbes
Tesla's disappointing sales in China, Market Watch
"Uber chases Google in Self-driving cars with Carnegie Mellon Deal", WSJ
Videos:
Practice!
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Reading comprehension or translation:
"Driverless cars set to roll out for trials on UK roads", The Guardian
"Fuel prices and the car industry", The
Economist
"Detroit's blue skies clouded by fuel economy", Business Insider
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Oral comprehension:
Videos:
A Newsy video about Google's futuristic technologies
A Newsy video about driverless cars in the UK
A Reuters video about Uber and cab-owners
Radio shows:
"Automotive industry challenged by falling gas prices" (NPR)
Cartoons:
Go further:
- General knowledge:
"Quand la voiture fait son cinéma", Influencia.net
The UK car industry:
Main facts, wiki
"The UK car industry is booming and it's largely thanks to clean technology", Business Green
"Car market winners and losers of 2013", Autocar
Main UK car manufacturers:
- Movies:
"Pimp my ride" (US tv show)