Japan's earthquake and tsunami may force Nissan to delay the start of U.S. production of its Leaf electric vehicle, now scheduled for late 2012.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing France (TMMF) today inaugurated a solar installation on the wall of its facility in Valenciennes, France which produces the Yaris (Vitz) for Europe.
Ford of Britain's wholly owned dealer group, Ford Retail, has announced the departure of founding CEO Chris Hayden who has headed the organisation for over 10 years.
After years of preproduction buzz, the Chevrolet Volt and
Swedish carmaker Saab, owned by Netherlands-based Swedish Automobile, said today output at its factory in southern Sweden would stay still for another two weeks.
Cash-strapped Saab said on Monday it did not know when it will start building vehicles again. "It will not be today. The staff is in place this morning but not today.
Electric vehicle services provider Better Place and Renault have today (20 June) announced a partnership in Australia to bring a zero-emission car with a switchable battery to the region next year.
Saab says it needs to "align" around 800 suppliers before it can restart production at its Trollhattan plant which remained idle today (20 June).
Denso has named Yoshikazu Makino as its new president and CEO for Europe. Makino comes to Europe from Denso's headquarters in Kariya, Japan, where he was head of the company's global business planning division.
Nissan and Mitsubishi have outlined details of their joint venture to develop minicars for the Japanese market.
Mercedes new baby CLS spied testing in Germany ahead of 2013 launch.
Thai vehicle sales fell by 10.2% to 55,851 units in May, from 62,205 units a year earlier, according to data released by Toyota Motor Thailand.
Continental says it has increased its expertise in drive assistance systems with the purchase of a small southern Germany-based radar engineering unit from Magna Electronics.
Continental says it has increased its expertise in drive assistance systems with the purchase of a small southern Germany-based radar engineering unit from Magna Electronics.
We scoop third generation of British baby, which gets sharp looks, new platform and hi-tech engines.
BMW is not ready to commit to building the Mini Rocketman, a minicar concept that debuted in March at the Geneva auto show. The reason? Executives say privately that they fear that the Smart competitor would not be profitable.
For years, Suzanne Cochrane, general manager of Helms Bros. Inc. in New York, struggled to sell 15 used vehicles a month at the company's Mercedes-Benz dealership.
Toyota, Honda and Nissan are counting on new lease programs to keep customers from straying because of the lack of selection of popular models in the aftermath of the March earthquake.
Audi will spend more than 10 million euros ($14.3 million) on an indoor test track at this year's Frankfurt auto show to outshine BMW and Mercedes-Benz as rivalry among the three biggest luxury carmakers intensifies.