Indian carmakers, following on the footsteps of other international car markets, are set to devise a common recall code that will come into effect from 1 July 2012
Lifan plans to make an investment of CNY670m to make a battery production plant as well as a new energy research institute.
Honda is planning to build a sedan version of its Brio small hatchback at the two plants which currently manufacture it.
Spartanburg, S.C., is home to BMW's SUV manufacturing facility and its BMW Performance Driving School.
BMW has been downgraded to ''neutral'' from ''buy'' by Citi Investment Research, which said a sales slowdown in China and the Asia-Pacific region signals that emerging markets can no longer drive the automaker's stock.
Thailand has scrapped import tariffs on more than 140 categories of automotive components imported from Japan as part of the Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement (JTEPA).
Autoweek reader and frequent spy-photo contributor Spencer Abbott brings us these photos that he and Alicia Maylone took last weekend in Birmingham, Mich.
Nissan Motor has said it plans to cut vehicle production capacity in Japan by 15% from July in response to rising manufacturing costs and weakening domestic demand.
This month we are highlighting research extracts from our QUBE Automotive Glazing sector intelligence service ahead of an automotive glazing webinar scheduled for July 10. Here, we interview V Umamaheswaran, director of automotive products and marketing, SABIC Innovative Plastics, about how polycarbonate (PC) glazing market is shaping up.
The Canadian unit of Mercedes-Benz has opened a fuel cell stack plant in Burnaby in British Columbia, the first such automated automotive facility in the world.
Renault is to cut back production at its site in Douai, northern France, which assembles the Renault Scenic model, according to the Les Echos newspaper.
The all-electric vehicle range of the 2013 Chevrolet Volt will be 38 miles on a single charge, three miles more than the 2012 model.
While Cadillac's recent focus seems to have been on beating Europe's prestige manufacturers around the
Media reports in Japan and Germany suggest that Toyota and BMW are considering deepening their collaboration in the area of green automotive technologies and that a public statement could come as early as this week.
Plaintiffs seeking $5 billion in damages from Porsche SE, the holding company behind the carmaker, may find it difficult to make their case in a German court system that offers them only a limited view of the company's inner workings.
Robert Bosch gained EU approval to purchase the car service business of U.S. manufacturer SPX Corp. for $1.15 billion.
Volume production of the B-Max has begun at Ford's new manufacturing facility in Craiova, Romania.
Toyota has announced the first ever Avalon Hybrid. The car will go on sale in North America later in 2012 and will have the same powertrain as the Camry Hybrid.
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