Ford CEO Alan Mulally says the carmaker's goal to more than double deliveries of electric-drive autos won't stall should initial sales of the new battery-powered Focus hatchback start at a slower-than-planned pace.
Life imitates art. Except in the case of "Mad Men," when art imitates life. Or, perhaps, life imitates life. In last night's episode, one of the story elements involved a play by Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce for the Jaguar automobile account.
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Canada should adopt a national auto policy and investigate the possibility of establishing a domestic car company to safeguard employment in the industry, the Canadian Auto Workers union said.
News wire reports in Europe on Tuesday said Audi is poised to buy Ialian motorcycle maker Ducati from owner Investindustrial for about $1.1 billion (860 million euros).
Last weekend Barack Obama announced at the Americas Summit held in Cartagena/Colombia that the FTA signed with the Andean country will start next month. Even though this was good news for the automotive market, it had been the object of speculation for the last two months.
Last November, Autoweek introduced you to Japanese tuner Akira Nakai, his company Rauh-Welt Begriff and their first U.S. project, the Pandora One.
Honda said it would start the world's first mass-production process to extract rare earth metals from used car parts and recycle the expensive materials.
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More on expansion of Renault-Nissan alliance capacity in China: Renault has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Dongfeng Motor Group on setting up a joint venture, an insider familiar with the issue was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency.
Auto executives were meeting to find alternative sources of resin used to make brake- and fuel-system components.
Honda is claiming a world first for its partnership with Japan Metals & Chemicals Company, under which rare earth metals are to be extracted from various used parts in Honda products.
Hyundai is close to finalising plans for a diesel engine plant in India where demand for the motors in small and compact cars is growing.
Suzuki has broken ground at its new passenger vehicle plant in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing.
Fiat has opened its revamped EUR1bn (US$1.3bn) plant in Serbia which will produce the 500L.
Nissan is planning a new JPY30-40bn (US$370-493m) car plant in Dalian, China, its fourth in the country, according to company sources.
Toyota has strongly defended the value of the large car market to the Australian automotive industry and has indicated its determination to increase its share.
Audi has reached an agreement with Ducati's owner to buy the motorcycle maker for about 860 million euros ($1.1 billion), a person familiar with the matter said. VW's supervisory board is set to approve the deal on Wednesday, the source added.
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