Nissan has welcomed the changes to the London Congestion Charge from Transport for London (TfL), which sees pure electric cars and vans or vehicles emitting less than 75g/km receiving a 100% exemption from the GBP10 (US$15.37) charge.
Denso's consolidated net sales for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2013 totalled JPY3.58tn (US$38.1bn), a 13.5% increase from the previous year.
PSA/Peugeot-Citroen can move forward with the elimination of 11,200 jobs and a factory closing after a French court threw out a legal challenge from two unions to the plan.
Swedish supplier Autoliv stuck to its core 2013 profit goal after China sales helped offset a European downturn in the first quarter and pretax profit at the company rose to $170 million from $141 million compared with the year before.
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Honda Motor boosted fourth fiscal quarter operating income to 31 March 201321.4% to JPY135.9bn yen (GBP892.4m) after car sales rose in Asia as a result of the recovery from the impact of the major previous year flooding in Thailand as well as favourable currency effects of the depreciation of the Japanese yen.
Kongsberg Automotive's Interior Systems division has announced that is to supply it pneumatic seat support systems and seat heat systems to two different luxury SUVs in the Chinese market.
Behr America says it has developed analysis tools to help automakers reduce climate control system blower noise
Ford says it will offer an emergency service in more vehicles in China in 2013.
Chevrolet claims that the 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV is the "industry benchmark in retail electric vehicle efficiency" with a combined city/highway EPA estimated range of 82 miles when fully charged and an EPA-estimated combined city/highway 119 MPGe fuel economy equivalent.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi, TVA and New Albany Light, Gas and Water (NALGW) held a ceremony to start up the plant's new 50 kilowatt solar array.
Nissan will again build the Micra (March) in Europe but the next generation car will be made at the Renault Flins plant, near Paris, France, from 2016 at an estimated annual volume of 82,000 vehicles.
Renault said it will build the next Nissan Micra at its plant in Flins, near Paris. Production will begin in 2016 at an estimated annual volume of 82,000 vehicles.
Renault said it will build the next Nissan Micra at its plant in Flins, near Paris. Production will begin in 2016 at an estimated annual volume of 82,000 vehicles.
News
26 Apr, 2013
The first picture of the production-ready, seven-seat Fiat 500XL has appeared on a Spanish forum
Following successful negotiations with the once radical Greater São Paulo's São Bernardo do Campo metalworkers union, Ford is back spending money on its oldest plant in Brazil. This town saw the birth of the Brazilian auto industry back in November 1956.
News
26 Apr, 2013
Prices and specs have been announced for the all-new Range Rover Sport, and it starts at £51,500
Malaysia's DRB-Hicom and Volkswagen plan to jointly invest up to MYR1bn (US$330m) in a new car manufacturing facility in the Malaysian company's automotive hub in Pekan, according to prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
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26 Apr, 2013
Shanghai Motor Show: the not-so-good, the bad and the plain ugly star cars on video
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26 Apr, 2013
Shanghai Motor Show 2013: our video highlights from the show