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26 Apr, 2013
VW is working on an efficient 10-speed gearbox and a performance diesel
Chrysler Group said it would spend $19.6m in its Toledo machining plant in Perrysburg, Ohio, to increase capacity of the torque converter it's machining for the nine-speed transmission.
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Mazda rebounded to its first annual net profit in five years, the company said today.
Geely Automobile Group and startup electric automaker Detroit Electric Inc. have agreed to develop electric vehicles and electric drivetrains for sale in China.
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.