Kongsberg Automotive's Driveline business area has won what it described as "a significant supply agreement from a major North American OEM to supply automatic transmission shift cables".
Proxy adviser Glass Lewis has recommended that Fiat investors vote for a merger with Chrysler despite concerns that the voting rights of Exor, Fiat's main shareholder, could potentially increase with a deal.
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Fiat has teamed up with footwear brand Vans to create a unique 500L concept
Nissan said net income rose 37 percent to $1.1 billion in the April-June quarter as deliveries rose in the United States and China, its two biggest markets.
Nissan said net income rose 37 percent to $1.1 billion in the April-June quarter as deliveries rose in the U.S. and China. The company narrowed its loss in Europe.
South Korea's Hyundai Mobis plans to spend EUR95m on a new car lighting factory in Ostrava in the Czech Republic.
Global automakers have long been reluctant to sell cheaper vehicles in China as they seek to protect their healthy profit margins. But now foreign automakers are moving into China's entry-level segment in a quest for market share.
The IT industry has made much of the benefits of a Cloud infrastructure, offering better security and less complex networks in the workplace. Infotainment specialist Harman with subsidiary Aha claims its use in the car could be equally effective. It is now offering OEMs and service providers a chance to use the Cloud beyond downloading apps, navigation updates or music. Understanding what features are being used by the end customer, finding software bugs, removing unused features, reducing recalls or targeting specific customers with updates and advertising are just some of the ideas that Harman claims it can offer with its new Aha Cloud Platform Analytics and Updates Service. just-auto spoke to Siegfried Schuler, Director Centre of Competence Aha, about the service and find out what OEMs are most interested in.
Toyota, Honda and Nissan -- and their upscale offshoots -- are out to change the "reliable but unexciting" impression with several high-performance halo cars.
When Lucy Clark Dougherty was named General Motors' top lawyer for North America in 2011, she was considered the likely candidate to succeed General Counsel Michael Millikin.
Ford CEO Mark Fields, in his first major personnel move since taking over, announced Kumar Galhotra's appointment last week among several changes in Ford's product development organization.
Ford Motor Co. is threatening legal action if Ram keeps claiming that its pickups offer "best-in-class" towing. Ram's response? In so many words, it's telling Ford to go pound sand.
Asbury Automotive Group Inc. aims to double its acquisition pace during the next 18 months.
Three weeks into Sonic Automotive Inc.'s customer experience initiative, customers at the pilot store aren't yet getting the promised iPad-enabled transaction with a single salesperson.
General Motors treated isolated reports of flimsy ignitions in its mid-sized, full-sized and luxury cars more urgently than similar but far more voluminous complaints about the less profitable Chevrolet Cobalt and Saturn Ion, documents GM submitted...
Porsche is dropping -- at least for now -- its base-model Cayenne, which had started at $50,595.
While General Motors' second-quarter profits were hammered by the costs of its massive recall, across town Ford Motor Co. reported a robust profit bolstered by a record second quarter in North America.
Daniel Ricciardo claimed a stunning victory for Red Bull Racing in Hungary on Sunday, winning the second Formula 1 race of his career.
The Australian passed Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso in the final four laps as a pre-race downpour and two safety-car periods created wildly differing strategies and led to a breathtaking finish.
Ricciardo, on much fresher soft rubber, passed Hamilton with four laps to go. One lap later and he dived down the inside of Alonso at the first corner, and from then on it was plain sailing as he replayed his success in Canada.
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| Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, winner in Hungary. (Photo: WRi2) |
A new study by Kaspersky, Motor.com and IAB Spain shows that connected cars from BMW are the most vulnerable to cyber-attacks. The web portal used in the infotainment system and data-sharing services is especially compromising.
More specifically, information to access BMW's website can be stolen via phishing, keylogging or social engineering, allowing unauthorized access to the vehicle.
An attacker could also use mobile remote opening services on a smartphone to create virtual car keys. In other scenario, hackers who break into the car's system and access SIM-based functions could potentially send fake instructions.
While known cyber-attacks against vehicles have been performed by security experts as part of experiments, a number of automakers have joined forces to counter this growing threat. Named Battelle Cyber Innovations, the group hopes to strike a deal with makers of smartphones, which are more likely to be infected with a computer virus that could spread to a connected car's on-board platforms.
Source : cnetfrance.fr
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