Daimler will spend about 100 million euros ($125 million) to boost production of lithium ion batteries in Germany as it expects "high and steadily-growing demand" for electric-car batteries.
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BMW is joining rival premium carmakers in offering plug-in hybrid versions of its main models, including the 3-series sedan and X5 SUV, as automakers react to tighter emissions regulations.
BMW Group said it would follow up its all-electric and hybrid, plug-in range extender i3 and i8 models with plug-in hybrid versions of core-brand models.
A company spokesperson has told just-auto that Ford will "neither confirm nor deny" whether a replacement for the Galaxy will be launched. Production of the current model will end on 18 December.
China Automotive Systems has begun construction of the first stage of a factory in Sao Paulo, Brazil which will assemble steering units sold to South American automakers.
Delphi says suppliers which achieve innovations towards autonomous transportation and boost the quest to end road deaths, will be the "winners" as technology towards self-driving moves relentlessly forward.
BMW plans to offer plug-in hybrid versions of all its main models, including the best-selling 3-series sedan, as the world's largest maker of luxury vehicles reacts to tighter emissions regulations.
Chinese authorities are investigating state-owned automaker Dongfeng Motor for possible corruption. Dongfeng is a local partner of PSA/Peugeot-Citroen and earlier this year bought a 14 percent stake in the French automaker.
At least three automakers here in Brazil are betting on turbocharger technology for their new, one-litre, three-cylinder engines. None has yet confirmed officially it plans to produce them but several just-auto sources say they will.
Black Friday, once associated with big-box retailers and shopping malls, has become a crucial day on the automotive sales calendar.
In contrast to the overall new car market in Brazil, which has been falling in 2014, with a 10% slump overall expected, premium models will see average growth of between 20% and 30%.
Investors are piling into bets against Takata as the U.S. pushes for nationwide recalls to replace its faulty airbags and members of Congress prepare to renew their scrutiny of defects linked to five deaths.
The growth in new-car sales in Spain slowed to 17 percent in November but the extension of a scrappage program helped to encourage buyers, industry association Anfac said. Year-to-date registrations are up 18 percent.
We spoke to Gunter Kraemer about BorgWarner's recent expansion in the rapidly growing turbocharger market.
French car registrations fell 2 percent in November amid a continued weakening of consumer confidence. Demand will remain weak next year, industry association CCFA said.
Honda, the first automaker in Brazil to start a wind power generation business, has started the turbines at Xangri-lá in Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state in Brazil, approximately 1,000km (600 miles) south of the company's production plant in Sumaré, São Paulo.
China's Chengshan Group has agreed to take full control of its tyre joint venture with US-based Cooper Tire & Rubber Company.
France wants to gradually phase out the use of diesel fuel for passenger cars and will put in place a system to identify the most polluting vehicles, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said.
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