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A former chairman of Toyota Canada is chairing a new committee to promote the province of Ontario to the automotive industry.

Toyota broke ground today on the $126 million expansion of its Technical Center in Michigan. The expansion includes a new prototype facility for vehicle development, additions to the powertrain development facility and a supply center.

News 11 Jun, 2015

BMW confirms it will build a mass-production fuel-cell car by 2020, likely under the ‘i’ brand

Mercedes-Benz has expanded its global assembly network further with the start of production of the GLA compact SUV at the Pune plant in India.

AvtoVAZ head Bo Andersson believes that Russia's car market could return to 3m units by 2018, if things "go well".

Volkswagen Group sales chief Christian Klingler, an aide of ousted Chairman Ferdinand Piech, could lose his job as part of a reorganization by the carmaker intended to boost profits, company sources said.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne is looking at other automakers as merger candidates as the chances of striking a friendly deal with General Motors dwindle, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.

News 11 Jun, 2015

Brand-new city car will be unveiled next month, rivalling new MINI and Audi A1

News 11 Jun, 2015

The cost of an annual parking permit varies hugely in the UK with Birmingham and Manchester topping the table

Articles 11 Jun, 2015

Treat your dad to an Auto Express subscription for just £19.99 and get a free T-CUT set for your car

GS Yuasa's Thai unit Siam GS Battery (SGS) is buying 40% of joint venture Yuasa Battery Malaysia (YBML).

GS Yuasa will acquire 50% of Inci Aku Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi in Turkey which makes lead-acid batteries for automotive, forklift and stationary applications.

Autoliv has developed a new vacuum braking system - called Torricelli - developed for significantly reducing stopping distance for autonomous emergency braking (AEB). the supplier claims the innovation could revolutionise traffic safety in urban environments.

SAIC's Maxus brand plans to launch the electric EG10 van in China early in 2016.

Mazda has recalled about 80,000 vehicles fitted with Takata airbags in Australia.

Carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) migrates down from the Leipzig-made i3 and i8, engines are the group's new generation, a plug-in hybrid 740e is planned, remote control parking available.

News 11 Jun, 2015

Electric turbocharging under development for next-generation compact AMG cars

French supplier Faurecia said today that it plans to close a plant producing seat frames in eastern France on falling demand from domestic carmakers.

News 11 Jun, 2015

Halfords Autocentres missed 11 of the 20 basic faults on trading standards dept's deliberately sabotaged car

Daimler's small car brand has no plans to add an SUV, according to the brand's CEO.