Lawmakers grilled a senior Takata executive about the embattled supplier's continued use of ammonium nitrate as the primary propellant in its airbag inflators, a chemical compound that experts have said is inherently risky.
Takata plans to 'transition' away using from a volatile chemical in its airbag inflators, a top executive from the embattled supplier told a panel of U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles led Canada in May sales with deliveries edging up by 119 vehicles from a year earlier to 31,617 cars and trucks, as a rise in Jeep and passenger car sales helped offset lower minivan sales.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles led Canada in May sales with deliveries edging up by 119 vehicles from a year earlier to 31,617 cars and trucks, as a rise in Jeep and passenger car sales helped offset lower minivan sales.
Sales of the Ford F series fell to a three-month low in May, dropping nearly 10 percent from a year ago amid tight inventories and a decision not to join competitors in offering big Memorial Day discounts. Overall Ford sales fell 1.3 percent.
Shares of Hyundai Motor tumbled 10 percent today to their lowest close since August 2010, making Hyundai the worst-performing stock among any major automaker in the past year.
American Honda sales were up slightly for May, posting a 1.3 percent increase over May 2014.
Brisk demand for Jeep and the Chrysler 200 pushed Fiat Chrysler sales up 4 percent in May. The automaker posted U.S.
The Volkswagen brand broke a three-month slump in U.S. sales with an 8.1 percent gain in May, while its luxury sibling Audi continued its hot streak to post its second-best U.S. sales month on record.
GM rode strong retail sales and surging demand for pickups and crossovers to a 3 percent U.S. sales gain in May, offsetting continued weakness in car deliveries. Total sales of 293,097 marked GM's strongest monthly result since August 2008.
Mercedes-Benz Vans Russian assembler GAZ has built its 10,000th Sprinter Classic (previous generation model) 18 months after production began in September 2013 in Nischni Nowgorod.
Continuing just-auto's series of research snapshots - pulled from its automotive research platform, QUBE - Matthew Beecham reviews some value-added glazing products, including acoustic windscreens, infrared reflective windscreens, laminated side glass, polycarbonate and ever thinner glazings. But are these features really just solutions looking for problems?
Korean automaker Ssangyong is planning a Jeep Wrangler rival as a launch vehicle for the U.S., Autocar reports.
The Beijing Auto BJ40, a 4x4 clone of the Jeep Wrangler, will soon receive a turbocharged 2.0-liter engine that its parent company, BAIC, received from GM's fire sale of Saab parts bin items in 2009, along with the Saab 9-3 and Saab 9-5 platforms.
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) data showed an uplift in UK commercial vehicle production in April, with output up 36.8% year on year to 8,629 units.
National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) says it still remains in discussion with two potential Asian partners to become a main owner, despite securing fresh investment from China.
Bentley has added its third dealership in Moscow as the carmaker anticipates that wealthier Russians will shrug off an impending recession and buy its upcoming Bentayga SUV.
German new-car sales fell by 6.7 percent in May in a month that had two fewer business days than the year-earlier month. Adjusted sales rose by almost 4 percent.
Former Ford CEO Alan Mulally is diving deeper into the tech sector, joining 3-D printing company Carbon3D's board of directors.
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