Hyundai and affiliate Kia were told to pay a Baltimore company $28.9 million after a federal jury said the South Korean carmakers infringed patents related to hybrid engines. The companies pledged to appeal.
California plans to conduct its own probe of Volkswagen in the widening fallout from the company's admission that 11 million of its diesel vehicles use software to cheat emissions tests, a person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.
Volvo said global sales of its cars rose 2.4 percent in September as an 18 percent jump in U.S. deliveries helped offset a fifth straight month of decline in China, where sales were down 5.7 percent.
Aston Martin has hired Laura Schwab from Jaguar Land Rover to be president of its Americas region. The British sports car maker said Thursday that Schwab's hiring will take effect Oct. 26.
News
2 Oct, 2015
Porsche announces end-of-the-line Cayman Black Edition, priced at £45,989, with all-black trim and a bigkit upgrade
Mercedes named Hans Georg Engel to run its randd center in Beijing where he will oversee the expansion of the unit, which is planned to almost double in size by the end of the year from when it opened in 2014.
Continuing just-auto's series of interviews with tier one component suppliers, Matthew Beecham caught up with Swamy Kotagiri, Chief Technology Officer of Magna International at the 2015 IAA to learn more about tomorrow's car seating, cameras and sensors.
Adding Labor Day to September US light vehicle sales not only made for a very good month, it made history. September's seasonally adjusted annualised rate (SAAR) of 18.17m units was not only the highest monthly reading since July 2005, it was the highest September SAAR in automotive history, according to the US Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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2 Oct, 2015
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Domestic sales by South Korea's five main automakers increased by 15.7% to 128,067 units in September, from 110,662 units a year earlier, according to data released individually by the vehicle manufacturers. The data does not include sales by South Korea's low-volume commercial vehicle manufacturers, including Tata-Daewoo and Daewoo Bus Corporation, which typically account for less than 2% of the domestic market combined.
News
2 Oct, 2015
CEO Andy Palmer’s restructuring plan includes job losses, but new manufacturing plans announced within six weeks.
News
2 Oct, 2015
Skoda has added a 4x4 option to hot Octavia vRS DSG diesel, priced from £27,315, while sat-nav is now standard
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2 Oct, 2015
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