A $245 million investment slated for a Detroit-area General Motors plant will go to a Kansas facility instead, leaving one of GM's primary small-vehicle factories with a light workload.
New technologies in the race for lighter-weight vehicles dominated the 2016 Automotive News PACE Awards on Monday night. The annual awards for outstanding supplier innovations singled out seven new concepts that are helping automakers trim weight.
Hitachi Automotive Systems America announced today the promotion of Paul Carroll to president and CEO. He's the first non-Japanese to serve in the role.
Geek Squad is ditching its signature Volkswagen Beetle 'Geekmobiles' for the 2016 Toyota Prius C.
Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa plans to retire as the Agnelli family tightens its grip on the recently listed company, Bloomberg reported.
Honda said it is recalling more than 11,000 decade-old Accord sedans, some of them for the fifth time since 2014, after dealers found the Japanese automaker originally had installed the wrong Takata airbag inflators in some cars.
Tesla Motors said it will recall the Model X crossover to replace a third-row seat that failed an internal crash test.
Fiat Chrysler is giving the slumping Dodge Dart a midyear tuneup by dropping two models, shuffling content and adjusting prices.
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11 Apr, 2016
Hennessey Performance has broken the world record for the fastest production convertible car with a 265.6mph run
BMW is expanding its DriveNow car share service into the US, starting in Seattle under the brand name ReachNow.
Webasto is expanding its plant for roof systems in Hiroshima, Japan, with EUR5.6m (US$6.4m) ploughed into a new 5,000 square metre building.
KSPG subsidiary, Pierburg, has secured an EUR85m (US$97m) lifetime contract from an unnamed Chinese OEM for control valves, actuators for intake manifolds, and electric switchover valves.
Borealis AG develops solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers. Matthew Beecham spoke to Nicholas Kolesch, head of marketing for the group's automotive business about the use of carbon fibre in vehicle manufacture, recycling trends and new automotive applications for polymers.
Constellium has opened the University Technology Centre (UTC) at Brunel University London, a base for the design, development and prototyping of aluminium alloys and automotive structural components.
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12 Apr, 2016
Volkswagen has released details and a sketch of its 374bhp WRC Polo R rally car
Volkswagen sought to defuse mounting tension with labor leaders by agreeing to negotiations to safeguard factories as it faces billions of euros in costs for its emissions-cheating scandal.
The time seems to have come: no one is sure about how long the Brazilian economy will keep getting worse before recovery starts.
New vehicle sales in Vietnam picked up momentum in March, with deliveries to dealers rising by close to 53% to 23,192 units from 15,206 units a year ago, according to data released by the Vietnam Automotive Manufacturers Association.
Honeywell has entered into a supply agreement with Chinese manufacturer, Juhua Group to produce Solstice yf, extending its global supply base for the mobile air conditioning refrigerant.
BMW has told local reporters it plans to considerably increase completely built up (CBU) vehicle exports from its Rayong plant in Thailand from this year.
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