Johnson Controls said it was forming a joint venture with Binzhou Bohai Piston, an auto parts affiliate of Beijing Automotive Industry Group, to build its fourth Chinese automotive battery factory.
Investment bank Lazard has sidelined the founding family of Takata as momentum builds to a market-based solution for the Japanese airbag maker embroiled in the auto industry's biggest safety recall, a person briefed on the process told Reuters.
General Motors has named Alicia Boler-Davis as its head of global manufacturing and labor relations, the latest in a string of high-profile appointments for the long-time GM engineer.
Ford says it's taking aim at German luxury cars -- not with its upscale Lincoln brand but with the new Fusion Sport sedan. Ford today said the 2017 Fusion Sport's 2.
Ford of Europe CEO Jim Farley warned that potential future investment in the UK could be at risk if a vote to leave the EU leads to a significant deterioration in the country's business environment.
UAW officials have had contact with employees at Tesla Motors' Fremont, Calif., assembly plant, a top union official said in the latest acknowledgment that the union is interested in organizing the automaker's workers.
The rise of car-sharing will boost sales of electric vehicles by making them more cost-effective, a senior analyst for Morgan Stanley told the Automotive News Congress.
Toyota said it could make a legal complaint against the UK's official Brexit campaign for using its logo in leaflets, which the automaker said might give the impression it backed Britain leaving the EU.
Western Europe's car market is continuing to recover, helped by a positive replacement cycle and returning consumer confidence built on an improving economy. While sales still remain below pre-recession levels they are heading rapidly in the right direction.
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10 Jun, 2016
One lucky winner will get two weekend tickets to the 2016 British Grand Prix at Silverstone and a Scalextric Track Day set
Tesla is bringing back a 60 kilowatt-hour version of the Model S that costs less than the one it discontinued last year. The new Model S 60 begins at $66,000 before federal or state incentives and can travel 208 miles per charge.
Multi-country automaker and law enforcement cooperation led recently to the interception of a large quantity of fake Toyota parts.
Toyota -- with its focus on hybrids -- has seen no impact on diesel sales from VW Group's emissions-cheating scandal. The Japanese automaker wants half of its European sales to be hybrid cars, up from a quarter now.
Toyota Europe's top executive sees VW Group's emissions-cheating scandal giving it an advantage in the region, where buyers looking for fuel-efficient cars have long favored diesels over the Japanese automaker's specialty: hybrids.
AGC Asahi Glass (AGC) said it is supplying its UV-reducing Verre Premium Privashield glass to Toyota Motor for the Estima and Estima Hybrid miivans launched recently in Japan. They are claimed to be the first minivans with glass that reduces UV intrusion by 99%.
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9 Jun, 2016
Mazda’s latest tech will improve comfort, stability and grip - and we’ve tried it
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9 Jun, 2016
All-new model due in 2019 to take SsangYong’s Korando in a fresh direction and challenge the crossover class best
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29 Jan, 2019
The new SsangYong Korando mid-sized SUV has been teased ahead of its debut at Geneva later this year
Germany's Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has approved Volkswagen's proposed modification of around 1.1m more VW, VW commercial and Audi brand models.
A promised showdown between the CEOs of Daimler AG and ride-sharing firm Uber, Silicon Valley's most valuable private company, turned into more of a wary courtship when the two met publicly on Wednesday.
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