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7 Jun, 2016
Full carbon bodied McLaren 675LT Spider limited to 25 examples, all pre-sold
SMMT supply chain members plan GBP225m of spending over the next three years, as efforts continue to boost the British content of vehicles built in the UK, a survey found.
A Japanese women has filed a negligence suit against Takata and Nissan after she sustained injuries when a passenger-side airbag made by Takata exploded in her Nissan vehicle last year.
Infiniti is considering rolling out highway self-driving capabilities for most new models, its president said today, potentially overtaking German rivals in a race to offer autonomous driving.
Hyundai Chairman Chung Mong-Koo proved the South Korean automaker can build reliable, value-for-money cars by beating Toyota and Volkswagen in benchmark U.S. quality surveys. His son now wants to show Hyundai can be synonymous with luxury, too.
Samsung SDI is making progress in talks with Tesla to supply batteries for the Model 3 electric car as well as its energy storage products, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
South Korea's Hanwha Advanced Materials Corporation has offered to buy Continental Structural Plastics (CSP), a US manufacturer of automotive plastic and composite structural parts based in Aubuern, Michigan.
Toyota claims the 7.75 megawatt solar power system planned for its new North American headquarters in Plano, Texas will be "the largest corporate office on-site solar installation among non-utility companies in the state".
GM CEO Mary Barra made the case in an interview with Bloomberg Television that GM can handle a downturn and sustain profits if the economy slumps in the next few years.
Work on Fast-E, a European Union (EU) backed project designed to improve electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, has begun.
Michelin said it was scaling up its competitiveness plan, targeting cost savings of EUR1.2bn (US$1.36bn) between 2017 and 2020 following expected annual savings of EUR200m to EUR250m in the period 2012-2016.
Daimler's Mercedes-Benz boosted unit sales 12.9% year on year to 170,625 vehicles in May. Year to date sales rose 12.3% to a record 818,175 units.
Germany wants the EU to tighten a loophole in vehicle-emissions rules that allows carmakers to turn off pollution controls in certain conditions, part of the heightened scrutiny in the wake of Volkswagen's diesel-cheating scandal.
No cars in stock, just virtual reality headsets and service bays, a few demonstrator/service loan vehicles. That is the possible Cadillac dealership of the future, at least at a certain level, and is an idea division president Johan de Nysschen has been floating for months.
The UK benefits more from Japanese investment than any other country outside Europe apart from the U.S. Toyota and Nissan are among companies that have a lot at stake on the June 23 referendum when Britons vote to either leave or stay in the EU.
Swedish pro soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimovi#263; says to never forget where you came from in a new Volvo spot for the V90 wagon.
Nvidia is a key player in automakers' plans to bring self-driving vehicles to market. The U.S. supplier has introduced a supercomputer that utilizes so-called "deep learning" to enable self-driving capabilities.
Ford, aiming to make China the top market for its Lincoln luxury line, is in talks with partner Changan Automobile about producing the brand's vehicles in Chongqing, people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg.
Lincoln's top marketing and sales executive, Matt VanDyke, is leaving the brand this summer to become Ford of Europe's vice president of marketing.