The Industrial Internet of Things can enable automakers and suppliers to operate their plant floors more efficiently by mining data on their machines, Stu Johnson, director of product marketing for manufacturing software company Plex Systems, said...
Before Toyota Motor Manufacturing launched production of the Lexus ES-350 at its massive plant in Georgetown, Ky., last year, the automaker invested in its workforce with 1.5 million hours of training, the president of the plant said Monday.
Tesla says it has reached agreement to purchase SolarCity for US$2.6bn to create what it maintains is the world's only vertically integrated sustainable energy company.
The next generation of the Mercedes-Benz C class is likely to shed weight as Mercedes adds more aluminum and uses advanced new joining processes installed into its U.S. manufacturing plant.
Barb Samardzich, who last month announced plans to retire as COO at Ford of Europe, has been named to the board of Adient, the seating and interiors company being spun off from supplier Johnson Controls Inc.
Borgward, a German brand that has been revived with Chinese backing, has recruited Mini's former design chief, Anders Warming, as its head of design.
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SsangYong Motor has generated a profit for the first half of CY2016, the first time the formerly bankrupt but now Mahindra-controlled automaker has been in black ink for nine years.
Renault Argentina is to spend US$100m in preparing its Santa Isabel plant in Córdoba for the addition of an unnamed new model. This is in addition to the US$100m announced in March 2015 for the production of Renault Sandero, Sandero Stepway and Logan models at the plant.
GM is "quite bullish" about the recovering auto market in China and is responding to a shift in growth toward utilitarian models in smaller cities, a segment often ignored by foreign automakers, said China chief Matt Tsien.
Tesla will buy solar panel installer SolarCity Corp. for $2.6 billion in shares to form a one-stop clean-energy shop. The combined entity will offer consumers solar panels, home battery storage systems and electric cars under a single brand.
Delphi has been selected by the Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) as a partner to implement autonomous mobility concepts.
Official statistics for the overall market are not yet available but India's leader in the passenger car segment, Maruti Suzuki (MSIL), says its sales hit a record level in July. The Indian-Japanese OEM has also announced its long awaited entry to India's light commercial sector, and just-auto has future models news.
US Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, David Friedman has signed an MOU between the Department of Energy (DoE) and the American Public Power Association (APPA), to collaborate on efforts to electrify personal and fleet transportation in public power communities.
Daimler led the biggest funding round yet in Blacklane, a Berlin-based competitor to Uber that plans to expand in Asia and the Middle East.
AGC Automotive Europe has reached a basic agreement with Induver Holding, a glass manufacturer in Morocco, to set up a joint venture for manufacturing automotive glass destined both for Europe and for North African markets.
Porsche SE, the main shareholder of Volkswagen Group, said first-half profit plunged 41 percent, reflecting lower earnings at VW. Porsche SE is the holding company for the Porsche and Piech families.
Mercedes-Benz is to set up a second plant at its Hungarian site in Kecskemét to produce front- and rear-wheel-drive cars, creating around 2,500 new jobs.
French car sales fell 9.6 percent in July on fewer selling days with PSA and VW Group suffering steep declines. Seven-month registrations are up 6 percent and a recovery in sales is forecast in the second half.
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