GMC head of design Helen Emsley has been given responsibility for Buick as well. She replaces Bryan Nesbitt, who takes on a new role as a global design strategist for General Motors.
Volvo Car USA is launching a pilot program using a fuel-delivery startup to wash, refuel and valet park owners' upper-line vehicles.
Colorado, a boom state that is growing much faster than planners expected, faces a complex road problem. So state officials are looking for solutions, and they may have found one: autonomous vehicles.
Lex Kerssemakers, CEO of Volvo Car USA, talks about Volvo's focus on bringing fully autonomous vehicles to the market in the early 2020s.
Audi's U.S. chief expects the luxury brand to post another record year of U.S. sales in 2017 on the back of a continued product offensive that includes the first major redesign of its top-selling nameplate.
Daimler is planning to invest up to 10 billion euros ($11 billion) in developing electric vehicles, randd head Thomas Weber told a German daily newspaper.
Jaguar Land Rover plans to make future electric vehicles in the UK despite announcing earlier this month that its first EV will be built in Austria.
News
25 Nov, 2016
The new push on an EV future as seen in the Jaguar I-Pace concept could mean up to 10,000 new jobs for JLR
Quite naturally, fully electric cars are seen as a green choice. If we put aside the thorny question of how the electricity has actually been generated for the zero emission vehicle, it's a rather marvellous thing: A car being propelled by a propulsion system that isn't reliant on burning fossil fuels at the point of use.
Jaguar Land Rover wants to build electric cars in the UK in what would be a further boost to Britain's automotive sector after the Brexit vote. The automaker previewed its first EV, the I-Pace SUV, at the Los Angeles auto show this month.
Opel says its OnStar service has expanded into 18 additional markets, featuring 19 languages.
Opinion
27 Nov, 2016
Are mainstream American cars ready to go global? Fat chance, says Mike Rutherford
Donald Trump's unexpected success in the US presidential election has brought on a period of heightened currency volatility and economic uncertainty across Asia, as global money markets speculate on the new economic policies that a new US administration may introduce after it takes office in January 2017.
Toyoda Gosei is to exhibit at LED Expo New Delhi 2016, the largest LED trade fair in India, to be held on December 2-4 at Pragati Maidan.
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25 Nov, 2016
New tuning package for Cooper S and new styling tweaks add to huge MINI customisation catalogue
Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne expects the automaker's earnings to start benefiting from a recent strengthening of the U.S. dollar against the euro toward the end of the year. "Let's hope it lasts as long as possible," Marchionne said.
In contrast with the view of JD Power/LMC, the analysts at Kelly Blue Book (KBB) are forecasting that the US light vehicle market will show growth in November.
Toyota is aiming to develop a more advanced EV lithium-ion battery "in a few years" that will have around a 15% range improvement in current technology, according to reports.
Audi has appointed Volvo Cars' head of research and development as its new head of technical development.