Opinion
14 Sep, 2016
It's impossible to overstate the importance of Nissan's Wearside plant to the UK car industry, says Graham Hope
Ford is hosting will host an 'Investor Day' conference - an annual event - for representatives of the investment community in Dearborn today (Wednesday, September 14). The conference is from 10am to 2pm EDT, including a question and answer session. We look ahead to it.
News
15 Sep, 2016
If you can't quite afford a real Caterham Seven 620R, there's now a LEGO kit car of a kit car...
SsangYong will unveil the LIV-2 concept at the Paris auto show. The concept previews the new Rexton large SUV that will launch next year.
Ford Motor today said it expects profits to decline next year, as it increases investments in autonomous vehicles and new technology, before rebounding in 2018.
Toyota is considering setting up hybrid vehicle (HV) battery production in the ASEAN region to lower the cost of producing its hybrids, a recent Thai report said.
Volkswagen is forming a company with the former head of Israel's Shin Bet intelligence agency to develop cybersecurity systems for Internet-connected cars and self-driving vehicles, the partners said in a statement today.
Teijin has agreed to acquire Continental Structural Plastics (CSP), an automotive composite supplier in North America, for US$825m.
When Pittsburgh wakes up this morning, some residents will have the choice of going about their day in an Uber that drives itself.
Renault has delivered its biggest ever UK order of the Zoe EV with 55 supplied to Europcar UK for use delivering and collecting hire vehicles in major cities.
Freudenberg has brought a new production line for car headliners into operation at its Suzhou site in eastern China.
Ford is launching a new smartwatch app for EVs.
Continental has produced a small batch of its ContiWinterContact TS 850 P tyres with treads made exclusively of rubber from the dandelion root, for testing. In drives at test sites in Arividsjaur (Swedish Lapland) and at the Contidrom (Lower Saxony), the tyres made of 'Taraxagum' demonstrated properties expected by developers.
Aston Martin, which is building a second car factory at St Athan in Wales, has begun training workers for that plant at its factory in Gaydon, Warwickshire.
Sales of new motor vehicles in Australia in August 2016 continued the trend set earlier this year with an increase of 4.6% over the August 2015 figures. Year to date sales were up 3% to 784,380.
Sweden's SKF, the world's largest maker of industrial bearings, is betting on automated manufacturing to help it stay ahead with its first fully-automated assembly line set to be running by early 2017.