A suspect was arrested late Thursday and charged today in connection to the killing of a Ford employee outside the automaker's Kansas City Assembly Plant.
VW Group's global sales fell 0.6 percent in July as volume gains in China failed to offset drops in Europe and the U.S. The automaker's VW and Porsche brands reported declines while sales rose at Audi, Skoda and Seat.
We live in an increasingly connected up society and the way things are going, we will not be escaping always-on personal connectivity when we get into our cars. We published a nice feature this week that considers some of the latest developments.
Canadian labour body, Unifor, is insisting there will be no contract deals with the three Detroit automakers unless they agree to new investments in the country.
French supplier Plastic Omnium won approval from EU regulators to acquire Faurecia's bumpers and front-end modules business on the condition that it sells seven Faurecia plants.
Iran Khodro says it has agreed a deal with Mahle to design and develop three-cylinder engines in a EUR125m (US$139m) agreement in the latest series of manufacturing initiatives following the recent lifting of sanctions by the West.
A study by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) suggests that car demand in China will be dented as car-hailing firms grow their presence in China's cities.
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Researchers appear to have uncovered a security glitch affecting as many as 100m vehicles sold by Volkswagen Group over the past twenty years. Potentially, vehicles are vulnerable to theft because keyless entry systems can be hacked via radio devices.
Iran Khodro says it has inked a deal to start production in Azerbaijan next year, producing Dena, Runna, Samand and Soren vehicles at a site in Naft Chaleh, triggering the creation of at least 300 jobs.
China will consider mandates that carmakers produce more electric vehicles or purchase carbon credits from their peers, potentially emulating California's system and transitioning from a subsidy-driven approach to catalyzing cleaner cars.
VW Group appointed veteran manager Stephan Woellenstein to the newly created position of CEO for the VW brand in the Chinese market.
Assembly of the new Renault Talisman began in September 2015 at Renault's factory in Douai, France. Output is expected to peak at more than 53,000 units this year, according to IHS Automotive.
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Russia's Association of European Businesses has delivered a gloomy assessment of the country's automotive sales just days before next week's Moscow International Automobile Salon.
VW brand car sales fell steeply in Europe's top five markets in July as the automaker continued to suffer from its emissions-rigging scandal. Other automakers including Opel, Renault and Fiat posted sales gains in the month.
Toyota in the US has announced that it is changing the fix for approximately 337,000 model year 2006, 2011 Toyota RAV4 and model year 2010 Lexus HS 250h vehicles involved in a 2013 recall.
Datsun continues to expand its global presence with the brand's return to Sri Lanka, where it was first introduced in 1957. This comes just a few weeks after the brand was brought back to Lebanon.