Features
3 Aug, 2016
We head to Japan to hear how Infiniti believes it's finally ready to become a serious player in the global premium market
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.
The latest issue of the Automotive News Europe monthly e-magazine is ready to view. This month's edition looks at why automakers such as Audi, Mercedes and Volvo are re-thinking their automation plans.
Delphi Automotive has agreed to form a consortium to operate six self-driving vehicles in Singapore, part of an Uber-style ride-hailing service that will allow the supplier to test its technology on busy city streets.
Sonic Automotive plans to launch technology by early next year that will allow it to offer customers the ability to complete an entire vehicle purchase online.
Nissan's 2017 lineup will include the brand's first-ever Titan single-cab.
Dealer Scott Smith embraces automakers' bonus plans and the scorekeeping behind them. He views customer-satisfaction scorecards as playbooks on how to improve, and factory incentives as a source of funds to reinvest in the business.
The roaring U.S. auto market of the past few years brought huge factory investments by global parts suppliers -- and most of it came not to Mexico, but to the U.S.