The latest issue of the Automotive News Europe monthly e-magazine goes live on Monday, June 6.
BMW has set up a "speed boat" unit to boost its self-driving expertise but will roll out autonomous car technology gradually, development chief Klaus Froehlich said.
Automotive News Europe salutes the winners of the 2016 Rising Stars awards. Every day through June 6 one of the 15 winners will be featured. The Rising Star for Sales OEM is Andrea Carlucci of Toyota Italy.
Apple has hired Sinisa Durekovic, a software engineer who led the development of satellite navigation systems used by luxury carmakers including BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi.
Automotive leasing levels, average loan amount and average monthly payments each reached highs in the first quarter, Experian said in its latest State of the Automotive Finance Market report, released today.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said the market for U.S. automobile lending is 'a little stressed' and that he foresees higher losses ahead for some competitors.
ZF Friedrichshafen is considering more acquisitions as well as selling assets after catapulting into the ranks of the world's biggest car-parts manufacturers via last year's $12.9 billion takeover of TRW Automotive.
China's Ningbo Joyson Electronic Corp. is interested in acquiring embattled Japanese airbag supplier Takata.
General Motors, which has seen its U.S. market share fall faster than any other automaker through the first five months of the year, is hitting back with multiple June promotions and marketing plays for Chevrolet. Chevy U.S.
French car parts supplier Valeo said today it would buy German clutch manufacturer FTE Automotive for 819.3 million euros ($914 million).
BMW has transformed its "i" division into a development center for self-driving cars, a board member told Reuters, a major strategic shift for the unit previously focused on making a family of lightweight electric vehicles.
Automakers in the UK including Opel/Vauxhall, BMW, Nissan and Jaguar Land Rover, are making plans to get more steel from continental Europe, putting pressure on Tata Steel to secure a sale of its troubled UK plants before it loses customers.
Europe's Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA), has revised its forecast for 2016 car registrations up from its initial January forecast of 2% growth.
The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) revised its car sales estimate to 14 million in 2016, a 5 percent rise, up from the 2 percent sales growth predicted in January.
European industry group ACEA revised its car sales estimate to 14 million in 2016, a 5 percent rise, up from the 2 percent sales growth predicted in January.
A lack of workers is acting as a brake on growth for the Czech car industry, an automotive group said. The body estimates that the Czech industry as a whole, of which automakers are a major part, currently needs an additional 52,000 employees.
LeddarTech says Valeo has added a new low-cost, solid-state LiDAR based on Leddar technology to its portfolio of driving and parking assistance solutions.
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