News
7 Apr, 2016
Senior vice-president Shiro Nakamura confirms expansion plans beyond Nissan Leaf within five years
Alphabet's Google unit is expanding its testing of self-driving cars to the Phoenix, Ariz., metro area, making it the fourth U.S. city to serve as a proving ground for the autonomous vehicles.
Underlying the good times for premium brands, Daimler's Supervisory Board chairman has hailed last year as the company's most successful year ever.
Sapa says it has developed a new aluminium alloy for automotive applications, which require high-strength aluminium solutions.
Renesas Electronics has unveiled 32-bit RH850/E1M-S2 microcontrollers (MCU) for automotive powertrain control applications, such as engine or transmission control.
Industrial rubber firm Trelleborg said today it had agreed in principle to sell its 50 percent stake in TrelleborgVibracoustic to joint venture partner Freudenberg Group. TrelleborgVibracoustic is valued at 1.
Panasonic has developed a light diffusion type polypropylene (PP) resin moulding compound, known as Full Bright, which can extend the operating life of LEDs.
Volvo Cars says it continued to grow sales globally in March and posted an 11.5% increase in retail sales for the month, selling 52,279 cars.
Exco Technologies has completed the acquisition of AFX Industries for US$73m, excluding US4m of assumed debt.
Component manufacturer Spark Minda says it has acquired Panalfa Autoelektrik in Bawal, Haryana, through its company, Minda Corporation.
The German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has completed its tests on diesel vehicles and concluded that only Volkswagen Group has used defeat devices to cheat emissions tests, a German daily reported.
Nissan aims to boost its profile in Europe, where awareness of the automaker remains low despite its success with the Qashqai, by offering semi-autonomous driving in its top-selling SUV starting next year.
Nissan aims to boost its profile in Europe, where awareness of the automaker remains low despite its success with the Qashqai, by offering semi-autonomous driving in its top-selling SUV starting next year.
Volvo aims to launch an experiment involving self-driving cars in China in which up to 100 such cars could be deployed, the Swedish automaker said.
Volvo wants to put 100 self-driving cars into the hands of local drivers in China to help encourage local governments to start taking the steps needed to launch the technology in the world's largest car market.
Honda and U.S. regulators said a 17-year-old driver in Texas was killed last month after a Takata airbag ruptured, marking the tenth U.S. death linked to a defect that has led to the recall of tens of millions of vehicles worldwide.
Three Volkswagen dealerships owned by the Illinois-based Napleton Automotive Group sued the automaker, defying a VW dealer council effort to dissuade retailers from using courts to tackle grievances caused by the automaker's diesel-emissions crisis.
General Motors is expanding military discounts to all 21 million U.S. military veterans and their spouses on select Chevrolet, Buick and GMC models.
Honda Financial Services scrambled Wednesday to identify and repair a payment processing glitch on its website that significantly overcharged consumers.
PSA Peugeot Citroën has officially rebranded itself as PSA Groupe, a symbolic change presented as part of its "Push to Pass" business strategy outlined in Paris this week.