Ford's decision in January to pull out of Japan and Indonesia, two major automotive markets in Asia, by the end of the year took the rest of the automotive industry by surprise.
Automakers, facing stiff fines for lackluster recall completion rates, are going to new lengths to reach owners of the millions of cars with known safety defects that remain on the road.
Toyota says it has successfully completed a major new expansion of its production facility in Zárate, Argentina, to add a thousand more jobs and embark on expanded regional sales of light trucks made at the plant.
Geely Automobile and Hunan Corun New Energy, a local manufacturer of lithium batteries, have launched a technology sharing platform for the development of new-energy vehicles (NEVs), including electric and hybrid-electric vehicles.
The new vehicle market in Vietnam continued to expand in February, by over 16% to 11,168 units from 9,604 units a year ago, according to data released by the Vietnam Automotive Manufacturers Association.
A little-known Chinese company has seized on the unprecedented global airbag crisis surrounding Japan's Takata Corp., buying a small American manufacturer in a bet that a shakeup of an oligarchic industry is under way.
In an address to 20,000 Volkswagen employees at Wolfsburg today, VW Group CEO Matthias Müller appealed for unity as the company seeks to recover from its current crisis.
Opel has confirmed strong sales across Europe in February, boosted by ramping up new Astra sales. The strong February figures will come as a boost for GM in Europe which is aiming to hit breakeven on its operations this year.
Audi is claiming its SQ7 electric powered exhaust gas compressor is a world first on a production car. It has also added a 48-volt electrical subsystem and electromechanical active roll stabilisation.
Despite the auto industry buzz around connectivity, revenue opportunities for OEMs from premium audio remain interesting. Matthew Beecham caught up with John Fitzgerald, Harman's Senior Vice President & Global General Manager, Automotive Audio to learn more about the connected services and infotainment specialist's latest audio innovations.
TTTEch Automotive says it has worked with Infineon to develop a central platform control unit, 'zFAS,' integrating functionalities of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in cooperation with Audi.
VW Group CEO Matthias Mueller said the automaker's emissions scandal will inflict substantial financial damage on the company. Separately, board member Stephan Weil warned that he expects more unpleasant news to emerge.
Honda Australia is expected to source its Civic hatchback from Thailand, along with the sedan, a local media report said.
Ricardo has teamed with Shengrui to develop a new version of the Chinese company's 8AT transmission adding stop-start functionality.
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