Opinion
18 Feb, 2016
With seemingly every manufacturer adding electric assistance, Steve Fowler says hybrids are the short-term route to big efficiency gains
Aston Martin plans to team up with Chinese consumer electronics group LeEco to help bring its electric RapidE vehicle to market by 2018
News
17 Feb, 2016
Bentley will debut faster Flying Spur V8 at Geneva show ahead of summer UK deliveries
Daimler's Mercedes-Benz has set up a new hub for transporting new vehicles from Europe to Asia in the Slovenian port of Koper. It started operating at the end of 2015.
Schaeffler says it will shortly start volume production of its electromechanical camshaft phasing system for passenger cars.
A Dutch foundation trying to recover damages for VW investors said it has won the support of dozens of shareholders.
Japan's autoworkers will ask for raises from carmakers led by Toyota for a third straight year while scaling back from their demands in 2015.
Renault's Sandouville plant in northwest France will build a new light commercial vehicle for Nissan.
Renault will build the new NV300 van for Nissan at its Sandouville plant in northern France. The contract will boost Sandouville production by 100,000 units and involves a $256 million investment,
News
17 Feb, 2016
Chinese firm's Turbine-Recharging Electric Vehicle (TREV) promises range of over 1,240 miles
Senior Daimler managers are to drive electrified vehicles as part of a company policy to encourage the use of as much zero-emission driving as possible. This year, the automaker wil spend EUR30m extending its charging infrastructure at many sites.
Renault says it will recruit 1,000 staff on permanent contracts in France this year, while also signing 1,000 new apprenticeship agreements.
NEVS has inked a framework agreement to acquire a stake in New Long Ma (NLM), a transport vehicle manufacturing company in Fujian province, China.
Confirming earlier media reports, Daimler's supervisory board has named Ola Kaellenius (46) as the member of the management board in charge of group research and Mercedes-Benz Cars development starting 1 January, 2017.
Jaguar will next month unveil the SVR high-performance version of its F-Type two-seat model that will become the brand's fastest and most powerful production road car.
Tristone Flowtech Group says it has secured a EUR230m lifetime fluid engine and battery cooling contract for an unnamed global worldwide OEM.
Hyundai, now entering the final stages of its plan to launch the Genesis luxury brand this summer, said it tapped Erwin Raphael as Genesis' first general manager in the U.S.
Two executives have left Santander Consumer USA to take top leadership positions at Exeter Finance, the companies said today. Both lenders specialize in subprime auto lending.