GAC Group (Guangzhou Automotive) has become a strategic investor in Uber Technologies Inc's China operations. The move is being seen as one that will boost both Uber's presence in China and provide an opportunity for increased vehicle sales to GAC.
General Motors has launched a new car-sharing service called Maven.
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21 Jan, 2016
Figures released by the SMMT show the sale of nearly 1.6m British-built cars in 2015
British commercial vehicle manufacturing rose by a third in 2015 when 94,479 units rolled off production lines, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
European carmakers' association ACEA has said that the EU car market is moving in the 'right direction' after hitting 9.3% growth in 2015, but it also expects growth to slow to just 2% in 2016.
Tata Motors' Jaguar Land Rover is now Britain's biggest vehicle producer with its 489,923 units built in 2015 (up from 449,507 in 2014) nudging ahead of Nissan's 476,589 (500,238).
Nissan will build a new generation of the Leaf's lithium-ion battery at its UK factory, ending speculation that the automaker would outsource production to an external supplier to reduce costs
General Motors says it is launching a car-sharing service called Maven in Germany and the U.S., joining at least two other automakers testing the market for consumers who want to borrow cars rather than own them.
General Motors is folding car-sharing services in Germany and the U.S. into a unit called Maven.
GM is consolidating and expanding its car-sharing programs under a new brand, Maven, in its latest push to adapt to new business models that could threaten to undercut the way automakers have made money for decades.
Opel's new entry-level model, the Karl, is the brand's cheapest car but it now offers advanced connectivity features that will allow a smartphone to be connected to the dashboard touchscreen and a 4G WiFi hotspot to be created.
Mercedes and Opel will face a French panel that is looking into excessive tailpipe emissions in the wake of the Volkswagen Group scandal.
One year after returning to NFL Super Bowl advertising for the first time in 18 years, Nissan is back off the field. The company said Wednesday that it has decided to skip Super Bowl 50.
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21 Jan, 2016
Smart boss confirms updated electric smart car for 2017, following hot Brabus model this summer
Volkswagen AG is changing the way it creates new models by giving developers more responsibility for overseeing a car from concept through the end of production to help prevent another diesel emissions scandal.
President Barack Obama, facing Republican criticism over the state of the economy, did another Detroit victory lap Wednesday to showcase the auto companies his administration helped save, but the industry has not turned out the way he hoped in 2009.
The Oklahoma man whose lawsuit against General Motors over flawed ignition switches was the first to go to trial hired a criminal-defense attorney after the carmaker accused him of perjury and check fraud, the lawyer said.
It has been three years since BMW and Toyota signed a product development partnership that's expected to spawn sports cars for BMW and Toyota.
Kia plans a Chicago Auto Show debut for the crossover-styled Niro that will be the brand's first dedicated hybrid model.
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21 Jan, 2016
Nissan has announced a £26.5m investment in the Sunderland plant that builds electric car batteries
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