Nissan says it has added a second production shift at its manufacturing plant in St Petersburg in another sign that the Russian auto industry is firmly in recovery.
Mazda Motor Corporation started production of the new Mazda CX-5 crossover at its Hofu Plant Number-2 in Yamaguchi Prefecture to enable the company to meet the growing global demand for crossovers flexibly and rapidly.
Denso Corporation and Xperi Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based technology company, have announced Denso will start joint technology development of cabin sensing with FotoNation, an Xperi group company specialising in image recognition technologies
Hella has laid the foundation for a new electronics plant in Lithuania.
With Spain focused on the political crisis over Catalonia, VW Group's Spanish division, Seat, has decided to delay announcing the name of its new midsize SUV.
Daimler, Shell and Linde inaugurated the city of Bremen's first hydrogen filling station.
Cummins has announced that it is acquiring the assets of Brammo, which designs and develops battery packs for mobile and stationary applications.
Continental says it has developed a new control tool to aid the transfer of control between driver and vehicle. Located in the centre console of the vehicle, it continuously informs vehicle occupants of the current driving mode using its kinematic function. The device can be operated in a similar way to a joystick and provides variable haptic feedback to the operator.
Volvo's Polestar will build electrified cars in China for global markets, starting with the Polestar 1 high-performance plug-in hybrid coupe.
Mitsubishi Motors is planning to inject more than 600 billion yen ($5.35 billion) in capital spending and research and development over the next three years, the Nikkei newspaper reported.
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Polestar bosses confirm a Tesla Model 3-sized saloon will come to the UK first, followed by an SUV
European new-car sales fell 2 percent in September as concerns about Brexit among UK consumers offset gains in France, Italy and Spain. PSA and Ford were among automakers whose sales dropped while Alfa Romeo and Seat had double-digit gains.
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The electric division of the Mitsubishi Group has created an autonomous EV concept called Emirai 4
BMW is considering opening a factory in Russia as the country's new-car sales recover after years of decline.
Nissan has promoted former Saturn executive Dan Mohnke to lead sales and marketing for the brand in the United States; he succeeds Christian Meunier, who becomes a global vice president for Infiniti.
It isn't what Unifor's leadership was hoping for, but the new four-year labor contract at CAMI Assembly in Ontario is as good as they were going to get.
Sonic Automotive lowered its estimated third-quarter results because of devastating storm damage, but kept its full-year forecast unchanged.
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