Axalta Coating Systems has opened its Americas Technology Centre (ATC) at its Mount Clemens, Michigan manufacturing and research complex.
The BMW Group says it has begun the financial year 2017 with a solid first quarter and made 'excellent progress in terms of implementing Strategy Number One > Next'. First-quarter deliveries of BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brand vehicles rose by 5.3% to 587,237 units (2016: 557,605 units).
New-car registrations in Spain rose 1.1 percent in April, boosted by holiday rental sales. VW's Seat, along with Fiat, Ford and Toyota all increased volume.
The UK new car registered a decline of 19.8% year-on-year in the month of April as the market slumped following a record March that was boosted by a pull-forward effect to demand as new VED (annual road tax) rates came into force in April. A negative 'payback' affect to sales in April was widely expected.
UK new-car registrations slumped 20 percent in April, the biggest year-on-year drop for over six years after customers brought forward purchases in March to avoid a tax hike.
ZF and Faurecia are to partner for the development of interior and safety technologies for autonomous driving.
Volkswagen resumed selling diesel cars in the U.S. last month.
Faurecia has signed a partnership agreement with ZF to develop interior and safety technologies for self-driving cars, dubbing it the "cockpit of the future."
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BMW stuck to a conservative profit forecast as CEO Harald Krueger seeks patience to push through a transition to self-driving, electric cars.
Volkswagen Group wants to increase the productivity of its plants at its core VW unit to catch up with rivals, the brand's CEO, Herbert Diess, told a German newspaper.
A U.S. judge said he had not seen clear evidence that Uber had conspired with an engineer on its self driving car program to steal trade secrets from Waymo.
Finland's Nokian will build a new plant in the United States to boost growth outside Europe.
Tesla reported quarterly revenue that more than doubled, but the automaker's net loss during the first quarter widened 17% to $330 million.
Maven, the car-sharing operation run by General Motors, is launching a service aimed at entrepreneurs who need a vehicle to make deliveries or drive for a ride-hailing service.
Three people were killed at a Massachusetts auto auction Wednesday in what police believe to be an accidental crash.
India's Mahindra and Mahindra has stopped selling electric cars in the UK due to weak sales and is winding up operations here, according to Reuters.
Delphi Automotive is to spin-off its Powertrain Systems segment into a new, independent publicly traded company, with the transaction expected to be completed by March next year.
Adient, the automotive seating and interiors business separated from Johnson Controls last year, has announced what it termed "strong" second quarter earnings after adjusted net income and earnings per share increased to US$192m and $2.04 (both +16.3%).
nuTonomy and Groupe PSA have announced a strategic partnership to develop self-driving cars.