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Daimler is changing top management at the maker of the tiny Smart car, part of the latest plan to overhaul a brand that's always been an awkward fit for the world's largest maker of luxury vehicles.

Daimler is changing top management at the maker of the tiny Smart car, part of the latest plan to overhaul a brand that's always been an awkward fit for the world's largest maker of luxury vehicles.

Annette Winkler is to step down from her position as head of Mercedes-Benz Smart brand and from her operational activities at Daimler after 23 years.

Baoneng, a private Chinese business conglomerate that acquired the Qoros brand last year, plans to set up a tech center in Germany to help its auto manufacturing unit access and upgrade technology.

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The final make to be looked at in the Groupe Renault and Nissan Motor series is Mitsubishi Motors (MMC). Earlier insights focused on Alpine and Renault, Dacia, Lada, RSM, Datsun, Nissan and Infiniti.

The sales collapses in China and the USA are now behind Hyundai and Kia, thanks mainly to the arrival of new SUVs. Things should get even better for Kia Motors America from the fourth quarter as SK3, the Soul, arrives in dealerships, reinvented as a crossover. Cars are still the brand's mainstay though, with one of the most recently added models also doing a lot of stealthy work as an image changer for the brand.

The CEO of Daimler's Smart business, Annette Winkler, is stepping down after eight years as head of the automaker's microcar brand. Daimler said a successor will be appointed at a later date.

The German government has decided to co-finance a research project to test and develop electric road technology for eHighways.

The CEO of Daimler's Smart business, Annette Winkler, is stepping down after eight years as head of the automaker's microcar brand.

Nissan is planning to cut production as much as 20% in North America according to a Nikkei news agency report.

Increasing demand for ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEV) will drive growth in steel supply to the European automotive industry by 4.2 million tonnes, according to a study by Tata Steel. The study predicts production of steel for vehicle structure will see a sharp increase if all new vehicles are to have zero emissions by 2050. To find out why steel will be more relevant to the automotive industry than it is today, we spoke to Paul Cremers, Marketing Manager Chassis and Suspension, Tata Steel.

Mahindra South Africa has opened a vehicle assembly facility in Durban, KwaZulu-Nata , South Africa.

Since the fatal accident involving a self-driving Uber vehicle in March, autonomous car researchers' eyes have been opening to the need to teach robots how to drive in the dark and avoid people who wander into the road.

Since the fatal accident involving a self-driving Uber vehicle in March, autonomous car researchers' eyes have been opening to the need to teach robots how to drive in the dark and avoid people who wander into the road.

Hankook has signed a second memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Arlanxeo to co-develop synthetic rubber technologies for high-performance tyres.

Local media reports in Romania say that Bosch is in talks with local authorities to get permission for testing autonomous cars on the streets of the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca, near an engineering base it has set up.

Eaton has joined the Research and Innovation Group of the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA) to further its research into energy innovation, including electrified and traditional internal combustion vehicles.

Some of the EPA's science advisers say the agency is ignoring its own research in moving to relax vehicle emission requirements, a signature element of the Trump administration's campaign to roll back environmental regulations.