VW Group-owned SEAT says that medical services provision at its Martorell factory in Spain is benefiting its workers and helping to reduce days lost due to work accidents.
The planned capacity increase underscores its ambitions as well as the shift in customer preferences toward bigger vehicles such as utilities and minivans in China, the world's biggest auto market.
China's Geely is building a new plant to produce a quarter of a million bigger-sized cars that it expects will power future growth and help meet its goal of selling more than 2 million vehicles by 2020, Reuters reported.
In a regulatory filing, Aston Martin has confirmed it is planning to float on the London Stock Exchange. The IPO could see the company valued at GBP5bn and provide a major source of capital for new product development and capacity expansion.
Chinese EV maker Nio is aiming to raise as much as $1.3 billion with a U.S. initial public offering that would give it a valuation topping $8 billion as it gears up to take on the likes of Tesla.
The company is aiming to raise as much as $1.3 billion, offering 160 million American depositary shares at $6.25 to $8.25 each.
Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer says he intends to float the company by the end of the year, completing a turnaround after new models and a sales surge helped the brand to return to profitability following chronic losses.
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A proposed U.S.-Mexico trade deal would allow President Donald Trump to impose punitive tariffs of up to 25 percent on imports of Mexican-made cars, SUVs and parts, auto executives and sources told Reuters.
Ford is deploying cameras mounted on drones to safely and efficiently inspect high-rise gantries, pipework and roof areas at the company's Dagenham Engine Plant in the UK.
Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover has fitted 'virtual eyes' to intelligent pods to understand how humans will trust self-driving vehicles, as research studies suggest that as many as 63% of pedestrians worry about how safe it will be to cross the road in the future.
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Eberspaecher and China Yuchai International have inked a contract to form a joint venture - Eberspaecher Yuchai Exhaust Technology.
PSA has halted production of the Peugeot 308 at its plant in Sochaux, France, after the factory ran out of manual gearboxes.
BC Hydro has unveiled seven electric vehicle fast-chargers on Vancouver Island, allowing drivers to travel between Ucluelet, Campbell River and Sidney.
Designed and engineered at JLR's development centres in the UK, the Range Rover Velar plugs a gap between the Evoque and Sport. Continuing QUBE/just-auto's review of interior design and technology trends, we take a closer look inside this mid-size SUV to see what differentiates it from its siblings.
In less than a year since buying Opel from GM, PSA CEO Carlos Tavares has taught the German automaker how to profitably produce low-margin cars in a high-cost country.
India has unveiled two charging stations, one fast (DC) and the other, slow (AC), in Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi, as part of its EV drive for the country.