Varroc Lighting Systems has opened a greenfield 17,000-square metre facility in Tangier, Morocco.
Autoliv has appointed Magnus Jarlegren as EVP Operations and member of Autoliv's Executive Management Team.
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Construction of Tesla's new Gigafactory vehicle production plant in Shanghai is expected to be completed by May 2019 with commercial production slated for the end of this year.
Chinese electric vehicle start-up Nio announced in its fourth-quarter financial report this week it had scrapped plans to build its own vehicle manufacturing plant in Shanghai, citing weaker than expected sales.
Tesla executives still have not decided where to manufacture the company's forthcoming crossover SUV, the Model Y, according six current and former employees who spoke to cnbc.com.
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Schaeffler has unveiled 2018 net income down 10% to EUR881m (US$992m), while at constant currency, revenue rose 4% to EUR14.2bn.
Volkswagen is still exploring options for building a new car factory in eastern Europe, and hasn't made any decision yet, Mark Langendorf of the group's communications department said in an interview with Serbian newspaper Blic, according to Romanian media reports.
Schaeffler's supervisory board has reshuffled the executive board to consist of eight managing directors and four regional CEOs who are "younger and more international" though with "many years of experience within the [group]".
Britain's Road Haulage Association (RHA) says it is "deeply concerned at the complete and utter lack of clarity," which remains with regards to the border crossing process to the European mainland and beyond.
For the second month in a row, the high-margin Range Rover Sport was Jaguar Land Rover's worldwide best seller. And with the exception of China, both brands delivered strong sales results in February.
West European car registrations fell 1.6% year-on-year in February, according to data released by LMC Automotive. However, it also said the annualised selling rate - SAAR - picked up to 14.9m units a year in the month, up from 14.4m units a year in January.
Toyota has denied media reports earlier this week which suggested it could end UK production as early as 2023 if the country leaves the European Union without a deal on the terms of its departure.
Toyota Motor has suggested it could end UK production as early as 2023 if the country leaves the European Union without a deal on the terms of its departure, the Nikkei reported.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation says it will start construction of a new plant on the premises of its subsidiary, Mitsubishi Electric Automotive Czech (MEAC) in Slaný, Czech Republic.
The Geely/Volvo Cars owned Polestar brand has warned that the launch of its new fully electric model in the US could be jeopardised by trade tariffs.
Groupe Renault UK has appointed Jean-Philippe Roubes as Customer Experience and Dealer Network Development director.
Hyundai will close its oldest plant in China as early as next month due to plummeting sales in the world's biggest market, South Korean media reported.