Auto News 5

France's Finance Minister is insisting Ford "must pay" for a social plan at its transmissions plant near Bordeaux, which will see 850 staff made redundant.

News 4 Mar, 2019

Volvo plans to fit all its cars with a maximum speed limiter from 2020, to combat road fatalities linked to speeding

Volvo Cars has acquired a stake in Zum, a fast-growing on-demand ride-sharing service for children, via the Volvo Cars Tech Fund, its venture capital investment arm.

Tower International has completed the sale of all of its European Operations to Financière SNOP Dunois (FSD), a privately-owned French automotive supplier. 

Mother Nature and Uncle Sam put the hurt on US light vehicle sales in February.

Cepton Technologies, a provider of 3D LiDAR solutions for automotive, industrial and mapping applications, has opened a new office in Detroit which that will operate as a commercial and technical hub.

News 2 Mar, 2019

Tesla has slashed the price of its Model S and X models in the UK leaving recent buyers up in arms.

News 2 Mar, 2019

Over 50 per cent of 32,000 used cars given a vehicle history check were found to have something questionable in their pasts

Amazon has recruited General Motors' outgoing head of global manufacturing, Alicia Boler Davis, according to media reports.

Novares says it has improved the layout of its production facilities at its Vendas Novas factory in Portugal to increase productivity at the site.

Novares Venture Capital Fund has invested in Actronika, a start-up specialised in the integration of haptic feedback technology into smart surfaces to create new user experience with intuitive HMI (Human Machine Interface).

SRG Global is investing in The Lighting Consultants (TLC), creating a partnership which will expand both companies' capabilities in illuminated and decorative solutions for the future of mobility.

Another year passes and Geneva is upon us. As usual, we have a lengthy list of expected global debuts, updated daily, with our productmeister Glenn Brooks continuing to keep score through the press days.

Valmet Automotive is planning to launch large scale production of battery packs in Salo, Finland.

News 3 Mar, 2019

Mercedes-AMG has chopped the roof off its range-topping GT R coupe, for a limited production run of 750 GT R Roadsters

Opinion 3 Mar, 2019

Honda is a shadow of its former self, but Swindon deserves better, says Mike Rutherford

Nexteer says it has now produced 60m electric power steering (EPS) systems globally.

Gestamp has unveiled 2018 net income up 7.5% to EUR258m (US$293m), with revenue rising 4.2% to EUR8.54bn.

Goodyear has elected Thomas Williams, chairman and CEO of Parker-Hannifin, to its board.