Toyota is aiming to build on its partnership with Softbank and the Monet JV to transform from vehicle manufacturer to mobility services provider.
News
12 Jul, 2019
Initiative from London’s Metropolitan police will see drones target dangerous drivers and those taking part in street races
Volkswagen Group June 2019 sales rose 1.6% year on year to 974,400 vehicles, driven by China where volume rose 15%
Opinion
13 Jul, 2019
The quality of cars today is so good that customers are keeping them longer which is hurting new car sales, says Mike Rutherford
Nokian has produced its first test tyre at its factory in Dayton, Tennessee, which has benefited from an injection of US$360m.
After posting a disappointing set of preliminary financial results for the second quarter, Daimler has revised its full-year 2019 results projections down.
After the first half of 2019, Mercedes-Benz claimed continued leadership of premium car brands "in a highly competitive environment worldwide" despite its recent an ongoing model changeovers.
Bekaert has appointed Taoufiq Boussaid as CFO succeeding Frank Vromant, who took on the role of interim CFO in November last year.
Bakaert has appointed Taoufiq Boussaid as CFO succeeding Frank Vromant, who took on the role of CFO ad interim in November last year.
Lucid has moved into its Lucid One new headquarters in Newark, California.
Denso has announced it has become an industry member of the Montréal-based Institute for Data valorisation (IVADO).
Denso and Smiths Manufacturing have established Denso Sales South Africa, a joint venture dedicated to selling aftermarket products and services in Southern Africa.
China continues to roll out its electric vehicle recharging infrastructure as the central government looks to maintain strong growth for new energy vehicle sales.
Foam technology supplier, Woodbridge is investing up to C$100m (US$77m) for creating and promoting innovation in Ontario, Canada.
The Philippine new vehicle market picked up momentum in June 2019, with sales rising by 8.7% to 31,950 units from 29,395 units in the same month of last year, according to member wholesale data released jointly by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc (CAMPI) and the Truck Manufacturers Association (TMA).
Goodyear has been awarded a Job Maintenance and Capital Development Fund (JMAC) grant by North Carolina authorities to support the upgrade and addition of manufacturing equipment at its Fayetteville tyre plant.
We take an in-depth look at the new Mini Electric, due in March 2020.
AkzoNobel has unveiled plans to add three new production lines at its Changzhou powder coatings plant in China - the company's largest facility of its kind in the world.
Investors are reportedly becoming concerned at the rapid expansion of Vietnam's largest private conglomerate, Vingroup, parent of new automaker Vinfast, which last month opened a vehicle assembly plant in the northern port city of Haiphong after production of the first home grown Vietnamese vehicle, the Fadil, had started earlier in the month, just two years after production plans were first announced.
Green NCAP, the consumer programme for greener cars, said the Mercedes C220d 4Matic (4WD) scored maximum points for the clean air index, the same as electric vehicles, in its second round of results announced on 11 July.