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.
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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.
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) said subsidiary Mitsubishi Automotive Logistics Technology (MLT) would transfer its domestic finished vehicle logistics to Zero, formerly Nissan Transportation, in August 2019.
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The very last Volkswagen Beetle has rolled off the production line at Volkswagen Mexico’s facility
PSA and Vinici Autoroutes have tested new autonomous vehicle features in Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines, France, following the trial in 2017, which led to the crossing of a toll-gate in full autonomous mode for the first time.
A new trend reportedly has emerged in car sharing in Japan.
In an unusual move, given that the model is not yet on sale, Volkswagen Group Components (VGC) has detailed some of the "numerous components and parts" it is making for the production ID.3 electric car. Key takeaway: as much as possible is being made in-house for this key new designed-as-electric model built on the MEB platform destined to underpin numerous future VW Group models.
Leoni says it is preparing a stock market listing or sale of its Wire & Cable Solutions (WCS) division, including the option of a partial sale after reviewing the existing group structure, including the Wiring Systems Division.
Seat says its factory in Martorell is the first Spanish plant to receive components via drone delivery.
Kobe Steel has established Kobelco Europe (KEU) to serve as the European headquarters for the Kobe Steel Group.
Renault has inked a social dialogue agreement with ten trade union federations or labour bodies represented in the Group Works Council.
Sales of imported light passenger vehicles in South Korea continued to plunge in June 2019, by almost 17% to 19,386 units from 23,311 units a year earlier, according to member data released by the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA).
Total vehicle sales in China fell by 9.6% to 2.056m units in June 2019 from 2.274m a year earlier, according to wholesale data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).
Gentherm has appointed Thomas Stocker as SVP and GM of its Automotive Climate and Comfort business, effective 1 September.
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