Hella, supplier of lighting technology and electronic products for the automotive industry, continued to successfully deliver growth based on preliminary figures for fiscal year 2015/2016.
Hyundai's unionized workers in South Korea voted to go on strike for a fifth year in a row after wage talks broke down, adding to the automaker's troubles as it battles a sales slowdown.
Denso is to spend US$37m on machinery and equipment to expand automation at its Michigan (DMMI) manufacturing facility in Battle Creek.
Mercedes-Benz is investing massively in the development of its digital competence as part of its 'best customer experience' sales and marketing initiative. The aim is to quickly set up a 'digital unit' headed by Sabine Scheunert, as part of a cross-departmental joint initiative between marketing and IT.
VW Group subsidiary Italdesign wants to expand its customer base after becoming too reliant on work from Europe's largest automaker. The top targets include tech companies Apple and Google and electric-car maker Tesla.
California's chief air regulator on Wednesday rejected a proposed recall plan from Volkswagen to fix 16,000 3.0-liter diesel Volkswagens, Audis and Porches in the state that are equipped with devices designed to cheat emissions tests.
GM won court approval Wednesday to retrieve tooling and finished parts from a key longtime Massachusetts supplier that is reorganizing under U.S. bankruptcy protection, avoiding a shutdown of most of the automaker's North American assembly plants.
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13 Jul, 2016
Distinctive styling, self-driving tech and artificial intelligence will feature new A6, A7, A8 and Q8 due by 2018
Differing auto safety regulations in the U.S. and EU cost automakers as much as $2.26 billion annually, according to a study released today that was commissioned by automakers supporting alignment of the divergent regulatory regimes.
Chevrolet won't renew a sponsorship deal with "The Wendy Williams Show" following controversial remarks the host made about historically black colleges and universities and the NAACP.
Volkswagen managers may face calls to return their bonuses if the company is fined by German prosecutors over the profits it made from selling 11 million cars fitted with illicit engine software.
In a blow to GM, a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday reversed part of a bankruptcy court ruling that protected the automaker from some lawsuits over an ignition-switch defect that prompted the recall of 2.6 million vehicles in 2014.
Tesla said it had discontinued its resale value guarantee program that assured buyers that cars would retain value over time, and lowered the starting price of its Model X crossover, the second time it has lowered prices this year.
Kia Europe COO Michael Cole has told just-auto that he does not see a big market impact from Brexit and that initial indications from the company's UK dealers show no adverse impact since the referendum result.
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13 Jul, 2016
German tuning company Mansory have pimped up the G500 4x4² to make a Mercedes G-Class like no other
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13 Jul, 2016
Anthony Joshua squares up to our 2016 Car of the Year, Jaguar’s F-Pace, in a clash of British heavyweight champs
ODD, the Automotive Distributors' Association, said Turkey's passenger car and light commercial vehicle market showed an increase of 1.5% in the
first 6 months of 2016. Cars rose 3% and LCVs dipped 4%.
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13 Jul, 2016
self-driving car tech introduced on the new Nissan Serena in Japan will feature on updated Qashqai next year
With the current economy the last thing you need is for your vehicle to break down. Whether your driving a reliable car or a busted up