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Jun
9th

GM deal with Navistar paves the way for more midsize pickups

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General Motors has contracted with Navistar International to build some of its commercial vans, a move aimed at enabling GM to produce more hot-selling Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pickups.
Jun
9th

NHTSA warns Tesla over non-disclosure pacts

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U.S. auto safety regulators have chastised Tesla Motors over reports that it used nondisclosure agreements with consumers in exchange for covering out-of-warranty repair costs on some of its vehicles.
Jun
9th

Why GM and Ford shares languish

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Executives at Ford and General Motors are chagrined that their genuinely impressive financial results have not won them more love on Wall Street. Instead, share prices are sluggish.
Jun
9th

AIAG collaborates with Wayne State to create new supply chain curriculum

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Wayne State University said it plans to collaborate with the Automotive Industry Action Group to develop degree and certificate programs for the automotive supply chain.
Jun
9th

Google co-founder Page backing two startups making flying cars, report says

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Google co-founder Larry Page is backing two startups that are working on flying cars, including funding one of them with more than $100 million so far, Bloomberg Businessweek reported Thursday, citing sources.
Jun
9th

New Johnson Controls JV eyes China’s start-stop battery market

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Johnson Controls said it was forming a joint venture with Binzhou Bohai Piston, an auto parts affiliate of Beijing Automotive Industry Group, to build its fourth Chinese automotive battery factory.
Jun
9th

Lazard in control as momentum builds for Takata solution, report says

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Investment bank Lazard has sidelined the founding family of Takata as momentum builds to a market-based solution for the Japanese airbag maker embroiled in the auto industry's biggest safety recall, a person briefed on the process told Reuters.
Jun
9th

GM names Boler-Davis head of global manufacturing, labor relations

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General Motors has named Alicia Boler-Davis as its head of global manufacturing and labor relations, the latest in a string of high-profile appointments for the long-time GM engineer.
Jun
9th

Ford challenges German luxury cars with Fusion Sport sedan

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Ford says it's taking aim at German luxury cars -- not with its upscale Lincoln brand but with the new Fusion Sport sedan. Ford today said the 2017 Fusion Sport's 2.
Jun
9th

Ford warns of Brexit risks to its business

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Ford of Europe CEO Jim Farley warned that potential future investment in the UK could be at risk if a vote to leave the EU leads to a significant deterioration in the country's business environment.
Jun
9th

UAW begins reaching out to Tesla workers, official says

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UAW officials have had contact with employees at Tesla Motors' Fremont, Calif., assembly plant, a top union official said in the latest acknowledgment that the union is interested in organizing the automaker's workers.
Jun
9th

EV sales to get boost from car-sharing, analyst says

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The rise of car-sharing will boost sales of electric vehicles by making them more cost-effective, a senior analyst for Morgan Stanley told the Automotive News Congress.
Jun
9th

Toyota mulls legal action against Brexit group

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Toyota said it could make a legal complaint against the UK's official Brexit campaign for using its logo in leaflets, which the automaker said might give the impression it backed Britain leaving the EU.
Jun
9th

Robust recovery continues in European car market

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Western Europe's car market is continuing to recover, helped by a positive replacement cycle and returning consumer confidence built on an improving economy. While sales still remain below pre-recession levels they are heading rapidly in the right direction.
Jun
9th

WIN British Grand Prix tickets and a Scalextric set

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Scalextric Track Day set £199.99
News 10 Jun, 2016

One lucky winner will get two weekend tickets to the 2016 British Grand Prix at Silverstone and a Scalextric Track Day set

Jun
9th

Tesla revives smaller-battery Model S with lower price

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Tesla is bringing back a 60 kilowatt-hour version of the Model S that costs less than the one it discontinued last year. The new Model S 60 begins at $66,000 before federal or state incentives and can travel 208 miles per charge.
Jun
9th

Forces align to nab fake Toyota parts, maker and retailers

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Multi-country automaker and law enforcement cooperation led recently to the interception of a large quantity of fake Toyota parts.
Jun
9th

Toyota sees hybrid gain after VW diesel scandal

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Toyota Europe's top executive sees VW Group's emissions-cheating scandal giving it an advantage in the region, where buyers looking for fuel-efficient cars have long favored diesels over the Japanese automaker's specialty: hybrids.
Jun
9th

Toyota, focusing on hybrids, unaffected by VW diesel scandal

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Toyota -- with its focus on hybrids -- has seen no impact on diesel sales from VW Group's emissions-cheating scandal. The Japanese automaker wants half of its European sales to be hybrid cars, up from a quarter now.
Jun
9th

Toyota minivans get Asahi 99% UV protection glass

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AGC Asahi Glass (AGC) said it is supplying its UV-reducing Verre Premium Privashield glass to Toyota Motor for the Estima and Estima Hybrid miivans launched recently in Japan. They are claimed to be the first minivans with glass that reduces UV intrusion by 99%. 
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