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Nov
20th

View T25S concept as “thought leadership on wheels” says Shell

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Shell Lubricants says its T25S concept car Project M collaboration with Geo Technologies and Gordon Murray Design, should be considered as a "thought leadership" innovation targeted at addressing rapid global population growth.
Nov
20th

Volvo, Microsoft will bring augmented reality into showrooms

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Volvo and Microsoft are working together to bring the tech company's augmented-reality goggles to Volvo showrooms next year to improve safety-feature demonstrations, car customization #8211; and even to offer test drives using a hologram.
Nov
20th

ZF TRW unveils new side impact airbag

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ZF TRW has developed a new airbag designed to help vehicle manufacturers improve side impact protection.
Nov
20th

Schaeffler posts 9-month revenue up 10% to EUR10bn

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Schaeffler has recorded nine-month revenue up 10.6% to EUR10bn (US$10.7bn) and excluding the impact of currency translation, the growth rate was 4.2%.
Nov
19th

Canada “needs to turn automakers back” from Mexico

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Canada needs to be as "proactive" as Mexico and US southern states in pursuing new automotive projects and get in before investment decisions are made, the head of the country's autoparts makers association said.
Nov
19th

N.A. auto production will remain strong in 2016, analyst says

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North American auto production rose 1 percent in October and 'should remain strong' through the next 12 to 18 months thanks to strong truck demand, healthy inventories and a strengthening economy, Robert W. Baird and Co.
Nov
19th

Japanese supplier INOAC agrees to $2.35 million U.S. price-fixing fine

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Japanese supplier INOAC agreed to plead guilty to fixing prices -- and pay a $2.35 million criminal fine -- on auto parts sold to Toyota between 2004 and 2012, the U.S. Justice Department said today.
Nov
19th

UAW partners with Germany’s IG Metall to push for better U.S. wages, union representation

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The UAW and Germany's largest autoworker union, IG Metall, have joined forces to push for improved wages and working conditions at the U.S. plants of German auto and parts manufacturers.
Nov
19th

U.S. probes Bosch in VW cheating scandal, report says

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U.S. authorities are investigating German auto supplier Robert Bosch over its role in Volkswagen's massive scheme to cheat U.S. emission standards, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Nov
19th

Ford CFO says ‘Friends’ promo not costly

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Ford's incentive spending declined slightly in the first few weeks of its year-end 'Friends and Neighbors' promotion, evidence that it's not a profit-damaging blowout sale, CFO Bob Shanks said today.
Nov
19th

U.S. senators urge VW to expand diesel compensation, agree to buybacks

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Two U.S. senators today urged Volkswagen to agree to buy back vehicles and offer compensation to drivers of all diesel vehicles that government regulators have charged have "defeat devices" to rig emissions standards.
Nov
19th

VW set to cut investments by 10% to help meet scandal costs

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VW is set to announce cuts in capital spending as it prepares for the huge bill to address its emissions-cheating crisis. Analysts expect VW to cut annual spending on factories, models and equipment by 10 percent.
Nov
19th

Ford’s Michigan F-150 plant holds key to passage of UAW deal

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The UAW's proposed labor contract with Ford will fail unless workers at an F-150 assembly plant in Michigan approve it by a wide margin.
Nov
19th

VW mulls closure of showpiece Phaeton plant, report says

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VW may close its so-called "transparent factory" in Germany that builds the Phaeton sedan as the embattled automaker seeks to reduce costs, a report said.
Nov
19th

Scion keeps it weird in new iM, iA ads

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Scion's 'Weird, Right?' ad campaign for the iM hatchback and iA compact sedan is back for another round of weirdness.
Nov
19th

Race of Champions 2015: Plato & Priaulx win Nations Cup

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News 19 Nov, 2015

Team England's Jason Plato and Andy Priaulx have won the Nations Cup competition at the 2015 Race of Champions

Nov
19th

VW will shorten investment program timing, report says

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VW will abandon its practice of setting a rolling five-year investment budget as it grapples with its emissions-cheating scandal, Bloomberg reported.
Nov
19th

GM, Army to test Chevrolet Colorado fuel cell

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The Chevrolet Colorado pickup has been selected by the U.S. Army to test a General Motors-designed hydrogen powered fuel cell powertrain.
Nov
19th

Toyota’s hydrogen Mirai eligible for GBP5,000 UK grant

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Toyota says its Mirai hydrogen fuel cell saloon will be eligible for UK government grant support of GBP5,000 (US$7,600) reducing the purchase price to GBP61,000.
Nov
19th

UK engine production up 4% in October – SMMT

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Britain's Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders (SMMT) says UK engine production rose 4% in October compared with the same month last year.
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