Fiat Chrysler Automobiles waited 18 months to tell federal safety regulators about a security flaw in radios being installed in more than a million vehicles that hackers later exploited to seize control of a Jeep last month.
Unmoved by a sharp sales slowdown in China this year, General Motors is sticking with its $14 billion plan to expand production and introduce new models in that market.
Johnson Controls is betting that the market for stop-start systems in North America is about to take off.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has kicked off a new marketing campaign, entitled 'We Run on Brainpower.' The goal is to remind engineers that Michigan is the place to go for jobs in automotive high tech innovation.
Lexus is piloting a haggle-free pricing program with 12 of its 236 U.S. dealers this year, says Jeff Bracken, general manager of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A.'s Lexus Division.
Complex technologies are forcing automotive engineers to work in areas outside their field of expertise.
Companies in China with Western participation such as SAIC Motor Corp. and China FAW Group Corp. are still the engines of growth there. But domestic Chinese companies such as Chery Automobile Co.
ARaymond, based in Grenoble, France, is expanding in the United States to meet demand for fluid connectors to handle urea for diesel engines, battery coolant and other new technology in vehicles.
Mike Bell was appointed to the newly created position of global connected car director at Jaguar Land Rover in 2012 when interest in the sector was just starting to develop. Times have changed quickly.
It's a banner year for mergers and acquisitions. In the first six months of the year, the world's automotive suppliers have spent $28 billion to buy other companies - more than in all of last year, when MandA deals totaled $20 billion.
Second-quarter earnings at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' U.S.-based subsidiary fell despite higher revenues and vehicle shipments.
The deadline to apply for 2016 Automotive News PACE Awards, which honor game-changing, commercialized innovation by suppliers, is Sept. 4.
Expect the debate over raising the octane levels at U.S. gasoline pumps -- perhaps making 93 octane the new regular -- to get a lot louder between now and 2017.
Thanks to lower production costs, suppliers continue to head to Eastern Europe, often following the trail of their customers.
Eleven suppliers have opened plants in the Kansas City area since 2013, generating 1,800 jobs and $75 millioncq in new payroll. Kansas City's supplier community is booming because of a lucky convergence.
Takata boosted spending on U.S. federal lobbying by 22 percent in the second quarter as it faced increased attention from regulators and lawmakers about faulty airbags behind the auto industry's largest combined parts recall in history.
Automakers are making more common parts, globalizing their platforms and saving money in the process. But that doesn't necessarily save manufacturing costs for suppliers.
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