Nissan is breaking ground on a technology training centre in Decherd, Tennessee.
Ovo has unveiled an investment from Mitsubishi for a 20% stake in the business.
The Indian market's number three make, Mahindra, is a long way behind Hyundai and Maruti Suzuki. There is a battle going on for third place though, and now with the arrival of a SsangYong-based small SUV, M&M may pull away from Honda and Tata Motors.
BMW Group has posted global deliveries of the company's three premium automotive brands up 0.5% in January, with a total of 170,463 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce cars sent to customers.
Arconic is to invest US$100m to expand its hot mill capability and add downstream equipment capabilities to manufacture industrial and automotive aluminium products at its Tennessee Operations facility near Knoxville.
Saint-Gobain is to to present its bearing technology at the Innovative Seating Conference in Düsseldorf on 18 February.
FCA Italy and PSA have signed an agreement to extend until 2023 their LCV cooperation, started 40 years ago.
Renault has published full-year results that show a substantial fall to operating margin and net income in 2018. The results come as uncertainty swirls over the company's alliance with Nissan as former CEO Carlos Ghosn remains in detention in Japan.
Mercedes-Benz has opened a new parts distribution centre on the outskirts of Bangkok to help improve deliveries of aftermarket parts across Thailand.
The Thai government has said it will bring forward its planned introduction of Euro 5 standards for diesel fuel to 2023 from its previous deadline of 2025 in response to recent concerns over air pollution in the country.
Sales of imported light vehicles in South Korea fell by 13.7% to 18,198 units in January compared with 21,075 units in the same month of the previous year, according to data compiled by Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA).
Strategic partners Ford and Volkswagen Group are reportedly in disagreement over how much VW should invest in Ford's self-driving vehicle unit, according to Reuters.
The Chinese Automotive Technology and Research Centre (CATARC) says it has significantly expanded its vehicle development capabilities by acquiring a new, third-generation driving simulator from AB Dynamics.
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