Restructuring at Faurecia will see an exhaust systems plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, which supplies BMW's US car factory, close by the end of the year with the loss of about 150 jobs. It opened only in 2010.
Domestic sales among South Korea's five main automakers increased by 1.8% to 121,239 units in May, from 119,104 units sold in the same month of last year, according to data released by the country's mainstream vehicle manufacturers.
US union, UAW, has elected Dennis Williams as its president at the Constitutional Convention in Detroit.
BMW introduced its Smart Charging App on Monday that helps customers save money on charging their cars at home by identifying the hours during which electricity is cheapest.
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India's shipping ministry is studying plans to reduce road transportation of new vehicles within the country by opening a new shipping route using Mundra in Gujarat province on the north west coast as the hub.
Skoda's global sales rose 15 percent in May to a record 91,200 vehicles, powered by growth in western Europe.
Toyota and Panasonic plan to launch a new cloud-based in-car system to monitor and operate home appliances before the end of the year.
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It looks like the final Hundustan Ambassador - Amby to the locals - has rolled off the line in a plant that looks about as jurassic as the car it made since the mid-1950s.
Honda Cars India will start a second production shift at its Tapukara plant, employing about 1,000 workers, this financial year.
TRW Automotive has announced the opening of its largest technical centre - a 66,000 sq m facility in Anting, China.
Mercedes-Benz booked another sales record in May. A total of 134,031 vehicles were sold to customers around the world (+10.4%). It has sold 641,384 vehicles since the start of 2014 (+14.0%), also a record.
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Ford China sales grew 32% in May with 93,323 sold compared to 70,449 in May 2013. Year to date sales were up 39%, with 461,473 sold compared to 332,308 in the first five months of 2013.
The average age of a light vehicle on the road in the United States remained flat at 11.4 years at the end of 2013, and the total light vehicles in operation reached a record 252.7 million, up 2 percent from 2012, IHS Automotive said today.
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