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News 20 Jan, 2014

Case of driver ticketed for wearing Google Glass dismissed but safety concerns won't go away

News 20 Jan, 2014

JD Wetherspoon has opened the first pub at a motorway service station in England on the M40, raising road safety concerns

Johnson Controls says the sale of its automotive electronics business to Visteon for US$265m, will enable it to reinvest the money in core operations.

New General Motors CEO Mary Barra is on a base salary of US$1.6m plus incentives, according to a Form 8-K document update filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission last week.

Thailand's vehicle market faces decline in 2014 as it reels under the effects of a dried up incentive scheme and the continuing adverse impact of political unrest on the nation's economy.

News 20 Jan, 2014

Kia's first electric car, the Soul EV, is spied winter testing before it goes on sale in late 2014

At this year's consumer electronics show (CES), Harman confirmed the rise of so called 'wearables' with an integration of its driver assist technology with Google Glass. The company claims it is the first tier one automotive supplier to launch an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) implementation on wearable devices such as Google Glass. Harman's data also suggests that the wearables sector is a growing market and is projected to exceed US$5 billion in 2016. Matthew Beecham spoke to Harman's President of Automotive Services David Slump about the technology and the company's plans for it.

New vehicle sales in the ASEAN region's six main markets declined by 12% to 873,336 units in the fourth quarter, from 992,567 units a year earlier, according to data compiled exclusively for just-auto.

PSA Peugeot Citroen is remaining tight-lipped it has secured a deal that could see up to EUR3bn (US$4.1bn) injected into the automaker following a board meeting yesterday (19 January).

Are a facelift, reduced CO2 emissions, improved safety features and a new single-speed drivetrain enough to keep the Land Rover Discovery competitive? Glenn Brooks gets the measure of the just-launched 2014 model.

PSA's board approved a deal to raise 3 billion euros ($4.1 billion) by selling stakes to Dongfeng and the French government. The deal, if completed, would represent a defining moment in the history of the automaker.

PSA's board approved a deal to raise $4.1 billion by selling stakes to Dongfeng and the French government. The deal, if completed, would represent a defining moment in the history of the automaker.

PSA's board approved a deal to raise $4.1 billion by selling stakes to Dongfeng and the French government, reports said. The deal, if completed, would represent a defining moment in the history of the automaker.

PSA's board approved a deal to raise 3 billion euros ($4.1 billion) by selling stakes to Dongfeng and the French government, reports said. The deal, if completed, would represent a defining moment in the history of the automaker.

News 20 Jan, 2014

The FIA Shelby Cobra CSX7000 marks 50 years of racing Cobras, limited to just 50 models

Chinese automotive group BAIC Motor is planning to raise up to USD2bn in a public flotation on the Hong Kong stock exchange.

News 20 Jan, 2014

New British sports car firm, David Brown Automotive, will launch its debut model in April

PSA increased vehicle sales by 4 percent in the fourth quarter. Full-year sales fell 5 percent to 2.82 million, the automaker said today.

TRW will open a new airbag sewing factory in Romania to meet anticipated growth in demand for airbag cushions over the next five years.

Fiat-Chrysler tried to cut off speculation about CEO Sergio Marchionne's successor. With the exception of anybody named Tavares or Piech, who would want his job?