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General Motors and the UAW are reportedly close to a deal that will end a month long strike at the company.

General Motors and the UAW are reportedly close to a deal that will end a month long strike at the company.

In the USA, Lincoln (78,849) is neck and neck with Volvo (77,432), both brands ending the first three quarters of 2019 with rising sales, albeit neither able to yet compete with the big-volume premium makes. Ford has made good on its promise to invest in the luxury brand and there is much more to come in terms of new and additional models. With just 11,618 vehicles sold in Q3, China is still a tiny market for Lincoln though, making local production of several models all the more essential.

Gazoo Racing doesn't mean much to most people. It will eventually do so though, as the might of Toyota places ever more emphasis on this sub-brand via multiple motorsport disciplines and a growing range of cars. The priciest GR model yet is the A90 Supra, a GBP50,000+ rocket that's also a very different driving experience indeed to its non-identical twin, the BMW Z4.

Opinion 16 Oct, 2019

The sad scrappage of Dyson's electric car plans show just how tough the car industry is to crack, says Steve Fowler

Freudenberg has acquired the activities of start-up, Frictins from Wolnzach, Germany, including its technology to increase friction coefficient.

Electrify Canada is to launch its nationwide electric vehicle charging network with more than 20 installations planned to roll out at Canadian Tire locations across the country.

Renesas Electronics has launched its R-Car Consortium Proactive Partner Programme.

News 16 Oct, 2019

Volvo is aiming to reduce the CO2 footprint of every model by 40 per cent starting with the upcoming XC40 EV

Renault's CFDT union says the new top management must engage with all stakeholders after CEO, Thierry Bolloré was dismissed on 11 October.

Lectra has launched two new solutions for the mass production of fabric car seats and interiors: Vector Automotive iP6 and iP9.

Alcantara, the artificial 'suede-effect' material and brand, says it appeared on concept cars from two high-end automakers - Audi and BMW - and on the new Lamborghini Sián FKP 37 at the recent IAA/Frankfurt Motor Show.

Synopsys, Inc. has announced that NXP, a leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, plans to deploy Synopsys' native automotive design solutions to improve quality-of-results (QoR) and time-to-results (TTR) for its next-generation, safety-critical system-on-chip (SoC) designs.

Transportation and logistics solutions provider, XPO Logistics, has purchased 100 Stralis Natural Power Euro VI tractors from Iveco.

VDL is expanding its Charging Test Centre with new technology in collaboration with Siemens.

The production version of the Atlas Cross Sport for the US market has now been unveiled in Chattanooga.

Britain's Road Haulage Association (RHA) is urging the government put "all its energy" into making sure hauliers and traders are ready for Brexit.

Nissan Leaf drivers are now able to gain access to more than 100,000 charging points across Europe.

Beset by such a serious crash that Cadillac is only 1,800 units (wholesale) behind it, Ford has a massive problem in the world's number one vehicle market. How to recover from delivering a mere 165,848 locally manufactured passenger vehicles for the year to the end of September, a decline of 47 per cent? Happily, the blue oval's position in the USA couldn't be more stark to the situation in China, even if its management has taken the extraordinary decision to withdraw from many high volume segments.