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Henkel has reached a material supply agreement with automotive composite wheels manufacturer, Carbon Revolution.

Punch Powertrain has appointed Jorge Solis as its new chief executive officer with immediate effect.

The sixth generation Opel Corsa is now in full production at the PSA Group plant in Zaragoza.

Mitsubishi Motors launched its new L300 small truck in the Philippines at the end of September, fitted with a new diesel engine which meets the country's Euro IV regulations.

In its latest and largest ever OTA software update, Tesla's new 'smart summon' feature which allows limited driverless operation is reportedly resulting in car park accidents that will be the responsibility of the driver, rather than Tesla, reports say.

Mercedes-Benz says that from July to September, it sold a total of 590,514 cars, which is the best third quarter in the company's history (+12.2% YoY). Within just three months, Mercedes-Benz also maintains it reversed its sales trend since the beginning of 2019.

Start-up company Drivemode has became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Honda R&D.

Talks between the United Auto Workers (USAW) union and General Motors "have taken a turn for the worse," the union's chief negotiator has said, suggesting that no immediate end was in sight for the US vehicle industry's longest strike in decades.

Due to higher sales in China, Land Rover saw an improvement in its worldwide performance during the 1 June to 30 September quarter. While fiscal 2019-2020 sales are still down by 4.6% (to 180,705 vehicles), the worst may now be in the past.

News 7 Oct, 2019

Volvo and Geely to combine combustion engine production into a single stand-alone business, allowing Volvo to focus on electrification

News 8 Oct, 2019

More than a third of drivers have taken a day off work for back pain caused by poor quality car seats

Honda R&D, the automaker's subsidiary, has acquired California-based Drivemode "to further strengthen Honda's new value creation in the areas of digital and connected mobility products".

Belgian company Turbos Hoet Group, which specialises in selling new and used trucks as well as truck parts, acquired earlier this year a 50% stake in EVW Holding, the only importer and distributor of DAF trucks in Romania, Ziarul Financiar reported.

For some time, we have observed how the small, rectangle-shaped car roof window is being outshone by more eye-catching roof designs. The design emphasis these days is less on the old tilt and slide sunroofs and more on glass roofs stretching the length of the car and smart combinations of convertible and glass roofs. Magna Car Top Systems, an operating unit of Magna is a global leader of open-air roof systems. To learn more about trends in the sunroof market, we caught up with Uwe Behrendt, Director of Sales for Magna Car Top Systems.

Western Europe's car market up 13.9% in September

Valmet Automotive is working on standardised, optimal communication and data transmissions from single-cells to the Battery Management System (BMS) and will present the first results at the 28th Aachen Motor Colloquium from 7-9 October.

Hydro is opening an aluminium research laboratory in Sweden to test new types of alloys and their extrudability.

AGP Group has opened its automotive glazing plant in Belgium producing panoramic roofs with switchable glazing technologies and HUD windscreens.

Parent Geely and subsidiary Volvo Cars plan to merge their existing combustion engine operations into a stand alone business in order to establish a new global supplier that will develop combustion engines and hybrid powertrains, the pair announced in a statement.

Blink Charging has inked a multi-year agreement with ElectroChile to bring EV stations to the South American country.