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Chinese transportation and online mobility specialist Didi Chuxing has formed a ‘strategic partnership’ with Volkswagen in China.

Hyundai Motor Group has established a new division dedicated to the development of urban aviation mobility technology and related business and recruited one of NASAs top managers as its vice president.

EDAG and Hyundai say they have developed a ‘pathbreaking touch steering wheel concept’.

Nexteer has opened a steering systems plant in Morocco. The plant will manufacture electric power steering systems for PSA Group, as well as driveline systems for FCA, PSA Group and the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, Nexteer says in a news release.

Britain has named the 16 ports across England which will receive a share of GBP10m (US$12.3m) as the UK prepares to exit the European Union (EU) on 31 October.

By outsourcing front-end modules (FEMs), automakers are able to reduce the number of operations on their assembly lines, simplify their supply chains, reduce modular weight and improve the ergonomic aspects of the assembly process. Magna Exteriors, a …

SAIC Motor has launched production at its newly built vehicle assembly plant in the city of Ningde in China’s eastern Fujian province.

Nissan Motor confirmed earlier this week that it has no intention of quitting the South Korean market, even as political and trade relations between the two neighbours remained strained.

Elektrobit opens new software lab in Berlin

Toyota reportedly plans to launch hydrogen fuel cell car models with Chinese partners Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) and FAW Group to boost its presence in the world’s biggest vehicle market.

Closure of the Detroit-Hamtramck and Lordstown, Ohio plants may not solve General Motors’ overcapacity issue, analysts have said.

In an era when the very essence of what a car interior is – how it feels, looks and operates – is rapidly changing, it can be tricky to visualise what we will be sitting in by 2030. But Faurecia has a clear vision of tomorrow’s cockpit. Faurecia’s four…

Zenuity, the joint venture assisted and autonomous driving software company owned by Geely’s Volvo Cars and Veoneer, has confirmed the inclusion of its software in the automaker’s upcoming fully electric XC40 SUV.

Multiple automakers, including Hyundai Motor Group, BMW, General Motors and Ford, have all announced trials or introduction of exoskeletons and other plant worker aids and now it’s Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover’s turn to announce its own, unique …