Nissan Motor has said it plans to cut vehicle production capacity in Japan by 15% from July in response to rising manufacturing costs and weakening domestic demand.
This month we are highlighting research extracts from our QUBE Automotive Glazing sector intelligence service ahead of an automotive glazing webinar scheduled for July 10. Here, we interview V Umamaheswaran, director of automotive products and marketing, SABIC Innovative Plastics, about how polycarbonate (PC) glazing market is shaping up.
The Canadian unit of Mercedes-Benz has opened a fuel cell stack plant in Burnaby in British Columbia, the first such automated automotive facility in the world.
Renault is to cut back production at its site in Douai, northern France, which assembles the Renault Scenic model, according to the Les Echos newspaper.
The all-electric vehicle range of the 2013 Chevrolet Volt will be 38 miles on a single charge, three miles more than the 2012 model.
While Cadillac's recent focus seems to have been on beating Europe's prestige manufacturers around the
Media reports in Japan and Germany suggest that Toyota and BMW are considering deepening their collaboration in the area of green automotive technologies and that a public statement could come as early as this week.
Plaintiffs seeking $5 billion in damages from Porsche SE, the holding company behind the carmaker, may find it difficult to make their case in a German court system that offers them only a limited view of the company's inner workings.
Robert Bosch gained EU approval to purchase the car service business of U.S. manufacturer SPX Corp. for $1.15 billion.
Volume production of the B-Max has begun at Ford's new manufacturing facility in Craiova, Romania.
Toyota has announced the first ever Avalon Hybrid. The car will go on sale in North America later in 2012 and will have the same powertrain as the Camry Hybrid.
Valeo has announced that it is in negotiations to sell its Access Mechanisms Business to Japan-based U-Shin.
Seat is launching the five-door Toledo compact hatchback as an affordable family car as the Volkswagen Group brand seeks to win buyers hit by the economic crisis.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said a victory by Republican Mitt Romney in this year's presidential election would have only a "minor impact" on the nation's electric-car market.
The auto market is rebounding in the United States, but a new survey by AlixPartners argues that the auto industry might as well forget about "pent-up demand." The report, released today, predicts light vehicle sales of 14.
Ford will push its use of social media further today when it kicks off Random Acts of Fusion, a prelaunch marketing effort for the mid-sized 2013 Fusion, with TV host Ryan Seacrest.
The 2013 Ford Taurus, powered by Ford Motor's 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine, has received an EPA certification of 32 mpg in highway driving and 22 mpg in city driving, for a combined city-highway rating of 26 mpg, the automaker said today.
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