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Porsche says it has hit a record with 130,598 vehicles delivered worldwide in just the first six months of 2018, up 3% on the same period last year. 

Due to the overflow of a river near Honda's auto plant in Celaya, Mexico, all auto and component production was suspended on 28 June. 

Geely has said it has now developed a modular engineering architecture for B-segment cars.

From 2021 Daimler Trucks is bringing together the corporate units based in the Stuttgart region to work at a single location.

A strike called by a small Fiat union to protest the $117 million purchase of soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo by Juventus FC, which is controlled by the Agnelli family, has fallen flat after only five workers participated in the action.

As part of its contribution to a recently completed major European research initiative to achieve more efficient and cost-effective hybrid powertrains for both passenger cars and commercial vehicles, Ricardo has developed a new 48V e-motor offering up to a 50% increase in power density compared with current production machines.

Renault increased vehicle sales by nearly 10 percent in the first half, helped by rebounding markets in Russia and South America, and solid demand in Europe.

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded to Ba2 from Ba1 the corporate family rating (CFR) for Jaguar Land Rover parent company Tata Motors (TML). It also downgraded the company's senior unsecured instrument ratings to Ba2 from Ba1 but said "the rating outlook is stable".

Webasto's core competencies include development, production and sales of sunroofs, panoramic roofs, convertible roofs and parking heaters. With electric heating systems, charging solutions and battery systems, the supplier is also addressing the growth market of electromobility. Continuing just-auto/QUBE's series of interviews with tier one suppliers, we spoke to Dr. Holger Engelmann, Chairman of the Management Board, Webasto SE about the company's roof systems business.

Electric vehicle (EV) sales in South Korea jumped by close to 170% to 11,866 units in the first half of 2018 from 4,412 units a year earlier, according to data released by the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association.

News 16 Jul, 2018

Aston Martin, Rolls-Royce and Cranfield University come together to create futuristic craft for inter-city travel

Tata Motor's Nano, dubbed the world's cheapest car, has all but died in India, with lessons for automakers on frugal engineering.

Chinese auto supplier Rebo enters the North American market with its purchase of Federal-Mogul's lighting division.

Five automakers and their supply chains are linking up with an Ohio analytics company to root out billions in industry logistics inefficiencies.

Tom Mignanelli spent just six years at Nissan's U.S. operations, but left a mark that has rippled through decades.

Even at the height of the housing boom, Ford Motor Co. never sold as many big pickups in the first half of a year as it did in the last six months.

Mercedes and BMW stand to lose most from tit-for-tat import tariffs imposed first by the U.S. on China and then reciprocated. Unfortunately for both, there isn't much they can do to shield themselves from the fallout.