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Honeywell is rebranding its turbocharger unit as Garrett -- Advancing Motion once the previously announced spinoff is completed.

Carmakers and other manufacturers will have access to a whole new generation of steel products thanks to a new agreement between Tata Steel Europe and South Korean teelmaker Posco, the pair said in a statement.

Carlos Ghosn could step down early from his post as head of Renault, according to an interview with the Financial Times.

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JLR has launched an all-inclusive 12-month car subscription service called Carpe and aimed exclusively at high mileage drivers

Geely's Volvo Cars has made its first strategic investment via its newly-founded fund with a stake in Luminar, a start-up developing advanced sensors for use in autonomous vehicles.

Renault is accelerating the deployment of its Drive The Future plan with an investment of more than EUR1bn (US$1.2bn) for the development and production of electric vehicles in France.

Renault will invest more than 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) to increase EV production capacity in France and add new models.

Ford has said it was winding down a joint venture formed with Daimler to develop automotive fuel cell technology.

German prosecutors could wrap up an investigation into alleged market manipulation by senior VW Group executives this year, the officials said, after ordering the automaker to pay 1 billion euros to settle claims of emissions cheating.

Germany could wrap up an investigation into alleged market manipulation by senior VW executives this year, officials said, after ordering VW to pay 1 billion euros settle emissions cheating claims.

Volvo is deepening its ties with Luminar, a fast-growing maker of a lidar, which is considered vital to a self-driving car's ability to see the world around it.

Volvo is deepening its ties with Luminar, a fast-growing maker of a lidar, which is considered vital to a self-driving car's ability to see the world around it.

Hyundai Mobis has started a software training program at a cost of over USD1m at its research centre in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province.

BAIC says it is looking to attract a new range of talent to its workforce as its business model gradually adapts to that of both manufacturer and service provider.

Hybrid sales in the UK and mainland Europe have doubled over the past five years and are expected to reach 700,000 annually by the end of the decade. The Kia Niro - the Korean carmaker's third plug-in hybrid (PHEV) after the Optima and Optima Sportswagon - slots into this blossoming market place. Continuing QUBE/just-auto's review of interior design and technology trends, we slip inside this compact crossover to see if this is just another small SUV or something different.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration selected Elon Musk's Boring Company to build and operate a super-express transit system between downtown and O'Hare International Airport.

Some of the 3,000 Tesla employees who are losing their jobs have had surprisingly positive parting words to share with Elon Musk, the chief executive who let them go.

Jaguar Land Rover has launched a subscription lease service in the UK that could be rolled out

The blighted train depot in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood is more than a sign of the automaker's hopes to create an urban campus in the middle of the city.

It would be fair to say I initially did not get on too well with the latest Lexus LS. I've always liked the big sedan which started out in 1989 ('91 for me) with a V8 and a mission to clobber the likes of Mercedes but my exposure since has been pretty minimal, the odd drive here and there. So when the latest one, all GBP105,595 of it, with every standard and optional feature available, hove to in the driveway, I expected to set it up - phones, radio presets, locking and lighting preferences, you know the drill, with a touchscreen. Wrong. There's a screen, no touch.