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Jun
13th

GM CFO Chuck Stevens to retire; successor named

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General Motors CFO Chuck Stevens is retiring and will be succeeded by Dhivya Suryadevara, a 39-year-old Harvard Business School graduate who has been a fast-rising star in the company's financial operations. Suryadevara will take over as CFO on Sept.
Jun
13th

Magna to partner with May Mobility on low-speed self-driving shuttle

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Canadian auto parts supplier Magna International will partner with Michigan startup May Mobility on self-driving shuttles, the companies said on Wednesday.
Jun
13th

Tesla cuts several thousand jobs

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Tesla reportedly is cutting several thousand jobs to reduce costs and become profitable without endangering the production start up for its critical 'low cost' Model 3 sedan.
Jun
13th

Opel to develop next gen 4-cyl petrol engines for PSA

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As expected, PSA-owned Opel will develop the next-generation of high-efficiency petrol engines for all Groupe PSA brands (Vauxhall, Opel, Peugeot, Citroën, and DS Automobiles) at its engineering centre in Rüsselsheim, Germany.
Jun
13th

The US has a new best selling car, and 1 in 5 come from England

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Automotive trade between EU countries and the USA may soon enter a strange era. Should the Trump Administration levy duties on imports from the UK, the timing for Honda would be terrible: thanks in part to rising interest in the five-door hatchback made solely in England, the Civic has just become America's best selling car.
Jun
13th

Grammer annual meeting halted by Bosnia-backed investor group

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Grammer CEO Hartmut Mueller has urged the supplier's shareholders to back Ningbo Jifeng's takeover offer as a Bosnia-backed investor group opposed the move and forced a halt to the German company's annual meeting.
Jun
13th

Grammer AGM halted by Bosnia-backed investor group

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Grammer CEO Hartmut Mueller has urged the supplier's shareholders to back Ningbo Jifeng's takeover offer as a Bosnia-backed investor group opposed the move and forced a halt to the German company's annual general meeting.
Jun
13th

GM’s CFO to retire

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General Motors has announced that Chuck Stevens, GM executive vice president and Chief Financial Officer, will retire effective March 1, 2019.
Jun
13th

FCA, UAW co-conspirators in training center scandal, prosecutors say

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Federal prosecutors labeled Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the UAW co-conspirators in the corruption scandal surrounding the UAW-FCA training center, according to a document obtained by The Detroit News.
Jun
13th

GAC targets Nigerian fleets for sales growth

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As part of its ambitious international growth strategy, GAC Motor has delivered 150 GA3S cars to the Nigerian police force in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja. The cars were purchased and donated by Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Chairman of Aliko Dangote Foundation.
Jun
13th

Toyota takes $1bn slice of Asian ride hailer Grab

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Toyota Motor Corporation will take a US$1bn stake in Grab to expand its collaboration with the south east Asia ride hailer and, it said, "to drive further advances in Mobility as a Service (MaaS) across the region".
Jun
13th

China should aim high with new mobility – Trade Committee

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China should "aim high" when it comes to new mobility technologies as it looks to capitalise on its rapid adoption of alternative energy sources says the country's International Trade Committee.
Jun
13th

VW board to discuss Audi CEO probe, report says

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VW Group's supervisory board will discuss an investigation by German prosecutors into Audi CEO Rupert Stadler, as the automaker weighs how to tackle the latest fallout from its emissions scandal, Reuters reported.
Jun
13th

Fiat, Jeep, Alfa Romeo will skip Paris auto show

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FCA's Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Jeep and Abarth brands will not take part in this year's Paris auto show, according to French media reports. FCA joins automakers including Ford and VW brand in skipping one of Europe's top showcases for product debuts.
Jun
13th

Toyota dives into ride hailing as threats from GM, Waymo loom

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Toyota is making the largest ever bet by an automaker on ride-hailing as it embraces new businesses that threaten to disrupt the industry's traditional model of vehicle ownership.
Jun
13th

Daimler told to recall vehicles with ‘unauthorised’ emissions defeat devices

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The German government ordered Daimler to recall 238,000 vehicles in Germany after they were found to be fitted with unauthorised emissions defeat devices, a media report said.
Jun
13th

Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance says synergies up in ’17

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The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance has reported a 14% increase in annual synergies to EUR5.7bn in 2017, up from EUR5bn in 2016. The Alliance said it benefited from growing cost savings, incremental revenues and cost avoidance.
Jun
13th

Huawei debuts ‘OceanConnect IoV Platform’ at CEBIT

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At CEBIT 2018, Huawei has released the OceanConnect IoV (Internet of Vehicles) Platform which it says enables intelligent and connected vehicles, service transformation for automobile manufacturers, and the evolution of intelligent transportation.
Jun
13th

Autonomous driving will produce economic boom, dwarf job dislocation, report says

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Concerns about self-driving cars displacing workers are overblown and should be balanced against overwhelming potential advantages in the transportation segment, a new report says.
Jun
13th

Autonomous driving will produce economic boom, dwarf job dislocation, report says

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Concerns about self-driving cars displacing workers are overblown and should be balanced against overwhelming potential advantages in the transportation segment, a new report says.
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