Nicolas Hayek, the engineer and industrialist who founded the Swiss watch company Swatch and brought the world the Smart car, died on June 28 of heart failure at his office in Switzerland. He was 82.
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Ford Motor Co. will pay about $3.8 billion in cash to a union health-care fund, a sign the automaker is confident that CEO Alan Mulally's focus on the namesake brand will produce profits.
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Apollo Tyres, India's second largest tyre maker by sales, is considering increasing product prices next week, after rubber prices soared to a record high, a senior official said.
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India's largest car air conditioning manufacturer, Subros, has formed a new joint venture with Denso Corporation to design automobile air conditioning systems and other devices.
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Richard Parry-Jones is best known for his time as an automotive engineering leader at Ford. He now runs his own technology consulting company and provides policy advice to Governments. Dave Leggett caught up with him to hear about his product development philosophy and how Sir Jackie Stewart pointed him in the direction of the '50-metre' test.
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China has approved cars made by Warren Buffett-backed BYD and 15 other Chinese automakers and joint ventures to receive fuel-efficiency subsidies of CNY3,000 (US$441) per vehicle, a top government agency said on Wednesday.
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European confidence in the economic outlook unexpectedly improved in June after reviving global growth and a drop in the euro bolstered the region's recovery. An index of executive and consumer sentiment in the 16 euro nations rose to 98.7 from 98.
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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and PSA Peugeot Citroën on Wednesday said they'd started a feasibility study for the development and supply of powertrains for electric vehicles, including an analysis on the packaging of batteries and its business viability. The first application of this new agreement will focus on light commercial vehicles.
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Russia could strengthen its car industry's ties with France possibly through an equity swap between the two governments and their flagship automakers, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
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Denso Corp., the world's largest auto parts supplier, and Indian's leading maker of auto air conditioning systems, Subros Ltd, said on Wednesday they have agreed to form a joint venture to design automobile air conditioning systems and other devices.
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General Motors Co. plans to build a new mid-sized Chevrolet truck in Thailand for export to Europe and parts of Southeast Asia as the brand makes its first push into the two regional pickup markets.
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UK motor industry representatives are optimistic General Motors will place the manufacture of its Ampera (European version of the Chevy Volt) in Britain, following the start of Toyota's new Auris hybrid production in the country this week.
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New UK secretary of state for Business, Innovation and Skills (DBIS) Vince Cable has outlined further details of his plans for the British automotive industry.
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PSA/Peugeot-Citroen SA and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said on Wednesday they have agreed to work together to develop electric vehicle powertrains, initially focusing on light commercial vehicles.
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PSA/Peugeot-Citroen SA and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said today they have agreed to work together to develop electric vehicle powertrains, initially focusing on light commercial vehicles.
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Mercedes-Benz is the first non-Japanese automaker to take top honors in vehicle ownership satisfaction among German car owners, according to a J.D. Power and Associates study published June 24. Either Toyota, Honda or Daihatsu has finished No.
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General Motors' plant in St Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday started production of Opel Astra new-generation five-door hatchbacks, the plant's CEO Hans Juergen Michel said.
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Holley Performance Products has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in three years after transferring ownership of the company to holders of its debt.
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General Motors said that customers in the US are paying US$3,000 more on average per vehicle than last year when the automaker was under bankruptcy court protection.
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China has approved cars made by Daimler AG electric-car partner BYD Co. and 15 other Chinese automakers and joint ventures to receive fuel-efficiency subsidies of 3,000 yuan ($441) per vehicle, a top government agency said on Wednesday.
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