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Apr
24th

PSA first-quarter revenue jumps 42% on Opel-Vauxhall acquisition

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PSA revenue rose 42 percent to 18 billion euros ($22 billion) in the first quarter, lifted by its acquisition of Opel-Vauxhall last year.
Apr
24th

PSA first-quarter revenue jumps 42% on Opel-Vauxhall acquisition

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PSA revenue rose 42 percent to 18 billion euros ($22 billion) in the first quarter, lifted by its acquisition of Opel-Vauxhall last year.
Apr
24th

Ford will offer Focus with fuel-saving 48-volt hybrid system

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Ford will introduce a 48-volt mild-hybrid version of the new Focus aimed at customers who want a power boost while also saving fuel.
Apr
23rd

Gentex Q1 net income up 14 percent as revenue softens

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Gentex said its first-quarter net income surged 14 percent from a year earlier as the mirror and electronics supplier managed to boost mirror deliveries despite a production glitch.
Apr
23rd

Court blocks Trump effort to delay boost in ‘gas guzzler’ fines

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Automakers will face steeper penalties if they fall short of annual federal fuel economy targets after an appeals court blocked a Trump administration move to delay a scheduled increase in the fines.
Apr
23rd

Nissan’s Infiniti readies platform for electrified cars

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Nissan's Infiniti luxury brand will introduce an all-new platform for its entire range when it shifts to exclusively electrified powertrains in 2021.
Apr
23rd

Trump may tie Mexican immigration control to NAFTA

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President Trump threatened to make Mexican immigration control a condition of a new NAFTA agreement, saying the southern neighbor must stop illegal immigrants from getting into the United States.
Apr
23rd

New EV battery supplier emerges in Germany

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A Chinese maker of batteries for electric cars reportedly is setting up a sales office in Germany and talking to automakers there.
Apr
23rd

OEMs evaluate driving simulators as AVs loom on the horizon

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Modern driving simulators are delivering some unprecedented levels of realism and can extend the role of the simulator in areas of vehicle dynamics and ADAS development but, to ensure that a simulator will deliver on its promises, OEMs must take a rigorous approach to evaluation. We spoke to Dr Adrian Simms, Business Director (Laboratory Test Systems) at AB Dynamics about how to assess a simulator effectively.
Apr
23rd

Groupe PSA and Huawei unveil connected vehicle platform

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Groupe PSA says the DS 7 Crossback is the first Groupe PSA vehicle using the IoT platform named "Connected Vehicle Modular Platform" (CVMP) and equipped with Huawei technology for new connected services.
Apr
23rd

New 2019 Mercedes A-Class saloon uncovered in Beijing

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Mercedes A-Class saloon - front
News 24 Apr, 2018

Mercedes reveals its first ever four-door A-Class to challenge the Audi A3 saloon

Apr
23rd

Skoda defines its own segment with Rapid Spaceback

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One of the things which sets Skoda apart and contributes greatly to its success is finding size sweetspots in the market. That not only applies to the Fabia, Octavia and Superb but to the Rapid Spaceback, a hatchback which is longer than a Golf yet much narrower than even a Fabia or Polo.
Apr
23rd

New 2019 Mercedes A-Class saloon revealed – pictures

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Apr
23rd

Speed awareness: can you tell how fast you are going?

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Speed awareness: driving blind header
Features 11 May, 2018

As part of a speed awareness safety test, we try judge how quickly we’re driving with no speedometer – and it’s surprisingly difficult

Apr
23rd

Speed awareness: driving blind – pictures

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Apr
23rd

Opel CEO says German investments hinge on improving competitiveness

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Opel CEO Michael Lohscheller reaffirmed that the automaker's new owner, PSA Group, wants to invest in Germany and keep open factories if it can reach an agreement with workers to improve their competitiveness.
Apr
23rd

Turkey component manufacture key to exports – Taysad

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Turkish automotive suppliers association, Taysad, says the importance of components to the country's export sector can be gauged by its proportion of overall shipments overseas.
Apr
23rd

2019 Toyota Avalon gets price bump after redesign

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The fifth-generation Toyota Avalon that goes on sale next month as a 2019 model shares almost nothing with the previous generation, including the pricing.
Apr
23rd

Front module maker HBPO to open three new factories in 2018

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HBPO, which claims to be world market leader for development and production of front-end modules, will this year open three factories in Germany and Mexico.
Apr
23rd

GM Korea, union reach tentative wage deal

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GM's South Korean unit said that it has reached a tentative wage deal with its labor union, meeting a key condition laid down by the automaker to prevent it filing for bankruptcy.
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