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Nissan has opened a first-of-its-kind processing center in a plant that was abandoned by the previous owner when the region became a radioactive no-go zone following Japan's 2011 nuclear disaster.

To return to its scrappy roots, Honda is looking outside for new technologies in connectivity, robotics and automated driving.

Topre America, a relative newcomer as a U.S. producer of high-strength steel components, is setting up a foundation built upon the former site of an International Harvester heavy stamping and press plant in Ohio.

Nissan has opened a first-of-its-kind processing center in a plant that was abandoned by the previous owner when the region became a radioactive no-go zone following Japan's 2011 nuclear disaster.

California's public utility regulator on Friday signaled it would allow self-driving vehicle makers to transport passengers without a backup driver in the vehicle, a step forward for autonomous car developers just as the industry faces heightened...

The United States, Mexico and Canada still have to resolve major issues around NAFTA, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Friday, casting doubt that the quick deal sought by Washington would materialize.

The Trump administration is considering ways to require imported automobiles to meet stricter environmental standards in order to protect U.S. automakers, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

A federal court jury last week proposed awarding nearly $17 million to a former Ford engineer after he sued the automaker for discrimination, although Ford is contesting the verdict.

Union representatives at Skoda accepted management's offer to raise wages by 12 percent, averting a strike at the VW Group brand.

Union representatives at Skoda accepted management's offer to raise wages by 12 percent, averting a strike at the VW Group brand.

Michael Sprague, the former Ford executive who notched a steady series of promotions in nearly a decade at Kia Motors America, is leaving the Korean automaker. Sprague, 52, Kia's COO since 2015, will step down April 17, Kia said in a statement.

Ford issued a recall for about 347,000 2018 model year F-series pickups and Expedition SUVs with 10-speed automatic transmissions for a potentially unseated transmission gear shift cable clip.

Bosch says it has moved to a larger location in Silicon Valley, opening a new Research and Technology Center (RTC) in Sunnyvale. The RTC was previously located in Palo Alto, roughly 15 kilometres to the west. The cost of the new location amounts to 36 million euros (40 million dollars).

New-car sales in Spain rose 2 percent in March, despite a big drop in diesel registrations and two fewer working days.

Reports in Germany say that Volkswagen has cancelled contracts with a major supplier in Bosnia that stopped its production lines a few years ago.

Growing numbers of small subprime auto lenders are closing or shutting down after loan losses and slim margins spur banks and private equity owners to cut off funding.

News 6 Apr, 2018

The Lotus Exige Cup 430 Type 25 adds unique design tweaks and a new livery inspired by the brand's Type 25 Formula 1 car

Russia's sales are forecast to grow 10 percent this year as the market recovers faster than expected. Sales in March sales increased by 14 percent.

Russia's sales are forecast to grow 10 percent this year as the market recovers faster than expected. Sales in March increased by 14 percent.

Great news this week for the Vauxhall vans operation at Luton here in England this week. Despite Brexit, new Opel/Vauxhall owner PSA is to raise manufacturing capacity and add the production of Peugeot- and Citroen-badged panel vans at the factory. The plant, which started building Vauxhall badged Isuzu and Suzuki designed LCVs, more recently has been a JV with the Renault-Nissan alliance and built models for four brands but the technical agreement with Renault for the current Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro panel van - based on the Renault Trafic - will end and production will shift to right-hand drive versions of Peugeot and Citroen panel vans plus future Vitaro models on a PSA platform. Nice to hear, too, the decision was a major vote of confidence in a UK plant and reflected its core competitive strengths. Not to mention giving PSA a handy LCV plant inside a hefty UK market whose future trading relationship with the EU is still not clear.