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BMW may expand its EV range with iX-badged SUVs as it seeks to benefit from the industry shift toward battery-powered cars.

News 4 Dec, 2017

An electrified version of the new Lamborghini Urus SUV is on the cards, using the plug-in powertrain from a Porsche Panamera

Toyota should decide by early 2018 on a site for a new U.S. assembly plant to be built with Mazda, a Toyota executive said, adding more than one state is still being considered for the factory.

Toyota should decide by early 2018 on a site for a new United States assembly plant to be built with Mazda, a Toyota executive said, adding more than one state is in the mix.

The auto industry fared better, on balance, in the tax bill that narrowly passed the Senate on Saturday than in the earlier House version. Now the industry will try to hold onto those gains.

News 4 Dec, 2017

BMW has revealed ambitions platform sharing plans that could see electrified cars make-up 25% of sales by 2025

Automakers that installed faulty Takata airbags can now apply for compensation, the special master in charge of managing the $850 million restitution fund said Monday.

An Ohio steel technology firm is eyeing nearly 1,000 acres of rural Michigan farmland to build a massive steel plant along Interstate 69. GM and Tesla may have interest in the project.

Forty-seven U.S. auto dealers have been nominated by automotive trade associations for the 2018 Time Dealer of the Year Award, sponsored by Ally.

The latest issue of the Automotive News Europe monthly magazine is ready to view.

U.S. sales at Nissan North America jumped 18 percent to 135,985 in November -- a record for the month -- behind a surge in light trucks and steady rise in car sales.

Bosal says despite the challenges of finding suppliers in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region, it nonetheless "strongly believes" in the key nature of the area for the automotive sector.

The trouble with being first, or one of the first, is that you're sometimes not the best. Case in point - Mark One Prius Plug In Hybrid. All that Prius goodness - the quirky looks, the futuristic interior, instrument graphics to amaze first time buyers, low fuel consumption, low (or no) CO2 emissions, halo but, in my case, a pathetic range on 'lecky only that would not even get me to the office, let alone home again, jiggety-jog.

Would be electric vehicle owners in China look like getting more incentive to buy.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is reportedly in talks with Hyundai over a technical partnership, but there are no merger talks between the two, according to reported remarks by FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne.

As the auto industry perches on the edge of a drastic technological disruption, its mechanical engineering prowess is no longer enough. The autonomous and connected future is going to require a new set of tools.

In a blog posting the free-market British think tank, the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), has suggested that the absence of a trade deal between the UK and EU following the UK's departure from the EU would not be as bad for the UK auto industry as is often suggested, not least by the industry itself.

Adient says the marriage of increasing use of shared vehicles with new technology such as phone apps will fuel demand for its technology.