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Honda Motor officials confirmed plans to shift production of hybrid versions of the Accord midsize passenger car to Thailand from Japan, according to a report by the Nikkei Asia Review.

Local Motors' Olli self-driving shuttle has made its debut in the Californian city of Rancho Cordova at the White Rock Corporate Campus, a large business park home to 1,600 employees.

Opinion 10 Aug, 2019

Perry McCarthy may have had a poor time in F1, but he is still one of the sports best, explains Mike Rutherford

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) has started public testing of its Easy Mile EZ10 driverless shuttle.

Slumping sales of cars and motorcycles are triggering massive job cuts in India's auto sector, with many companies forced to shut down factories for days and axe shifts, multiple sources told the Reuters news agency.

Schaeffler has posted second-quarter revenue marginally down 1% to EUR3.6bn (US$4bn), with EBIT falling to EUR253m from EUR382m.

Magna International said results came in slightly ahead of its expectations in the second quarter of 2019, driven by body exteriors & structures, power & vision and complete vehicles segments.

China Automotive Systems (CAAS), a power steering components and systems supplier in China, said second quarter net sales fell 15.9% year on year to US$105.7m from $125.8m in the second quarter of 2018.

EV Connect is collaborating with General Motors to enable Chevrolet Bolt drivers to have charging access in the US.

With the newly created digital Truck-ID and associated Truck Wallet, Daimler Trucks in a pilot project successfully carried out an automatic payment at an electric charging station.

Tenneco has reported second-quarter net income down 45% to US$26m, with revenue of US$4.5bn, which includes US$1.9bn from acquisitions.

News 8 Aug, 2019

Data shows 21 per cent of British motorists are not aware that France’s speed camera tolerances are lower than the UK’s

China's SAIC Motor entered the Thai pickup segment this week with the launch of its locally-made MG Extender.

Baidu is partnering with Elektrobit (EB) to provide automotive infrastructure software for the former's Apollo Computing Unit (ACU) for autonomous driving.

Opinion 8 Aug, 2019

Aston Martin's recent money troubles have become headline news, but Steve Fowler believes this is just a minor bump in the road

Continental has posted second-quarter net income attributable to the shareholders of the parent down 41% to EUR484.8m (US$544m).

India's auto industry demanded tax cuts and easier access to finance for dealers and buyers at a meeting with Indian government officials on Wednesday to discuss the sector's woes, sources told Reuters, in an effort to revive sales that have slumped.

News 7 Aug, 2019

Highways England has laid the surface of a section of the M1 with a new asphalt compound containing rubber from disused tyres

Why isn't Nissan Europe a more powerful force in small cars? Intense competition in the Qashqai segment and the surrendering of the B-SUV class to every other brand as the Juke has grown ever older are the reasons for the current woes. Yet none of that should be affecting the performance of the Micra. It's a cracking little car and deserves to be more popular.

SsangYong never gives up. European sales are tiny, a former decent presence in Russia unraveled, attempts at agreeing a JV in China came to nothing and we don't hear much these days about a once heralded US market launch. Against that, it's big in Korea and greatly helps parent company Mahindra with rebadged SUVs in India. Can the new Korando also reinvigorate the brand in Britain?