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German seafood company Deutsche See has appealed against a court's rejection of its complaint against VW over the carmaker's emissions cheating.

BMW plans to raise further its spending on research and development next year to 6.5% to 7% of sales, its finance chief has said.

Continuing just-auto/QUBE's series of interviews with global component suppliers, we caught up with Martin Stüttem, Member of the Board of Directors, responsible for the Wiring Systems Division, Leoni. He explained how increasing data transmission volume is making higher demands of cable assembly. Data protocols and special cables are very complex to produce manually hence automatic manufacture of data cables will become standard.

Volkswagen's meetings last week with major cobalt producers to supply the automaker with the material used to make batteries for EVs ended without a deal, cobalt industry sources said.

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Shell has joined Ionity, a joint venture with global car brands to roll out fast-charging across Europe

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New housing developments and offices will be come with parking bans to cut down on air pollution, under new plans by the Mayor of London

Axalta Coating Systems is confirming talks are taking place for a possible acquisition by Nippon Paint, following the ending of a potential merger of equals transaction last week with AkzoNobel.

The Detroit Big Three - Ford, GM and FCA - are urging the Trump administration to row back from rule-of-origin proposals for NAFTA that they claim would add thousands to car costs and disrupt supply chains.

Hyundai workers in South Korea have stopped building the Kona SUV this week ahead of a U.S. launch - a protest against what the automaker's labor union says are plans to trim assembly line headcount.

Hyundai workers in South Korea have stopped building the Kona SUV this week ahead of a U.S. launch - a protest against what the automaker's labor union says are plans to trim assembly line headcount.

Volkswagen and Jianghuai Automobile (JAC Motors) signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a joint venture to develop and sell commercial vehicles in China, according to local reports.

Bugatti's sales and marketing chief, Stefan Brungs, is leaving the supercar brand to become CEO of bedding specialists Bico. Brungs led the prelaunch marketing campaign for the Chiron.

Groupe PSA will start production of Peugeot Expert and Citroen Jumpy models at the PCMA Rus plant in Kaluga from the first quarter of next year.

Continental is opening of its first non-European turbocharger plant at the Continental site in Jiading, a suburb of Shanghai, China (production starting this month). The new facility will start producing the Raax turbocharger, developed by Continental for the Volkswagen Group's EA888 Gen.3B engine platform and in production in Europe since 2016 in the Audi A3.

Continental and Schaeffler have staged their fourth joint Premium Supplier Day in Frankfurt.

Sounding one of his most dire warnings yet about the rapidly changing auto industry, Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda says his company faces a 'now or never' competition for survival and is shuffling management to tackle the challenge.

Porsche's celebration of its FIA World Endurance Championship topped our list of viral videos for the week.

Mick Mulvaney, who once called the CFPB the 'worst kind' of government entity, vowed to keep the agency open while making changes that protect people without choking off capitalism.

Congress wants answers from Uber about why it failed to disclose a massive data breach in October 2016 until last week and how information on 57 million accounts may have been compromised.

PSA is increasing shipments of Chinese-made gasoline engines to Europe as it adapts to a consumer shift away from diesel, a French newspaper reported.