Toyota and other automakers are recalling around 2.9m vehicles in Japan, China, Oceania and other regions as part of the wider Takata inflator-related recall ordered last year.
Foreign automakers in Russia including VW, Ford and Renault-Nissan are benefiting from a stronger, more stable ruble, which is reducing their costs and supporting earnings.
German supplier Bruss Sealing Systems has been put up for sale by its family owners in a potential 600 million-euro ($645 million) deal, a report said.
Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) will transform the lives of six out of every 10 people in the UK, according to research by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
ZF expects an operating margin of more than 6 percent and sales of 36 billion euros ($38.65 billion) this year as it absorbs the acquisition of TRW. Last year, sales rose 21 percent to 35 billion euros, corresponding to a 6.4 percent margin.
The UK government wants to see a 'cluster of excellence' along the London to Birmingham M40 motorway corridor - companies developing technology to support connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV).
Hyundai, the first automaker to mass-produce fuel cell vehicles, plans to unveil a new hydrogen-powered SUV next year with a longer driving range than rival offerings by Toyota and Honda as it attempts to reclaim leadership in the field.
ZF Friedrichshafen announced it had acquired around 45% of the shares in Astyx Communication & Sensors.
ZF Friedrichshafen announced on Thursday it had "closed the 2016 fiscal year with a clear rise in profits and a strong improvement in cash flow".
Skoda will present self-driving and electric drivetrain technologies with the Vision E concept that the brand will debut at the Shanghai auto show next month. The concept previews a production model due in 2020.
ZF Friedrichshafen has acquired a 45 percent stake in Astyx Communication and Sensors, which develops and produces ultra-high-frequency radar sensors and modules.
Hyundai is developing its first dedicated architecture for electric cars, a top executive said.
Audi labor leaders have asked the company to assign production of an all-electric model to the carmaker's main plant in Germany. Unions are concerned that Audi's German workers might lose out as EVs gain in importance.
Toyota is recalling 2.9 million vehicles in Japan, China, Europe and other regions due to potentially faulty airbags made by Takata. North America, Toyota's biggest market, is not part of the recall.
VW Group has named Daimler executive Kurt Michels as its chief compliance officer. Michels previously worked in the same position at Daimler's trucks, vans and buses division.
Alphabet's Waymo self-driving unit sought to arbitrate claims last year against a former employee at the center of a lawsuit against Uber, court records show, in what Uber said strengthened its bid to get the case out of court and into arbitration.
Volkswagen said it received approval from the EPA for dealers to sell 2015 model year diesels after updating the vehicles' emissions software.
Mahindra-owned SUV specialist SsangYong is shooting for annual capacity of 250,000 units a year by 2022, some 60% higher than its 2016 level of global sales.
President Donald Trump's pick to head the Labor Department once had the UAW's back in a dispute with DaimlerChrysler.
Toyota, perhaps with an eye on Jeep's Wrangler, will introduce an off-road concept with urban chops called the FT-4X Concept at the New York auto show.
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