Analysis

Just months ahead of the launch of Nissan’s NV200 Taxi of Tomorrow in New York, the state Supreme Court has thrown a spanner in the works. According to various media reports, the c[...]

Nissan and its Chinese partner Dongfeng Motor Group have announced plans to jointly develop a new medium-duty truck. The partners have been working together for ten years and Nissa[...]

Medium and heavy commercial vehicle production in Turkey is expected to increase by 55% by 2015 compared to 2012 output levels, totalling 49,207 units, according to data presented [...]

Volkswagen’s SEAT brand is hoping to tap into new growth in Mexico, its second most important market outside of Europe. While sales in much of its home region continue to stagnate,[...]

Daimler’s aggressive strategy in Asia has taken a key step forward as the first Fuso models rolls out of the Oragadam plant in Chennai, India. Daimler is bringing together Mitsubis[...]

Although the Tokyo stock market suffered a 7% fall on 22 May, hit by comments made in the US by the Federal reserve Chairman on US fiscal stimulation policy, as well as weak Chines[...]

In an effort to improve profitability in its domestic market, Daimler is reported to be contemplating the disposal of four of its 98 company-owned Mercedes-Benz dealerships in Germ[...]

Tesla has confirmed that it has paid off its entire US$465m Department of Energy loan, with interest, nine years ahead of schedule. The government granted the loan in 2010 under th[...]

Navistar’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Troy Clarke, has presented an optimistic analysis of the company’s future at a meeting with media representatives, highlighting re[...]

[updated: adds comments] Ford has confirmed plans to end vehicle and engine production in Australia by October 2016, following mounting losses, high production costs and an increas[...]

The Indian car industry remains nervous over ongoing weak demand in 2013/14, says Radhe Shyam, but there is some hope of a recovery towards the latter part of the year[...]

According to a recent Automotive World report, Iveco’s consolidated subsidiaries should build 126,600 units this year, and from 2014, annual output should increase by 11%[...]

While Renault has issued an update on its latest domestic investment plans following long-awaited union concessions earlier this year, PSA is stepping up its cost-cutting efforts. [...]

In a further development of its work on Car-to-X communication, Audi has outlined details of an extension to its Audi connect services, which aim to advance services and applicatio[...]

Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Toyota are among the automotive players supporting efforts to transform the hydrogen fuelling infrastructure across the US. The OEMs are teaming [...]

Germany’s Schaeffler Group, which recently announced the future termination of its investment agreement with Continental in May 2014, has reported a solid start to 2013 for its aut[...]

Daimler hopes the new Sprinter will perform strongly in the Ford/Chevrolet-dominated US van market[...]

Bridgestone has won its latest patent infringement lawsuit in China, its second such victory in less than a year. The latest case involved local tyre company Qingdao Genco Industri[...]

As Tesla appears poised to repay its outstanding loan to the US Department of Energy (DoE), Fisker Automotive is continuing to struggle to attract decisive interest from would-be i[...]

Ford is once again shortening the traditional summer closure at many of its North American plants in response to strong demand. A total of 20 plants, including six assembly plants,[...]