Analysis

Production of Avia branded trucks in the Czech Republic is poised to end this year. The local brand’s owner, Indian commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland, will report[...]

The US and its automotive industry players are now officially in summer mode. And summer means vacation – at least it usually does. This year, many Ford workers will find the[...]

Honda is holding off from a rush into the Chinese hybrid wars. In an outline of its latest technological strategy for the country, Honda has said that it will not launch hybrid pro[...]

New car registrations in the EU fell to a 20-year low for the month of May to 1,042,742 units last month. This figure was 5.9% lower than the 1,107,942 cars registered in the EU in[...]

The pressure is mounting on OEMs to deliver safer passenger cars and from 2014, vehicles will need to be fitted with at least one driver assistance function to achieve five Euro NC[...]

Magneti Marelli has inaugurated its first Automotive Lighting plant in the US, highlighting increasing business with Chrysler as well as with other OEMs in the country, including G[...]

Focus Asia GmbH has acquired 88% of French EV maker Mia Electric, securing the future of the company’s Cerizay plant. Details of the share acquisition are not being revealed but Mi[...]

French tyre manufacturer Michelin has entered into an agreement with Petrokimia Butadiene Indonesia (PBI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Chandra Asri Petrochemical (CAP), to set up [...]

Just over three months after confirming that it was seeking a potential buyer for its automotive electronics segment, Johnson Controls (JCI), through retained adviser JP Morgan, ap[...]

Ford is preparing to launch another upgrade to the MyFord Touch infotainment system this summer, featuring a return to more traditional buttons and knobs as opposed to a full relia[...]

General Motors has just appointed a new Vice President of North America Manufacturing. Gerald Johnson will move from Executive Director of Global Program Quality and Launch to lead[...]

Workers at French vehicle manufacturer Renault Group’s South Korean unit, Renault Samsung Motors, have gone on a partial strike demanding higher wages. According to a company[...]

The Porsche and Piech families have bought back the 10% of ordinary shares of Porsche Automobil Holding SE (Porsche SE) held by Qatar Holding Germany GmbH, making them once again t[...]

Our cars are getting astonishingly smarter. Under the hood, scores of processors manage hundreds of actuators and sensors; tens of millions of lines of software code vigilantly sca[...]

The Mahindra Group (India) and Spanish automotive components manufacturer CIE Automotive have entered into an agreement to form a global alliance in automotive components. The agre[...]

EU pressure to cut emissions is good for the automotive supply base, and suppliers are lining up solidly with regulators[...]

General Motors is expanding a previous recall covering 2006-07 Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier, Saab 9-7x and Isuzu Ascender models and 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer E[...]

Disappointment surrounding Navistar’s recent Q2 financial results has been highlighted by the decision by Standard & Poor’s (S&P) to lower the truck OEM’s corporate credit [...]

A new S-1 filing with the US SEC by International Automotive Components Group (IAC) has signalled the green light for a future initial public offering (IPO) of common stock. Improv[...]

Tokyo-based JFE Steel Corporation has announced plans to construct a continuous galvanising line (CGL) for automotive applications in Indonesia. This will be the country’s fi[...]