FORD'S US PRESIDENT RAJ NAIR DEPARTS ABRUPTLY AFTER BEHAVIOUR PROBE

We made this decision after a thorough review and careful consideration, Ford chief executive Jim Hackett said in a statement on Wednesday... READ MORE›

AN ISRAELI STARTUP TAKES ON GOOGLE

The Herzliya-based company said 10 automakers and 11 auto-related companies are providing data in pilot programs. Including NTT Docomo Ventures' investment, Otonomo has raised about 41 million in funding... READ MORE›

LAYOFFS ARRIVE IN BREXIT BRITAIN, AND AUTO WORKERS ARE UP FIRST

Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port site, by contrast, ships eight out of 10 cars to Europe, according to Cooper... READ MORE›

NIKKEI RISES ON BARGAIN HUNTING BUT INVESTORS EDGY AFTER WILD SELL-OFF

Toyota Motor Corp rose 2.2 per cent, Honda Motor Co advanced 0.7 per cent, Asahi Glass soared 4.0 per cent and Takeda Pharmaceutical added 1.2 per cent... READ MORE›

GERMAN SCIENTISTS TESTED TOXIC DIESEL FUMES ON HUMANS

German scientists tested toxic diesel fumes on humans reports... READ MORE›

CHINA'S BAIC PLANS $4.5 BILLION BACKDOOR LISTING FOR ELECTRIC CAR UNIT

Beijing Electric, established in 2009, said this month that sales jumped 98 percent in 2017 to 103,199 vehicles... READ MORE›

BMW RANKS FIRST SUBARU RATED WORST IN SURVEY BY CLIMATE LOBBY

The results put German carmakers BMW AG and Daimler AG in pole position and Subaru Corp... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: GM, DHL USE A CHINESE PLANT TO LEAD MANUFACTURING CHANGE

GM and SAIC, and Guangxi Automobile have roughly 6,000 employees at the Liuzhou manufacturing complex... READ MORE›

GM BETS ON MEXICAN-MADE PICKUPS AMID TRUMP THREAT TO DUMP NAFTA

GM's Silao manufacturing complex is part of a web of factories owned by GM and its suppliers that stretches across Canada, the United States and Mexico... READ MORE›

ADAPT OR DIE IS MARCHIONNE'S STARK FAREWELL MESSAGE TO CARMAKERS

Marchionne has witnessed major changes already leading Fiat for almost 14 years, overseeing the combination with Chrysler in 2014 and the 2016 spinoff of Ferrari NV... READ MORE›

BMW SEES OVERHAULED 5 SERIES, NEW X2 FUELING GLOBAL SALES GAIN

BMW's development spending will rise to as much as 7 percent of sales this year, from 6 percent in 2017 and a typical level of about 5 percent, Peter said... READ MORE›

U.S. VEHICLE FUEL ECONOMY RISES TO RECORD 24.7 MPG

According to the EPA, GM's fuel economy rose to 23 miles per gallon in 2017, from 22.4 miles in 2016 and 22.2 in 2015... READ MORE›

HONDA CONSIDERS DEVELOPING ALL SOLID-STATE EV BATTERIES

Kyodo News reported on Thursday that Honda and Nissan Motor Co were developing all solid-state EV batteries... READ MORE›

FAMED SHORT-SELLER JIM CHANOS SAYS TESLA HEADED FOR 'BRICK WALL'

Chanos has been public about his short position in Tesla Inc... READ MORE›

FAMED SHORT-SELLER JIM CHANOS SAYS TESLA HEADED FOR 'BRICK WALL'

Chanos has been public about his short position in Tesla Inc... READ MORE›

FORD NOW PLANS TO MOVE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRIC SUVS FROM MICHIGAN TO MEXICO

Sending the electric vehicle to Mexico, where labor costs are lower, will help the business case for the costly model... READ MORE›

GM VENTURE TO RECALL NEARLY A MILLION VEHICLES IN CHINA

China's quality watchdog said in September GM and its China ventures would recall over 2.5 million vehicles over airbag issues... READ MORE›

TAKE YOUR PICK FROM 150 MODELS IN AMERICA'S SATURATED SUV MARKET

Fifteen football fields of space is crawling with crossovers from Nissan Motor Co... READ MORE›

FORD WILLING TO WORK WITH TRUMP IF POLICIES RIGHT

Fields said Ford would now continue its dialog with Trump... READ MORE›

SILICON VALLEY DECIDES IT'S JUST TOO HARD TO BUILD A CAR

Though Google began its autonomous-driving efforts well before other tech companies, its project has been plagued by uncertainty around its business model and executive departures... READ MORE›

DON'T WORRY, DRIVERLESS CARS ARE LEARNING FROM GRAND THEFT AUTO

Which is why Grand Theft Auto V is in the mix... READ MORE›

VOLKSWAGEN COULD POSE BIGGER THREAT TO GERMAN ECONOMY THAN GREEK CRISIS

The German economy has been hit at its core, said Michael Huether, head of Germany's IW economic institute... READ MORE›

KOBE STEEL FAKED DATA FOR METAL USED IN PLANES AND CARS

Kobe Steel, one of Japan's oldest industrial companies, was founded more than a century ago... READ MORE›

TRUMP SLAMS UNFAIR TRADE WITH JAPAN, DEFENDS TPP PULLOUT

Among the Japanese companies in attendance for the speech, according to the White House, were several automakers, including Honda Mazda, and Nissan Motor Co... READ MORE›

QUARTER OF MILES TRAVELED IN THE U.S. BY 2030 SEEN AS DRIVERLESS

A typical Chicago consumer could cut his commuting cost by 7,000 a year by ditching a personal car in favor a shared autonomous electric vehicle, BCG said... READ MORE›

HONDA RECALLS ODYSSEY MINIVANS AFTER DOZENS OF REPORTED INJURIES

Honda is recalling about 900,000 of its Odyssey minivans because the second-row seats may tip forward if not properly latched... READ MORE›

INVESTORS WARN CAR INDUSTRY OVER CLIMATE CHANGE

The demands come in a new report, Investor Expectations of Automotive Companies, published this week by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change IIGCC ... READ MORE›

CHECK OUT THE LEXUS THAT APPLE'S USING TO TEST SELF-DRIVING CAR TECHNOLOGY

Secured permission to test its autonomous-car technology in California, the first images of the vehicle have been captured on Silicon Valley roads... READ MORE›

U.S. CAR DEMAND COLLAPSES IN THREAT TO TRUMP'S FACTORY PUSH

The incentives needed to sell them amount to an 8.8 percent discount, compared with 11 percent for cars, according to Edmunds.com, an industry research firm... READ MORE›

INTEL TO TAKE STAKE IN GERMAN MAPPING FIRM HERE IN AUTOMATED DRIVING PUSH

Intel did not disclose how much it would pay for the stake but said the transaction is expected to close in the first quarter... READ MORE›

CHINA TO PENALIZE U.S. AUTOMAKER FOR MONOPOLISTIC BEHAVIOR

Beijing maintains that self-ruled Taiwan is a wayward province of China and has never renounced the use of force to take it back... READ MORE›

A $50,000 CHRYSLER VAN EXPLAINS WHY U.S. AUTO SALES ARE SLOWING

To understand why the U.S. auto market isn't growing, consider a top-of-the-line minivan from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV now costs about 50,000... READ MORE›

TRUMP'S TARIFF PLAN COULD PUT A SERIOUS DENT IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY

U.S. President Donald Trump's meeting with Detroit's automakers on Tuesday contained a promise to turn the ignition switch and fire up American jobs... READ MORE›

GERMAN AUTOMAKERS PUSH BACK TRUMP'S WARNING OVER MEXICAN PLANTS

BMW's annual capacity of 150,000 deliveries out of Mexico is a small share of BMW's 2 million car sales last year... READ MORE›

CARMAKERS POST SURPRISE DECLINES AS DISCOUNTS FAIL TO STEM SLIDE

Some of our competitors got really crazy in March, Judy Wheeler, vice president of U.S. sales for Nissan, said in an interview... READ MORE›

IT'S A BAD TIME FOR TRUMP TO PUSH FOR NEW U.S. AUTO FACTORIES

President Donald Trump is asking U.S. automakers to invest in domestic manufacturing at a bad time... READ MORE›

CHINA SETS 2019 DEADLINE FOR AUTOMAKERS TO MEET GREEN-CAR SALES TARGETS

Under the rules, car makers will receive credits for new-energy vehicles including plug-in hybrids and fully electric cars that can be transferred or traded... READ MORE›

CARMAKERS RUSH TO PUT SAUDI WOMEN BEHIND WHEELS OF THEIR MODELS

Car companies haven't wasted any time courting the 9 million potential customers unlocked when Saudi Arabia lifted its ban on women drivers... READ MORE›

FORD CEO WARNS OF HUGE IMPACT FROM TRUMP'S PROPOSED TARIFF

The tussle between President-elect Donald Trump and Ford Motor Co. is alive and kicking... READ MORE›

TOYOTA, MAZDA PLAN TO INVEST $1.6 BILLION TO BUILD U.S. PLANT

Mazda rose 2.8 percent, while Toyota declined 0.1 percent at the close of trading in Tokyo... READ MORE›

NVIDIA SAYS TOYOTA WILL USE ITS AI TECHNOLOGY FOR SELF-DRIVING CARS

Nvidia, which also has partnerships with Audi and Mercedes, is among the more popular technology partners in the self-driving car race... READ MORE›

General Motors announced six new recalls on Monday affecting 7.6 million vehicles in North America and 800,000 more overseas... READ MORE›

TOYOTA DEFENDS DIVERSITY HIRING AFTER AMERICAN IS ARRESTED

Toyota spoke up in support of the executive Julie Hamp on Friday a day after she was taken into custody by the Japanese police... READ MORE›

TRUMP IS A 'GAME CHANGER' FOR AUTO INDUSTRY, FIAT CEO SAYS

Trump frequently slammed Nafta during his campaign, describing it as the worst deal ever and blaming it for U.S. job losses... READ MORE›

HONDA'S PICKUP TRUCK IS BEATING FORD AT ITS OWN GAME

Honda did just that when it rolled out a thoroughly redesigned version of its Ridgeline pickup in June 2016... READ MORE›

THESE AUTOMAKERS COULD BE TRUMP'S NEXT TARGETS

Donald Trump's Twitter-fueled bid to crimp free trade in the auto industry began with a warning to Detroit's Big 3 about building factories south of the border... READ MORE›

HONDA, ALPHABET'S WAYMO IN TALKS OVER SELF-DRIVING TECH

With Waymo, Honda said it may provide vehicles modified to accommodate the startup's software... READ MORE›

CHINA'S GETTING UNDER THE HOODS OF MORE AMERICAN CARS

Chinese companies started talking a decade ago about cracking the U.S. auto market with an array of low-cost passenger vehicles... READ MORE›