Author: Automotive News Feed

The CEOs of Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi will jointly lead their automaking alliance, splitting a role maintained by Carlos Ghosn for two decades as they forge a new path forward following his arrest this month.

Car production in the UK dropped 9.8 percent last month, hit by continued uncertainty around Brexit and market turbulence at home and abroad, the SMMT industry body said.

Nissan’s former representative director Greg Kelly denies allegations of financial misconduct at the automaker, his lawyer said.

Nissan’s former representative director Greg Kelly denies allegations of financial misconduct at the automaker, his lawyer said.

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Fiat Chrysler will spend 5 billion euros ($5.7 billion) through 2021 on the automaker’s factories in Italy, stepping up the pace on making more in-demand SUVs and electric cars.

Schaeffler plans to expand its drivetrain portfolio to include electric motors as early as 2020 following last year’s acquisition of wholly-owned subsidiary Compact Dynamics.

Volvo’s CEO Hakan Samuelsson is betting Volvo will make more money selling connected, autonomous cars rather than taking a cut of selling data-driven services inside the vehicle.

Ford’s Europe boss, Steven Armstrong, said a no deal Brexit would be a “catastrophe.” He urged UK lawmakers to approve an agreement between London and Brussels for Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc.

Daimler is on track to meet the quota for new-energy vehicles (NEV’s) in China this year, the automaker’s China boss, Hubertus Troska, said.