Author: Automotive News Feed

BMW is considering a second U.S. manufacturing plant that could produce engines and transmissions, CEO Harald Krueger said, after a report that President Trump will impose tariffs on light-vehicle imports starting next week.

De acuerdo a la revista Wirtschaftswoche, un informe del gobierno recomendaba un arancel del 25 por ciento a las importaciones de autos de todos los países, excepto de Canadá y México.

Volvo and U.S. technology company Luminar say they have achieved a key advancement in lidar sensing and perception, a technology regarded as essential to making self-driving cars safe.

From L.A.: Pickups, CUVs to take center stage at auto show; Volvo’s clearer AV picture; Tesla sales dive in China; Mitsu on key alliance; Rihanna adds star power to Rivian event.

Auto Union, which would become Audi NSU Auto Union AG in March 1969 after a merger with NSU Motor Works, invites dealers and the media to the city theater in Ingolstadt, Germany, on Nov. 26, 1968, for the debut of the all-new 100.

General Motors’ plans to end production next year at five North American plants and slash salaried head count by 15 percent will not come without risks and consequences.

Aston Martin aims to more than double the number of cars it makes by 2025 to 14,000 cars, CEO Andy Palmer said.

The reaction in France to Carlos Ghosn’s arrest over alleged financial misconduct at Nissan can be summed up in two words: It’s complicated.

Foreign automakers are in no rush to follow Beijing’s plan to ramp up local output of EVs, but would rather take their time. Why? For the simple reason that they have gamed the government’s carbon credit program.

VW brand will increase digital marketing spending to 50 percent of its media mix from 25 percent and reduce the number of its global advertising agencies to three from 40.