BMW Lowers Fees for Car Subscriptions

BMW AG has reduced the monthly rates for the Access subscription program it launched in the U.S. earlier this year to make the offering more competitive with rival Mercedes-Benz’s new service.

Honda Pilots “SmartCharge” Program for EV Owners

Honda Motor Co. is launching a “SmartCharge” pilot program that allows customers to coordinate charging times for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid for non-peak grid times.

Cummins Recalls 500,000 Commercial Diesels for NOx Emissions

Cummins Inc. is launching what regulators describe as the largest U.S. recall ever involving faulty emission controls in diesel-powered commercial trucks.

BMW Battles Mystery Fires in S. Korea

BMW AG is struggling to clarify why at least 30 of its cars have caught fire on motorways in South Korea this year, most of them diesel-powered 5 Series sedans.

BMW to Open Hungary Plant

BMW AG is investing €1 billion to build an assembly plant in Hungary with capacity to make 150,000 vehicles per year.

Uber Drops Autonomous Truck Project

Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc. says it will abandon development work on autonomous commercial trucks to focus on self-driving cars.

Toyota Updates Fuel Cell Test Truck

Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled an updated version of its Project Portal fuel cell-powered heavy-duty truck with reduced weight and increased driving range.   

Lighten Up: Altair’s Enlighten Award Presented

Lighten Up: Altair’s Enlighten Award Presented

Although Altair is a company that provides advanced computer-aided engineering (CAE) software and high-performance computing applications, it has a particular interest in innovative automotive lightweighting, which has led the company, for the past six years, to provide the Altair Enlighten Awards to OEMs and suppliers that have come out with products that show notable achievements in weight savings.

Report: Tesla in Talks about a Factory in Europe

Tesla Inc. is in preliminary discussions with officials in Germany and the Netherlands about building a factory in Europe to assemble electric cars and batteries to power them, sources tell The Wall Street Journal.

Prosecutors Probe Asset Transfers by VW’s Winterkorn

Prosecutors in Germany are investigating whether former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn shifted some of his assets out of Germany ahead of possible prosecution in the VW diesel emission cheating scandal.