Honda Rocks, Too
Maybe it has something to do with the start of summer.
VW’s New Strategy Due This Week
Volkswagen AG is expected to present a new business strategy on Thursday that focuses on broadening the company’s lineup of electrified cars, expanding into ride-hailing services and reducing costs without cutting jobs in Germany.
Report: VW Employees Were Encouraged to Destroy Diesel Data
A German prosecutor confirms media report indicating a member of Volkswagen AG’s legal department encouraged employees to destroy or remove incriminating data about the company’s diesel emission cheating.
Truck vs. Truck; Steel vs. Aluminum
According to Sandor Piszar, Chevrolet truck marketing director, “We engineer and build our trucks with customers’ expectations in mind.”
Kia Agrees to More Modest Tax Breaks for Plant in Mexico
Kia Motors Corp. has agreed to accept more modest tax breaks for the assembly plant it is completing in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, according to Gov.
NHTSA: Self-Driving Cars Should Be Twice as Safe
When the first self-driving cars hit the road, they should be at least twice as safe as vehicles driven by humans, declares Mark Rosekind, head of the U.S.
VW Cleared to Fix Another 1.1 Million Cheater Diesels in Europe
Volkswagen AG says it has received approval from German transport authority KBA to recall 1.1 million Audi and VW brand vehicles with diesel engines that use software designed to elude emission requirements.
GM Names New Head of Global Quality
General Motors Co. has appointed Tony Francavilla as vice president of global quality, effective immediately.
FCA Probes Partnership with Uber
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV has opened preliminary talks with ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc. about a non-equity alliance, sources tell Bloomberg News.
Car2Go Off to a Speedy Start in China
Daimler AG’s car2go unit says nearly 80,000 people have registered for the car-sharing service in Chongqing, China, since it was launched there less than two months ago.