NEWS

Report: VW to Decide This Week on Turkish Plant

10/29/2019

Volkswagen AG’s supervisory board reportedly will decide this week whether to shift plans for an assembly plant from Turkey to Slovakia.

Porsche Takes a Look at Online Sales in U.S.

10/29/2019

Porsche AG is testing a service that allows U.S. buyers to go online to browse dealer inventories of new and used vehicles and complete the paperwork for a sale.

Ford Drops 2 SUVs, Cuts Staff in Canada

10/28/2019

Ford Motor Co. will eliminate 450 workers at its Canadian assembly plant in Oakville, Ont., where the Ford Flex and Lincoln MKT models are going out of production.

GM’s U.S. Plants Resume Production

10/28/2019

General Motors Co. says its U.S. factories have returned to relatively normal production today after the United Auto Workers union ended its 40-day strike on Friday.

Waymo Confirms Driverless Rides

10/28/2019

Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo self-driving car unit has begun testing driverless rides as part of its robo-taxi pilot program in Chandler, Ariz.

Karma Restructures, Wants to Market Know-How

10/28/2019

California-based Karma Automotive LLC is restructuring and hopes to market its technical expertise and excess production capacity in a bid to turn a profit.

Hyundai to Test Robo-Taxis in California

10/28/2019

Next week Hyundai Motor Co. will begin testing a robo-taxi service in Irvine, Calif.

Apple Co-Founder: Robo-Cars Unlikely Anytime Soon

10/28/2019

Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak, once a proponent of autonomous vehicles, now doubts the technology will be available within his lifetime.

Lamborghini Teases 830-hp Hypercar

10/28/2019

Lamborghini SpA’s Squandra Corse motorsports unit is developing a track-only variant of the Aventador supercar that could generate as much as 830 hp.

VW Confirms €200 Billion Market Cap Goal

10/28/2019

Volkswagen AG verifies that it intends to hike its current market value to €200 billion ($222 billion) from the current €95 billion.