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Toyota to Repeat Takata Airbag Recall in Japan
11/25/2015Toyota Motor Corp. is again recalling 1.6 million vehicles in Japan to replace airbag inflators made by Takata Corp. that could explode when triggered, Bloomberg News reports.
South Africa Narrowly Avoids a Recession
11/25/2015South Africa’s economy, which shrank 1.3% in the second quarter, expanded by 0.7% in July-September, according to the government’s Statistics South Africa service.
Spain Will Extend Car Scrappage Scheme Again
11/25/2015The Spanish government plans to extend its long-playing new-car sales incentive plan through July 2016, a source tells Reuters.
VW Investigated for Tax Evasion Over Bogus CO2 Ratings
11/24/2015Germany could charge Volkswagen AG with tax evasion and possible fraud because it understated carbon dioxide emissions from hundreds of thousands of its cars, thus reducing vehicle taxes ultimately collected by the government.
AM General to Build Vans for GM?
11/24/2015General Motors Co. may move commercial van “cutaway” production from its truck plant in Wentzville, Mo., to Indiana-based contractor AM General.
New Toyota Car Hauler Runs on CNG
11/24/2015Toyota Motor Corp.’s Toyota Transport unit in Long Beach, Calif., has begun operating what it says is the first car hauler in the U.S. that runs on compressed natural gas fuel.
EC Readies Report on CO2 Emissions
11/24/2015The European Commission is expected late this week to release its annual report detailing fleet average carbon dioxide emissions by Europe’s carmakers.
JLR to Doubles Size of U.K. Engine Plant
11/24/2015Jaguar Land Rover Ltd. says it will double the size of its engine facility in Wolverhampton, England, to 660,000 sq ft in coming years to keep pace with growing worldwide demand for Jaguar cars and Range Rover SUVs.
Quanergy Readies Solid-State Lidar Technology
11/24/2015Sunnyvale, Calif-based Quanergy Systems Inc. plans to begin producing its new light-detection and ranging solid-state (lidar) system in the third quarter of 2016 and expects 100,000 vehicles globally to be equipped with it by 2019.
Ford Drops Takata Airbag Inflators
11/24/2015Ford Motor Co. is the latest carmaker to say it will no long use Takata Corp. airbag inflators that contain ammonium nitrate as a propellant.