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Jeep Production Relaunched in China
10/19/2015Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV resumed Jeep production in China today after a nine-year hiatus when a Cherokee SUV rolled off the line of FCA’s venture with Guangzhou Automobiles Group in Changsha.
Small VW Crossover in the Works?
10/19/2015Volkswagen AG’s Porsche unit is developing an all-new small crossover vehicle that will bow in 2018, Auto Bild reports.
Ford to Recall 220,000 Kuga Crossovers in China
10/19/2015Ford Motor Co. is recalling 220,000 of its 2013-2014 model Kuga small crossovers in China to fix a problem that could cause a fuel line leak, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Gage Expands Tech Center
10/19/2015Gage Products Co. has opened a $3 million innovation center at its headquarters in Ferndale, Mich.
Welcome to the New AutoBeat Daily
10/17/2015As you can see, we have replaced the AutoBeat Group Web site with this all-new desgn that merges our four newsletters—AutoBeat Daily, AutoBeat Europe, AutoBeat Asia and AutoTech Daily—into a single publication under the AutoBeat Daily banner.
Aston Martin’s Losses Nearly Triple
10/16/2015Iconic British luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. reports a net loss of £72 million ($111 million) in 2014 compared with a loss of £25 million in 2013, Reuters reports.
VW Hires Daimler’s Compliance and Ethics Chief
10/16/2015Volkswagen AG has hired Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt to lead a new board-level position as head of integrity and legal affairs. Her assignment will begin on Jan. 1.
UAW Wage Plan Would Shield Chrysler’s Cost Advantage
10/16/2015Chrysler operations in the U.S. would be able to maintain a labor cost advantage over General Motors and Ford under terms of the tentative wage agreement between the United Auto Workers union and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, Bloomberg News points out.
September Car Sales Climb 10% in Europe
10/16/2015Deliveries of passenger vehicles across Europe rose to 1.39 million last month compared with 1.27 million in September 2014, thanks to increases in virtually every country in the region, industry group ACEA reports.
European Group Targets New Fuel Cell Stack Design
10/16/2015U.K.-based Intelligent Energy Holdings plc is leading a European working group to further develop its proprietary 90kW “evaporatively cooled” fuel cell technology.