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Kia Recalls Soul MPVs to Fix Steering Defect Again
10/23/2017Kia Motors Corp. is preparing a U.S. callback for 342,400 of its 2014-2015 model Soul multipurpose vehicles, including electric models, with steering gear assemblies that could fail.
London Imposes Daily £10 Tax on Older Vehicles
10/23/2017London has begun taxing cars and vans that don’t meet Euro 4 emission standards £10 ($13.20) per day to operate in the city.
Intel Readies Autonomous-Car Test Fleet
10/23/2017Intel Corp. will deploy 25 self-driving test cars later this year in California and then Arizona.
Tesla Closes In on Deal for Assembly Plant in China
10/23/2017Tesla Inc. confirms it expects to finalize a deal by year-end to open a plant in Shanghai to make electric cars for the Chinese market.
Australia’s Auto Industry Ends
10/23/2017Australia’s century-old auto industry evaporated last Friday when General Motors Co.’s Holden unit closed the country’s last assembly plant.
Second-Gen Audi A7 Gets New Look, Advanced Tech
10/20/2017Audi AG’s all-new A7 fastback sedan is loaded with advanced technology features, including a 48-volt mild-hybrid power system, all-wheel steering, remote parking and other automated driving systems.
Kobe Steel Reports More Falsified Data Problems
10/20/2017Japan’s Kobe Steel Ltd. says it has found another case of employees falsifying reports about product quality and performance, this time at a subsidiary that cuts steel plates, Reuters reports.
BMW Confirms Office Raid by EU Antitrust Investigators
10/20/2017BMW AG has confirmed that its offices in Much were searched earlier this week by European Union investigators who are probing claims that Germany’s auto industry conspired to influence emission control technologies and prices.
PSA Warns of Looming Cost Cuts for Opel Unit
10/20/2017PSA Group CEO Carlos Tavares says production costs at the carmaker’s just-acquired Opel unit in Germany are at least 50% higher than those of PSA’s operations in France.
Spare Tires Disappearing
10/20/2017More than one-fourth (28%) of 2017-model vehicles sold in the U.S. came with a tire repair kit or run-flat tires in place of a conventional spare tire, according to a AAA study.