EVs, mobility brands and how Asian drivers shop for their next car.
Audi aims to retain its leadership position in luxury crossovers with a second-generation Q5 that adds size, technology and power to the outgoing model. The redesigned Q5 shown Thursday at the Paris auto show is longer, wider and taller with a longer…
BMW Group said today it is recalling about 110,000 cars in Japan over potentially faulty airbag inflators made by Takata Corp., as part of the auto industry’s largest ever global call back. The automaker recalled 44 models including its 1-series 116i and 118i…
Nissan Motor Co.’s flagship showroom has returned to Japan’s most exclusive, priciest address — Tokyo’s glitzy Ginza district, flush with department stores and geisha clubs. A sleek new two-story showroom sits at the shopping district’s main neon-soaked…
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor will launch its standalone premium auto brand Genesis in China within two to three years, betting on a luxury lane to profit as competition bites at the lower end of the world’s biggest auto market. Genesis brand chief Manfred…
Creditors of Kumho Tire gave formal notice this week that they will hold an open auction for their respective holdings in the South Korean tyre manufacturer with preliminary bidding scheduled to start in early November. The creditors involved are eight…
Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co announced on Tuesday they would buy French software development company Sylpheo as they compete with global automakers and tech firms to develop new services including ride hailing and car sharing. The French and Japanese…
GM Korea said on Sept. 19 it will sell 10 units of its new Chevrolet Aveo compacts via Auction, a local online shopping site affiliated with eBay Korea, on Sept. 26. This is the first time in Korea that a carmaker has decided to sell vehicles online. Even…
Chinese internet giant Baidu and GPU maker NVIDIA have teamed up to use artificial intelligence in the creation of a cloud-to-car autonomous car platform for local Chinese and global car makers. The partnership combines Baidu’s cloud platform and mapping…
Indonesia’s tax office said it will look into whether Ford Motor Co (F.N) had avoided paying appropriate taxes, after a local newspaper reported that the U.S. car maker modified imported Everest model vehicles sold in the country to pay a lower tax rate.…
Statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs show that the foreign sector controls roughly 80% of the local car and automobile (excluding motorbike) retail market with a sales volume eclipsing all of Southeast Asia. Auto distributors and original…
Audi increased global sales 2.9 percent in August on strong demand in its key Chinese market for luxury compact cars including the A3 and Q3 models. The Volkswagen-owned division on Tuesday said deliveries rose to 132,350 autos last month from 128,647 a year…
Volkswagen’s luxury car unit Audi has agreed to deepen collaboration with Chinese internet technology groups to offer more digital services in the world’s largest car market. Audi and FAW-Volkswagen, VW’s joint venture with FAW Car Co Ltd (000800.SZ), have…
Honda Motor Co on Thursday said it was recalling about 668,000 vehicles in Japan to replace air bag inflators supplied by Takata, as part of an expanded nationwide recall announced earlier this year. Japan’s second-largest automaker said it had recalled…
German carmaker Daimler plans to roll out at least six, and possibly as many as nine, electric car models as part of its push to compete with Tesla and Volkswagen’s Audi, a person familiar with Daimler’s plans told Reuters. The maker of Mercedes-Benz cars…
Tesla Motors Co Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Sunday the automaker was updating its semi-autonomous driving system Autopilot with new limits on hands-off driving and other improvements that likely would have prevented a fatality in May. Musk said the…
Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) Sdn Bhd will be the official distributor of Volkswagen cars in the domestic market. VPCM is managed by European automotive retail specialist, Porsche Holding Salzburg, the car distributor said in a statement. The…
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