Ford names Rowley operations chief for Europe

Automakers that had planned downtime for their UK factories in April now face new disruption if Britain's departure from the EU is delayed.

ZF expects the investment to strengthen its position in the growth markets of mobility services, autonomous transportation systems and shared self-driving vehicles.

Ford is moving production of the Transit Connect van for North American markets to Mexico from Spain as part of a manufacturing reorganization.

China's Geely Automobile posted an 18 percent jump in annual profit, driven by higher sales of its sedans and SUVs, but forecast flat sales growth in 2019 due to uncertainty about domestic demand.

Volvo plans to add cameras and sensors in its next-generation cars that will detect drunk or distracted drivers and intervene to prevent accidents.

Trevor Mann, Mitsubishi's departing chief operating officer, expected to be preparing to take a newly created chief officer-level position within the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance. That all changed after Carlos Ghosn's arrest in Japan.

BMW will start production of an electric Mini model in the UK later this year and does not anticipate radical changes to its four British plants even in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

The trial of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn on charges of under-reporting his salary is expected to start in September, Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported.

BMW warned of a significant profit decline this year that it will try to offset by embarking on a $14 billion cost-cutting program.

Nissan is cutting a future target for China car sales by about 8 percent, people familiar with the matter said, as the automaker is hit by a lack of new models combined with a downturn in the world's biggest car market.