WLTP emissions loophole closed by EU lawmakers

If all goes according to McLaren Automotive's Track 25 business plan, by 2024 it will have launched 18 new models or derivatives. But there's another number involved in that plan and it's all about production.

Schaeffler may be best known for producing ball bearings but the company is also involved in the coming EV era as the transmission supplier for the Audi e-tron electric crossover. The German supplier aims to significantly boost its presence in electrified powertrains.

The Skoda Octavia was the most popular model in four European markets last year. Only the VW Golf topped the charts in more EU countries.

Porsche says the new 911 raises the bar for luxury sports cars with new high-tech assistance systems such as thermal imaging cameras for night driving and “wet mode” to improve handling on slick surfaces. 

Car buyers in Europe have not fully embraced full-electric and electrified plug-in hybrid cars but that is changing as automakers start to launch more models to help meet tougher CO2 emissions reduction targets.

President Trump says European automakers can avoid tariffs on light vehicles if they build more plants in the United States.

Fiat Chrysler rejected an approach earlier this year from PSA to combine the two automakers, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Geely will invest more in new-energy vehicles and higher-end models after forecasting flat sales in 2019 due to uncertainty about domestic demand in China, which is struggling with slowing economic growth.

Volvo expects its margins on electric cars to match those of vehicles with combustion engines by 2025, CEO Hakan Samuelsson says.

Carlos Ghosn intervened to change Nissan's choice of a sales partner in India in an incident that is being investigated as part of the company's probe into what it calls "years of serious misconduct" by the automaker's former leader, sources told Reuters.