Douglas A. Bolduc

Automotive News Europe honors the winners of the 2021 Rising Stars awards. The Rising Star for Digital is Daniele De Leonardis, who is customer management officer for Italy at Stellantis.

Automotive News Europe honors the winners of the 2021 Rising Stars awards. The Rising Star for Digital is Diana Banozic, who is vice president product creation and industrial digital at Volvo Cars.

Vitesco has nearly 15 billion euros in orders for its electrification products. CEO Andreas Wolf told Automotive News Europe what is driving interest in the supplier's products.

Automotive News Europe honors the winners of the 2021 Rising Stars awards. The Rising Star for Design is Julie Schwieder, who is assistant chief color designer at Toyota Europe.

Automotive News Europe honors the winners of the 2021 Rising Stars awards. The Rising Star for Customer Relationship Management is Stefanie Paetow, who is head of CRM at Audi.

Johan Malmqvist, 45, started this month as Polestar's chief financial officer while Jörg Brandscheid takes over as the Volvo subsidiary's chief technology officer next month.

Automotive News Europe honors the winners of the 2021 Rising Stars awards. The Rising Star for Connected Car is Punitha Sinnapan, who is vice president automotive design and innovation at Cubic Telecom.

Automotive News Europe honors the winners of the 2021 Rising Stars awards. The Rising Star for Communications is Sarah Pelling, who is global head of public relations at Ineos Automotive.

Automotive News Europe honors the winners of the 2021 Rising Stars awards. The Rising Star for Autonomous & Automated Driving is Syed Shahrukh Kazmi, who is customer chief engineer at Aptiv.

Automotive News Europe honors the winners of the 2021 Rising Stars awards. The Rising Star for Aftersales is Ronald Hoedemakers, Toyota Europe's head of business development and innovation, quality.

Twenty-five young and talented automotive executives have been honored as Rising Stars within the automotive industry by Automotive News Europe.

Former Volkswagen and Apple executive Johann Jungwirth is bullish about the future for autonomous vehicles.

Toyota passed Skoda for the most top five finishes in Europe with 21, just one ahead of the Japanese automaker's 20 markets through seven months.

The Mini, Jaguar, Suzuki, Alfa Romeo and Kia brands increased July sales in Turkey by triple- or double digit percentages. Those gains, however, couldn't stop the overall market from declining by 47 percent.

Maserati, Rolls-Royce and Aston Martin reported double-digit sales percentage increases in July while nine other brands including Polestar, Hyundai and Suzuki had volume gains in an overall market that was down by 24 percent last month.