Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos will join the French automaker "to strengthen the design team," the company said Monday. He will start in October, reuniting with his former boss, Luca de Meo, who left VW Group's Spanish brand in January and started as Renault Group CEO this month.

While Porsche's global sales took a hard hit in March and April because of the coronavirus outbreak, the VW Group subsidiary is now seeing a "very strong" recovery. "That gives me cause for optimism," Porsche sales boss Detlev von Platen told Automotive News Europe.

Kia Europe COO Emilio Herrera talked about how the industry can recover from the coronavirus crisis and the automaker’s upcoming models in an interview with Automotive News Europe.

The German brand’s first plug-in hybrid SUV is also its most powerful model, delivering 300 hp.

DS CEO Beatrice Foucher says the PSA unit would have a "bigger basket of technology" to choose from and the increased ability to share development costs if the automaker's proposed merger with Fiat Chrysler goes through. She spoke about this and more with Automotive News Europe.

Ferrari said that all activities that can be managed by "smart working" will continue regularly as in the past weeks.

As CEO, Jacques Calvet turned around the automaker by slashing jobs and costs. But his views on protectionism were debatable.

The Porsche Taycan won two awards, in the performance and luxury categories. The Kia Telluride SUV was Car of the Year, and the Kia Soul EV won in the urban category. 

The latest issue of the Automotive News Europe monthly magazine is ready to view. The new edition looks at how the European automotive industry is using lessons learned during the Great Recession to battle the coronavirus outbreak.

Although analysts estimate global sales could drop between 12 percent and 22 percent this year, the industry is much better prepared to meet this challenge than it was in 2008-09.

The coronavirus crisis shows that the deal makes more sense than ever. But with sales in free fall and markets on a roller coaster, the most urgent task is for each company to safeguard its own business.

The latest issue of the Automotive News Europe monthly magazine goes live on Monday. The new edition looks at how the European automotive industry is using lessons learned during the Great Recession to battle the coronavirus outbreak.

High sticker prices, poor charging infrastructure and range anxiety mean running an EV is not yet as easy as owning a regular car. 

The coronavirus outbreak has revealed another issue: Europe's Internet infrastructures were not designed to handle this much Web traffic.

Governments will need to provide solutions to help the industry recover from the impact of coronavirus such as sales incentives and moving emissions targets forward a year, Michele Crisci, chairman of UNRAE, told Automotive News Europe.