Nathan Eddy

The Geneva show will return in 2022 after a two-year absence. It will keep the automobile as its focus, Sandro Mesquita, CEO told Automotive News Europe.

Fiesta output in Cologne will be hit once more by the chip shortage as the factory remains idle until the end of October.

The partnership pairs Schaeffler's engineering expertise in drivetrain and chassis with Mobileye's knowledge of driver assistance and autonomous systems.

Opel will halt production of the Grandland X at its factory in Eisenach because of the global semiconductor crunch.

The free open-source software allows for broad prototyping, workload exploration and early development.

Amid major changes such as the shift to electric cars, German automakers face months of uncertainty as the country's political parties seek to form a new coalition government.

The automaker will operate only one assembly line that builds the VW Golf due to the shortage of key electronic parts.

The automaker is inviting local residents to explore the plant and take rides in a Model Y.

The minimum electric-olny range for plug-in hybrids to receive incentives would rise to 60 km (37 miles) from 40 km starting in October 2022 and to 80 km on Jan. 1, 2024, according to a draft of the funding guidelines.

The planned factory would be able to produce a capacity of 100 megawatt hours a year, which would enough battery cells for roughly 1,000 cars. Production is to start in 2024.

The move brings the automaker one step closer to Tesla-like levels of upgrade capabilities in its growing family of full-electric models.

Automakers are racing to address a major issue affecting the shift to electric vehicles: the expansion of Europe's charging infrastructure is not keeping pace with surging EV sales.

Daimler CEO Ola Kallenius wants the Mercedes-Benz brand to leverage its position at the intersection of luxury and technology to establish a strong foothold in the electric vehicle sector in the U.S.

The automaker plans to gradually set up an internal cell production facility in Salzgitter that will serve various VW Group brands and reduce dependence on manufacturers from abroad.

Europe's No. 1 market continued to feel the effects of an ongoing chip shortage as registrations fell 23 pecent to 193,307, according to industry data.