US automaker General Motors has developed contingency plans for wider recall related to Takata air bag inflators. Reuters reported that the widening of the recall could lead to repair millions of vehicles. The company is also planning ...
Automotive suppliers will quality check more than 300 million airbag-inflator systems using sophisticated helium- and hydrogen-based leak-detection technology in 2015. Frontal airbags have reduced fatalities in frontal crashes by up to 25 ...
Tags: Detection Technology, Airbag, Auto
Visteon will premiere a range of innovative connected vehicle technologies and services at the 2015 International CES,Jan. 6-9, 2015. Visteon's booth will be located in Central Plaza #20 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Through a range ...
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is reportedly working on an electric car. The announcenment comes after Chinese Government revealed a plan to allow new companies to enter into the electric vehicles sector. Previously, non-auto makers in ...
Tags: smartphone, electric vehicles, Auto
Honda has called other automakers to join in an industry wide third-party testing of Takata airbag inflators to fix the issue as soon as possible. The company is encouraging automakers to engage in independent engineering analysis to test ...
China Automotive Systems has started construction of the first stage of a facility in Sao Paulo, Brazil designed for the assembly of its steering units for sale in South American markets. The new Brazilian facility will be assembling ...
Tags: Assembly Plant, steering products, Auto
Japanese automotive manufacturers Honda Motor and Mazda Motor may have to recall more cars in the US over airbag issues. Reuters reported that both the companies may have to recall 200,000 more cars in Japan to replace Takata air bags if ...
The Renault-Nissan Alliance has sold its 200,000th electric vehicle and has a leading 58% market share for zero-emission cars. Together, Renault and Nissan EVs have driven approximately 4 billion zero-emission kilometers - enough to ...
Tags: zero-emission, electric vehicle, Auto
Dr. Mark Quarto explains hybrid battery reconditioning technologies to dealers attending at a training session hosted by The Hybrid Shop in Las Vegas. The Hybrid Shop LLC (THS) is growing quickly to keep pace with the hybrid electric ...
Tags: Franchises, Auto
Telecom giant AT&T announced that LG Electronics has joined AT&T Drive Studio to develop new services and technology for the connected cars. AT&T Drive Studio is a connected car center located in Atlanta which is dedicated towards ...
INRIX, a leading global provider of traffic information, analytics and driver services for the connected car and smart cities worldwide, today announced that it is expanding its partnership with Volkswagen to launch INRIX Park and INRIX ...
Ford along with seven other automakers participated in a test which will inform the car owners to temporarily stop charging their vehicles to avoid overloading of the power grid. Participants included BMW, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, ...
Tags: power grid, electric vehicles, Auto
Central Glass, a parent company of Carlex Glass, announced that it has finalized pending acquisitions to expand Carlex’s business operations. Central Glass has officially acquired all of the outstanding shares of two subsidiaries of ...
Tags: Carlex Glass, OEM automakers, Auto
Hyundai and Kia have agreed to pay $100m fine for exaggerating the gas mileage in 1.2 million vehicles. The ruling came from the US justice department which stated that the vehicles could emit approximately 4.75 million tons of greenhouse ...
The Associated Press reported that growth in China's car sales slowed again in September while the country's own auto brands increased their market share slightly. According to The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, sales of ...
Tags: Passenger Vehicle, car sales