The US Department of Justice announced that a Detroit federal grand jury has indicted an executive of Takata on one-count for conspiring and price fixing of seat belts sold to car makers. Hiromu Usuda, the accused executive allegedly ...
Tags: seatbelts, car makers, Auto
Beijing Mercedes-Benz Sales Service Co Ltd took its "My Service" after-sales brand promise another step forward on Jan 15 at the fashionable 798 Art Zone in Beijing with the announcement that it has officially launched two new service ...
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Canadian province Ontario is entering into a partnership with auto parts manufacturer Linamar, under which the company will invest $506.8m in the region. About $50.25m out of the $506.8m is expected to be given by Ontario for the creation ...
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It is learned that China auto parts sales were increased a lot in 2014. And the sales revenues were 140.9 billion Yuan for the 20 surveyed list auto parts makers in this year, up 9.2% over last year and their net profits were 11 billion ...
FCA US is recalling 66,819 older-model pickup trucks with manual transmissions to replace their faulty clutch ignition interlock switches. The company will recall certain Dodge Dakota, Dodge Ram 1500, 2500, 3500 and Mitsubishi Raider ...
Tags: Ignition Fault, FCA, Auto Parts
The average customer satisfaction score for Amazon slipped five points to 83 to tie with QVC for the highest score among the top 100 e-commerce sites measured over the holidays, likely because of increased price competition, according to ...
Netherlands has been ranked first among European countries with lowest CO2 emissions from new cars during 2013, a report from European Federation for Transport and Environment revealed. According to the report, Netherlands reported a ...
Tags: CO2 Emissions, Auto Parts
China's auto sales continued to slow in November as both passenger and commercial car sales remained subdued. Approximately 2.09 million cars were sold in China last month, a year-on-year rise of 2.3 percent, slowing from the 2.8-percent ...
Tags: Auto Sales, Auto Parts
Leshi Internet Information & Technology founder Jia Yueting is planning to apply for a license to manufacture and sell electric vehicles (EV) in China. Leshi Internet makes web-enabled televisions and has already made an electric car, ...
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According to the data from US Commerce Department, US retail sales keeps growing in November due to the rebound of auto sales in the US. The data says that US retail sales increases 0.7% to $44.93 billion. The growth rate of retail sales ...
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Opel is closing down its Bochum plant in Germany after 52 years of operation as the company looks to streamline cost in its European unit. Previously the plant was employing 22,000 workers and until recently it had 3000 employees. ...
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BMW has introduced M Performance Parts to its flagship BMW X6 which is expected to enhance the design and performance of the car. The German car maker has introduced the Power Kit to boost the performance of the X6 xDrive30d which will ...
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Lightweight metals manufacturer Alcoa has developed a new Micromill technology that will enable the production of lighter but stronger aluminum automotive parts. According to Alcoa, the aluminum alloy produced from Micromill has 40% ...
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Participants in the 2014 Automotive Warehouse Distributors Association (AWDA) Business and Education Conference donated $45,000 to the University of the Aftermarket Foundation. The money will be used to support the foundation’s ...
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Swiss u-blox has revealed that that its Cat. 4 TOBY-L200 4G LTE module has achieved "network compatible" status for North Americas largest LTE network. In the u-blox tradition of miniaturization and reliability, TOBY-L200 is the world's ...
Tags: 4G LTE Module, Auto Parts