Autonomous Driving: The BMW-Daimler-Plan – Autoriesen examine close cooperation

BMW Vision iNeXT More than 1,000 engineers are developing the new vehicle on a campus north of Munich. The planned for 2021 electric SUV should dominate the automated driving and at least on motorways for a long time without drivers get along. (Photo: BMW Group / Enes Kucevic) MunichThe rivalry between Daimler and BMW is… Continue reading Autonomous Driving: The BMW-Daimler-Plan – Autoriesen examine close cooperation

Autonomous driving: The BMW-Daimler-Plan cars are testing close cooperation

BMW Vision iNeXT More than 1,000 engineers are developing the new vehicle on a campus north of Munich. The planned for 2021 electric SUV should dominate the automated driving and at least on motorways for a long time without drivers get along. (Photo: BMW Group / Enes Kucevic) MunichThe rivalry between Daimler and BMW is… Continue reading Autonomous driving: The BMW-Daimler-Plan cars are testing close cooperation

Boutique carmaker Karma Automotive, legendary design firm Pininfarina team up – Digital Trends

Boutique automaker Karma Automotive is teaming up with one of the greatest names in car design for its future luxury cars. During the Automotive News World Congress at the 2019 Detroit Auto Show, Karma CEO Lance Zhou announced a partnership with Pininfarina, the Italian design firm that has likely shaped more of history’s best-looking cars… Continue reading Boutique carmaker Karma Automotive, legendary design firm Pininfarina team up – Digital Trends

UPDATE 1-GM warns workers in Brazil on losses, tough turnaround plan

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) has warned employees in Brazil that new investments there depend on a painful plan to return to profit in the country, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Saturday. The GM logo is seen at the General Motors headquarters in Sao Caetano do Sul, Brazil March… Continue reading UPDATE 1-GM warns workers in Brazil on losses, tough turnaround plan

GM warns workers in Brazil on losses, tough turnaround plan

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) has warned employees in Brazil that new investments there depend on a painful plan to return to profit in the country, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Saturday. The GM logo is seen at the General Motors headquarters in Sao Caetano do Sul, Brazil March… Continue reading GM warns workers in Brazil on losses, tough turnaround plan

FCA’s one-time shift: “Another sacrifice for the workers, but it is the signal of the reorganization towards the 500E”

“The contraction of timetables on a single shift at Mirafiori is a further sacrifice in terms of wages for workers, but it is also a sign of the confirmation of the reorganization path that FCA is undertaking in order to implement the Industrial Plan and the departure of the 500E”. Also Fim-Cisl joins the comments… Continue reading FCA’s one-time shift: “Another sacrifice for the workers, but it is the signal of the reorganization towards the 500E”

Fiat Chrysler production to fall in Italy in 2019, union says – Automotive News Europe

MILAN — Unions at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ Italian factories expect domestic production to continue to decline this year after double-digit drop last year, largely because of slumping sales at Alfa Romeo and Maserati. FCA’s production in Italy fell 10 percent to 667,526 units in 2018, according to the FIM-CISL Italian trade union. The decline came… Continue reading Fiat Chrysler production to fall in Italy in 2019, union says – Automotive News Europe

Fiat Serbia resumes production after two-month break – Serbina Monitor in English

Following a two-month break, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Serbia has resumed production of 500L vehicles today, with 410 vehicles to be produced each day – the FCA trade union confirms. The president of the trade union, Zoran Markovic, says that the first two days will be a trial production and after that, Fiat would resume… Continue reading Fiat Serbia resumes production after two-month break – Serbina Monitor in English

Ecotax car, clash in the Red Room between Pd and M5S on Fca

Clash in the Red Hall between the center and M5S on the ecobonus for cars. The center left this morning filed a motion – signed by the group leaders of the Pd Stefano Lo Russo, the Civic list for Turin Francesco Tresso and the Moderates Silvio Magliano, who asks “Appendino as mayor of Turin to… Continue reading Ecotax car, clash in the Red Room between Pd and M5S on Fca

After Maserati Grugliasco, here is Mirafiori: single turn also in Bodywork. “We are facing the most serious crisis in the sector in recent years”

Yesterday the announcement for Maserati di Grugliasco. Now the one for Mirafiori, in Carrozzeria. The car crisis knows no end and the decline in volumes is such (ecobonus or not) that input has come from Lingotto: you work (when you work) on a single shift, from 8 to 16. The official communication for Turin arrived… Continue reading After Maserati Grugliasco, here is Mirafiori: single turn also in Bodywork. “We are facing the most serious crisis in the sector in recent years”