Australia news British billionaire eyes electric car plan for former Holden factory Sanjeev Gupta is reported to have approached General Motors to buy assets from South Australia’s closed Elizabeth factory The last Holden cars rolled off the factory floor at the Elizabeth plant in 2017. Plans by Sanjeev Gupta could breath new life into the… Continue reading British billionaire eyes electric car plan for former Holden factory
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After Whirlwind 2017, May Mobility Plans to Expand Driverless Fleet
May Mobility, the autonomous vehicle startup based in Ann Arbor, MI, had an action-packed 2017. The company launched in January, completed a stint in the Y Combinator accelerator over the summer, put driverless shuttles on downtown Detroit streets through a small pilot program in October, and raised more than $11 million over the course of… Continue reading After Whirlwind 2017, May Mobility Plans to Expand Driverless Fleet
Toyota will invest 400 million euros in Valenciennes
It had been a long time since we had seen such an investment in cars in France. According to our information, Toyota will invest 400 million euros in its plant in Onnaing, near Valenciennes, to allow the site to host the new platform of the manufacturer (the “New Global Platform Architecture”) and a new vehicle… Continue reading Toyota will invest 400 million euros in Valenciennes
Collective bargaining breaks at PSA: unions say yes
PSA’s plan for collective breaks has been widely approved by the unions. Review: 1,300 departures and 1,300 hires planned this year, which should allow a renewal of trades. It’s official: PSA will be the first company to use the conventional collective breaks device. While the unions had already largely voted in favor of this device,… Continue reading Collective bargaining breaks at PSA: unions say yes
SEAT accelerates its international offensive, expands strategic operations in Algeria
SEAT President Luca de Meo, SEAT Vice-President for Purchasing Klaus Ziegler, and Mourad Oulmi, the CEO of SOVAC and SOVAC Production, SEAT’s importer and the assembly partner of the Volkswagen Group in Algeria, met with Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia and Industry Minister Youcef Yousfi to discuss the future of the automotive industry in Algeria… Continue reading SEAT accelerates its international offensive, expands strategic operations in Algeria
PSA wants to deploy Opel out of Europe
It’s a beginning. While Opel wants to enter twenty new countries in five years, the new property of PSA will start by pushing the fires in Chile and Ukraine, two countries where the mark with the lightning is already present epsilonnesque. Along the Andes Cordillera, “we want to triple or quadruple sales in 2018,” says… Continue reading PSA wants to deploy Opel out of Europe
Groupe PSA: Five out of Six Trade Unions Representing 80% of Employees Sign the DAEC Agreement
RUEIL-MALMAISON, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: Groupe PSA’s (Paris:UG) Central Works Committee today issued a favourable opinion on the 2018 DAEC after five out of six trade unions – CFDT, CFE/CGC, CFTC, FO and GSEA – signed the agreement. The outcome illustrates the maturity of labour relations within Groupe PSA and its active commitment to working alongside… Continue reading Groupe PSA: Five out of Six Trade Unions Representing 80% of Employees Sign the DAEC Agreement
Volkswagen launches pre-series stage of next Golf
Together with its suppliers, the Volkswagen brand is making intensive preparations for the next Golf generation1.At the “Golf 8 Supplier Summit” held at the Volkswagen Arena, the Board Member for Procurement Ralf Brandstätter and Karlheinz Hell, Head of the Compact series group, underscored the importance of the new generation for the brand and for the… Continue reading Volkswagen launches pre-series stage of next Golf
Mazda opens engine machining factory in Thailand
Mazda Motor Corporation today announced the opening of a new engine machining factory at its powertrain plant in Thailand’s Chonburi Province, Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, MPMT). Mazda’s Representative Director, President and CEO, Masamichi Kogai, was among the attendees at an opening ceremony held at MPMT today. “Congratulations on the opening of MPMT’s… Continue reading Mazda opens engine machining factory in Thailand
Subsidies for new energy cars to be cut again
Employees work at an electric vehicle manufacturing factory in Kunming, Yunnan province. [Photo by Yang Zheng/For China Daily] Subsidies for new energy cars will be cut further this year before being phased out in China altogether by the end of 2020, a source close to the matter said on Wednesday. The move would accelerate the… Continue reading Subsidies for new energy cars to be cut again