A consortium of significant UK industrial, technology and engineering businesses from across the aerospace, automotive and medical sectors, has come together to produce medical ventilators for the UK. The VentilatorChallengeUK Consortium (“the consortium”) is led by Dick Elsy, CEO of High Value Manufacturing Catapult, a group of manufacturing research centres in the UK. Over the… Continue reading @McLaren: A consortium of significant UK industrial, technology and engineering businesses from across the aerospace, automotive and medical sectors, has come together to produce medical ventilators for the UK.
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China’s BAIC, Didi plan car leasing service amid new car sales slowdown
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC) is seen during the Auto China 2016 auto show in Beijing, China, April 29, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese automaker BAIC Group and ride-hailing service provider Didi Chuxing plan to team up with other industry players to lease BAIC’s cars to customers amid concerns… Continue reading China’s BAIC, Didi plan car leasing service amid new car sales slowdown
Interview with PSA CEO Carlos Tavares – view – The KXAN 36 News
The Portuguese Carlos Tavares (61), Chairman of the Board of the French PSA group, is regarded as the Superstar of the auto industry, since he saved Citroën DS, Peugeot and Opel from delicate situations, and has his PSA group profit margins, the Champion performs. To be concentrated at the beginning of this year, the China… Continue reading Interview with PSA CEO Carlos Tavares – view – The KXAN 36 News
Nexteer Reports 2019 Financial Results
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., March 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Nexteer Automotive today reported annual results for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. The Company’s 2019 financial results were impacted by various environmental challenges including lower OEM light vehicle production across all regions, led by a decline in China, a GM-UAW labor strike in North America interrupting vehicle… Continue reading Nexteer Reports 2019 Financial Results
Mahindra to manufacture Ford-designed face shield
Mahindra & Mahindra set to make face shields for medical service providers, using a Ford design. (Image: Dr Pawan Goenka/Twitter) Mahindra & Mahindra, which is actively engaged in the fight against coronavirus and is assisting the government of India and medical services, is to begin manufacture of a face shield/mask, developed from a design sourced… Continue reading Mahindra to manufacture Ford-designed face shield
VW burning through $2.2 billion a week with factories closed by coronavirus – Autoblog
FRANKFURT — Volkswagen may have to cut jobs if the coronavirus pandemic is not brought under control as the carmaker is still spending about 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) a week, Chief Executive Herbert Diess told German TV channel ZDF. Diess told the Markus Lanz talkshow that the German company, which employs 671,000 people worldwide,… Continue reading VW burning through $2.2 billion a week with factories closed by coronavirus – Autoblog
Ford Sollers to suspend car production in Tatarstan from March 28 to April 5
KAZAN, March 27. /TASS/. Car production at the Ford Sollers plant in Yelabuga, Russia's republic of Tatarstan, will be suspended next week in accordance with the Russian President's decree establishing March 30-April 3, 2020 paid days off across the country, the company's PR-coordinator in Tatarstan Indira Salimgaraeva told TASS.
“In compliance with the decree by Russian President Vladimir Putin issued on March 25 following the aggravation of the situation caused by the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 in Russia, a special mode of activity will be introduced at the Ford Sollers plant in Yelabuga from March 28 to April 5. During this period, the production and shipment of Ford Transit cars, the reception of automotive components and other production activities not related to the life support and maintenance of the accident-free condition of the plant will be suspended, a non-working week has been announced for employees,” she said.
She added that the next week will be a..
Trump demands GM, Ford build ventilators; could order action
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the coronavirus task force daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) – President Donald Trump urged General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co on Friday to quickly build badly needed ventilators for COVID-19 patients and suggested he could invoke… Continue reading Trump demands GM, Ford build ventilators; could order action
Ineos Automotive reveals its Defender-like Grenadier SUV in greater detail – Forma car News
Ineos Automotive has revealed some of the principal specs of its upcoming Grenadier SUV, which openly takes after the Land Rover Defender classics. Four years ago, just as the first-gen Defender went out of production, Ineos CEO Jim Ratcliffe contacted Jaguar Land Rover asking to buy the production rights. Facing refusal, he decided to design… Continue reading Ineos Automotive reveals its Defender-like Grenadier SUV in greater detail – Forma car News
Fiat Chrysler plans April 14 production restart
CLOSE Fiat Chrysler plans a restart of most production on April 14. (Photo: Kimberly P. Mitchell, Detroit Free Press) Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, which has seen at least three workers die in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, plans to restart production April 14. The company, in a news release Thursday on the restart date, said it is taking “important… Continue reading Fiat Chrysler plans April 14 production restart