Bolivia to Become the World's Supplier for Lithium Car Batteries
29 Jan 2009, 08:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Whether they like it or not, the United States might depend on Bolivia in the near future. No, it's not a historical turn-over, rather a dependence based on raw materials needed to build... ele...
Alfa Romeo 149 Hatchback to Be Based on BMW 1-series
28 Jan 2009, 18:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following last week's announcement that Chrysler and Fiat have joined forces in a strategic alliance, the Italian manufacturer is expected to make public a future cooperation with BMW for the d...
Sales of Family Cars in Spain Plummet
28 Jan 2009, 15:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The crisis has pushed Spain's auto industry back to 1994's production levels. Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Automóviles y Camiones (Anfac) forecasts a continuo...
21% of the Europeans Would Buy an Apple Electric Car
28 Jan 2009, 15:17 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Although it's too early to forecast the electric vehicles' era, more and more automakers are investing important amounts of money in electric-drive technology. As if this wasn't enoug...
Mercedes Dealers Expect Tough 2009
28 Jan 2009, 14:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / With the global economic recession knocking on everybody's door, automakers around the world struggle to minimize loses and hope for a better future. Unfortunately, 2009 will be more difficult ...
Nissan Scored Poor Sales in 2008 Despite Cutting Production
28 Jan 2009, 13:54 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / Although the Japanese automaker has severely cut down production in the last month of 2008 by more than 80 percent in some regions, sales figures don't look encouraging at all. Just like oth...
General Motors Gives Up on Dealers
28 Jan 2009, 11:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American giant General Motors tries to escape the crisis' grip by adopting tough methods at all levels of its structure. Following this week's announcements of job cuts in the U.S. and sho...
Japan to Reduce Car Production by Three Million Units
28 Jan 2009, 11:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even though Japanese automakers are obviously in better shape than their American rivals, the country's top 12 companies may be forced to apply significant job cuts, as part of their attempt to...
500,000 Milestone Reached by Land Rovers Sold in the US
28 Jan 2009, 10:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In the middle of a total economic crisis, the Tata owned Land Rover finds reason for celebration. Last weekend, the producer announced at the annual National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) co...
Mercedes Dealer: It's Time to Bring Diesel in the Lower Class
28 Jan 2009, 09:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / There's no doubt that small-displacement, fuel efficient and environmentally-friendly engines play a very important role in the long-term evolution of several struggling automakers. But even so...
2009 Report on America's Infrastructure from the ASCE
28 Jan 2009, 09:45 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Today, at 10 am Eastern time, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) will release a study about the state of the US infrastructure, after showing a dismaying one four years ago. The study, w...
Truck Engine Supplier Navistar Closes Plant
28 Jan 2009, 11:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Navistar International Corp., the 175 year old truck and mid-range diesel engine manufacturer, has decided to close its Indianapolis engine plant and foundry. The announcement comes one week after t...
Britain Offers 2.3 Billion Pounds to Struggling Automakers
28 Jan 2009, 08:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The United Kingdom government today announced it will provide up to 2.3 billion pounds ($3.25 billion) to domestic struggling automakers in order to prevent job cuts and reorganize their production ...
General Motors Introduces the Three Day Workweek
28 Jan 2009, 08:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / General Motors will cutback the workdays at its Shushary flexible assembly plant, near St. Petersburg, Russia, for “a few months”, as Sergei Lepnukhov, company's spokesman said. The...
Canadian Car of the Year Finalists Announced
27 Jan 2009, 19:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / AJAC, The Automobile Journalists Association of Canada, have announced the finalists of the 2009 Canadian Car of the Year and Canadian Sports Utility Vehicle of the Year competition. So, without ...
Crisis Puts All in Standby, PSA and Kia Work Harder
27 Jan 2009, 18:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The economic crisis that started last year had still has a big impact on us all. The automotive industry in particular saw all of their forecasts turned upside down, their investment plans stopped a...
Audi Continues to Pause Production
27 Jan 2009, 16:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Audi Hungaria Motor Kft. will suspend operations for one week, between Feb. 23 and 28, as most of the industry's players have done. “Suspending production was regular at this time of y...
Nearly 60,000 Jobs to Be Lost Without Government Aid, Fiat Says
27 Jan 2009, 14:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Speaking to journalists attending a meetinng of Unione Industriale, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne emphasized the need for government help, explaining that the Italian auto industry could easily collaps...
Nissan Idles Mexico Assembly Plants
27 Jan 2009, 14:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Finding itself under the pressure from the economic unrest, Nissan has decided to close its operations in North America, a temporary move aimed to balance the decrease in demand. The move com...
Reactions to Obama's Call to Review Emission Rules
27 Jan 2009, 13:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As you probably heard, United States President Barack Obama yesterday asked the Environmental Protection Agency to review the greenhouse gas emission rules for vehicles and decide whether the states...