Manufacturing
Cenntro Automotive launches Citelec electric vehicle production in Nevada
Company purchased Citelec, other electric vehicles from France's Brant Motors.
Category: Vehicle Tech
Software, electronics, propulsion, batteries, safety, and connectivity.
Manufacturing
Ford earnings fall by more than half to $1.2 billion as sales fall globally
Launches of new vehicles adding costs and cutting revenues, outlook improves.
Fleets
Mercedes to move some Sprinter van production to North America
U.S. tariffs makes importing the popular commercial vehicles difficult.
Industry
Novelis opens aluminum automotive sheet plant in China
Growing popularity of automotive lightweighting has driven company investments.
Fleets
Truck orders defy seasonal trends, stay strong in September:
ACT Research: orders up 21% year to date.
Vehicle Tech
Mercedes increases autonomous car testing in California
Test cars to be driven on public roads and at former military base.
Manufacturing
GM outlines financial strategies for future growth
Automaker to invest in China, speed product launches in North America.
Vehicle Tech
Delphi to buy Unwired Technology, expand in-car entertainment offerings
Company makes wireless headphones, USB modules.
Manufacturing
Ford swapping out plant fluorescent, HID lighting with LEDs
$25 million project expected to save $7 million per year in energy.
Fleets
Volvo drops plans to produce liquefied natural gas truck engine
Will continue to develop and test the technology, but engine production dropped.
Vehicle Tech
GM, Isuzu agree to collaborate on next-generation medium-sized pickups
Trucks will not be sold in North American where Chevrolet, GMC have therir own products.
Manufacturing
Honeywell predicts booming turbocharger market in North America, Asia, slower growth elswhere
Technology forecast says fuel-efficiency demands require smaller, more powerful engines.