Robots soak up sun at Mini plant; Continental specialty tires keep hybrids’ cabin noise down; TRW emergency-steering assist gives driver extra set of eyes....More
Johnson Controls, SAIC subsidiary form auto-interiors JV; new Plastic Omnium factories will supply Volkswagen, General Motors; Mexican aluminum supplier opening first Russian plant....More
The current patchwork of procedures makes designing global cars and trucks difficult, as well as more costly, because some technologies work better under some drive cycles....More
Ricardo, Dana grow R&D capabilities; Dow Automotive, Henkel introduce new adhesive technologies; Ford huddles with Stanford, MIT on autonomous-car development....More
Database to keep tabs on global supply chain; ZF grows business in U.S. and Asia; BorgWarner says acquisition enhances capability in EGR technology....More
Dana strenghtens ties with India’s Mahindra; composites developer opens new Detroit-area headquarters, R&D operation; Visteon subsidiary bids for Thai auto-electronics business....More
A consumer survey shows traditional auto makers are the overall preferred developers of autonomous vehicles, but younger respondents choose high-tech companies....More
Lexus’ new coupe, the RC, arrives with an angry double-trapezoid face, taut sheet metal, excellent chassis dynamics, bold colors and an excellent 467-hp V-8 that loves track day. This car is not a real-estate agent’s safe choice....More
Too many marketing dollars are wasted on customers who would have bought the vehicle anyway, John Krafcik says. By aiming incentives only where needed, automakers could free up billions....More
The two spent about the same amount of money on TV advertising in 2014, but Audi bought nearly 5,000 more national airings across more than twice the number of networks....More
Stakeholders need to stay ahead of the regulatory curve, as laws on the state and federal levels will change in tandem with technological developments....More
