Suzuki's Vitara and Fiat Chrysler's Jeep Grand Cherokee diesel models both violate emissions rules and must be fixed or face a ban on sales across Europe, the Dutch road authority RDW ruled on Thursday. Acting as the reference regulator for the European Union, the RDW ...
French investigators to move ahead with Ghosn prosecution over Versailles party
The prosecutor’s office will assign one or more judges to probe the party ex-Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn threw for his wife at the Palace of Versailles.
Japanese vehicle sales in South Korea fell 22% in 2019 amid boycotts
The number of Japanese vehicles sold in South Korea in 2019 fell 22.0 percent from the previous year, according to data from the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association. The drop in sales, announced Wednesday, apparently reflects the effects of South Korean boycotts against Japanese products, following ...
Ghosn predicted Nissan bankruptcy by 2022, says ex-prosecutor Gohara
Nissan Motor Co. will go bankrupt within two to three years, Carlos Ghosn told a defense attorney during more than 10 hours of interviews before the auto executive skipped bail and left Japan. The former chairman and chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co. and ...
Toyota union to demand ¥10,100 monthly rise and bonus of 6.5 months' pay
Toyota Motor Corp.'s labor union plans to demand a monthly average pay rise of ¥10,100 per union member in this year's annual spring wage negotiations, sources close to the matter said Thursday. The amount is less than the ¥10,700 raise agreed last year with the ...
Air bag woes force Honda and Toyota to recall over 6 million vehicles
Two different air bag glitches have forced Toyota and Honda to recall over 6 million vehicles worldwide, and both problems present different dangers to motorists. The Toyota recall affects about 3.4 million vehicles globally and is being done because the air bags may not inflate ...
Subaru to raise amount of electric, plug-in hybrid vehicles it's selling to 40% in 2030
Subaru Corp. is aiming to raise the proportion of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in all of its automobiles sold across the globe to 40 percent in 2030. The proportion stood at 2.1 percent in fiscal 2018, which ended in March last year. Subaru said Monday ...
Carlos Ghosn's exoneration hopes rest on Lebanese safety net
Moments before launching into his raucous news conference in Beirut earlier this month, Carlos Ghosn was enthusiastically greeted by a throng of local journalists who crowded around his lectern, taking turns to embrace the fallen automotive titan and snapping souvenir selfies. Ghosn happily returned the ...
Even as Trump claims two victories on trade, doubts remain
President Donald Trump's trade deal with China last week opened up export opportunities for American farmers, manufacturers and energy producers. And his trade pact with Canada and Mexico, approved Thursday by the Senate, could help restore some auto production in the United States. Yet perhaps ...
Tesla moves step closer to opening first European factory with German property deal
U.S. electric car pioneer Tesla has agreed to buy a property on the outskirts of Berlin, bringing it a step closer to opening its first European factory, local authorities said on Sunday. The U.S. carmaker last November announced plans to build a giant factory in ...
Complaints that Teslas suddenly accelerate on their own investigated in U.S.
The U.S. government's auto safety agency is looking into allegations that all three of Tesla's electric vehicle models can suddenly accelerate on their own. Brian Sparks of Berkeley, California, petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to conduct an investigation. An agency document shows 127 ...
Japan Post delivery crews to go green by adopting electric scooters from Honda
Japan Post Co. said Friday it will introduce electric scooters made by Honda Motor Co. for delivery and other services with the aim of reducing the burden it places on the environment. Japan Post plans to deploy 200 of the e-scooters by the end of ...
