Automotive News

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai June 19) - Foreign Minister Wang Yi's announcement that he will ride in a domestically-manufactured FAW Hongqi limousine has created a stir in the Chinese automotive industry and caused FAW Car's share price t...

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Bloomberg News - General Motors Co. (GM), which broke ground on a new Cadillac assembly plant in China today, forecast demand for luxury autos will grow at a slower pace than the total vehicle market ...

AFP - US auto giant General Motors on Wednesday broke ground on a $1.3 billion plant in Shanghai to produce Cadillacs as it seeks a larger share of China's growing market for luxury cars. The plant...

Detroit Free Press - Ford opened a new $500-million engine plant in Chongqing today that will allow it to make an additional 400,000 engines annually in the world's largest car market. The plant wi...

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai June 19) - Anhui-based Jianghuai Automobile exported 590 heavy trucks to Venezuela, Anhui News reported today. The export order is the first of its scale this year. Jianghuai, ...

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Gasgoo.com (Shanghai June 19) - Aston Martin has issued a recall for 147 imported vehicles in China, the Beijing Times reported today, citing an announcement made by the General Administration of Qual...

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Reuters (Beijing) - In late January, consultant Joel Ewanick arrived at Geely's headquarters in eastern China to deliver an impassioned pitch on behalf of Fisker Automotive, the California-based bouti...

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai June 18) - Britain's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council will cooperate with the Chinese National Natural Science Foundation to conduct joint research on smart elec...

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Gasgoo.com (Shanghai June 18) - Despite the fact that stocks of several domestic automobile manufacturers performed poorly on Monday, FAW Car's stock increased a full 1.73 percent. A report appearing ...

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Gasgoo.com (Shanghai June 18) - Hainan-based Haima Automobile is entering a new phase this year. "We have applied for credit from banks to support [our] dealership network," Haima Automobile General M...

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Autonomous car programs from the likes of Audi, Toyota and Google have been a popular topic lately. While the technology currently exists for self-driving cars, we are likely years away from seeing them publicly available, due to ...

The Telegraph - UK plants run by the likes of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), BMW and Nissan are operating at close to full capacity amid increasing demand from countries such as China. Tim Abbott, managi...

Reuters (Berlin) - The growing number of overseas recalls afflicting Germany's Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) shows the perils of rushing for volume as Europe's largest automaker is vying for the world's top ...

Reuters (Seoul) - Recent free trade deals have helped foreign premium-brand automakers such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz drive up sales in South Korea, previously a heavily protected market dominated by H...

Bangkok Post - Almost 2,000 luxury cars have been smuggled into Thailand and stored at Laem Chabang port in Chon Buri's Si Racha district, a source at the port's Customs Office revealed on Sunday. ...