Corporate

Nissan-Honda merger would create new automotive powerhouse

Wide-reaching merger would create a company selling more than seven million cars per year

18 December 2024
Nissan-Honda merger would create new automotive powerhouse
Fiat 500 production Mirafiori
Production of the Fiat 500 returned to Italy with the current-generation car in 2020
Manufacturing

Stellantis commits to Italian plants with two small cars due 2028

Conglomerate aims to repair rocky relationship by announcing it will build cars in Italy until at least 2032

18 December 2024
Stellantis commits to Italian plants with two small cars due 2028
Electric vehicles

Report: Honda and Nissan in shock merger talks

The two Japanese giants could join together as a single company, which would include Mitsubishi

17 December 2024
Report: Honda and Nissan in shock merger talks
VW Golf plugged in
For the first three quarters of 2024, the VW Group was China's most prolific seller of PHEVs
Electric vehicles

Ferocious PHEV demand in China poised to boost UK sales too

Plug-in hybrid ‘compliance cars’ are generally too expensive for retail customers, but China is working to change that

17 December 2024
Ferocious PHEV demand in China poised to boost UK sales too
saab factory
Trollhättan began building the Saab 92 in 1949
Vehicle manufacturing

Machinery from former Saab factory listed for sale

Trollhättan plant was put into "hibernation mode" by occupier NEVS last year; owner now in talks about its future

16 December 2024
Machinery from former Saab factory listed for sale
Corporate

Movers and shakers: the latest job moves in the car industry

BMW Group names a new director for Mini UK and Ireland

16 December 2024
Movers and shakers: the latest job moves in the car industry
Corporate

Why the global automotive business model might be dead

Stellantis's struggles to sell the same underpinnings with different shells signpost trouble ahead

13 December 2024
Why the global automotive business model might be dead
Corporate

Mercedes CEO Ola Källenius named new head of ACEA

Källenius says he will work toward “market-driven” transition to electric cars as head of European industry lobby group

11 December 2024
Mercedes CEO Ola Källenius named new head of ACEA
Corporate

Who is McLaren Automotive's new owner CYVN?

This Abu Dhabi investment institution holds the key to unlock McLaren’s long-promised electric SUV

11 December 2024
Who is McLaren Automotive's new owner CYVN?
Citroen e c3 front quarter
Strong orders for electric Citroën ë-C3 will help Stellantis to meet its EU CO2 targets
Corporate

Why there’s very little fallout from Tavares’s Stellantis exit

Car making giant has bounced back from stock slide and has several crucial new models in the pipeline for 2025

10 December 2024
Why there’s very little fallout from Tavares’s Stellantis exit

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