Top News:
- Citing Brexit, GM’s Opel reduces working hours at two UK-focused assembly plants – Just-auto: General Motors’ European unit Opel/Vauxhall is scaling backworking hours at two German plants due to lower demand for the Corsa and Insignia models, citing Britain’s recent ‘Brexit’ vote to leave the European Union.
- Plug-in hybrid sales boosted by growing fleet demand – Autocar: Company car fleets account for close to two thirds of PHEV sales; fleet total is 45% up on year before
- VW outlines supplier dispute impact on plants – Just-auto: Volkswagen Group has provided more detail on the impact of halted parts supplies on production at several of its plants. The company is in dispute with some suppliers after it terminated contracts last week.
- Lotus further ‘lightweights’ Evora 400 – Just-auto: Various lightweighting measures have enabled Lotus to shave 42kg off the weight of its Evora 400 model, the automaker said.
- 2016 BMW 330e: More Than A Hybrid, Not Quiet An EV, But Still A BMW – Forbes: But the 330e isn’t an electric car. Rather, it’s a plug-in hybrid. You can compare the 330e against other electric cars and plug-in hybrids if you want to,…
- GM Expands Foothold in Promising African Market – Detroit Bureau: In the continuing battle for an edge in global markets, GM has quietly staked out a position in East Africa. To find out more about this market, go to TheDetroitBureau.com.
- Renesas-Intersil: Putting Down Chips for Automotive Jackpot – WSJ: A one-time supplier of chips to Apple iPhones looks to be paving the road to supply the likes of Apple’s cars. Getting bigger may be the only way to get…
- Mercedes’ China H2 sales may slow as new E-Class output raised – Daimler – Reuters: BEIJING Aug 22 Mercedes-Benz sales in China may slow in the second half of 2016 while the company ramps up production of its new E-Class model …
- FAW Xiali: plans to sold 15% shares of Tianjin FAW Toyota Motors to shareholders – Automotive News: Gasgoo (Shanghai, August 22)-On the night of August 21th, FAW Xiali released an Announcement of Suspension of Trading in relation to material…
- Brexit slows Vauxhall Corsa and Insignia production – Autocar: German plants that build cars for British market set to reduce supply as profits shrink
- Malaysia sales fall 28% in July, drop 16% YTD – Just-auto: by close to 28% to 42,471 units – in July, compared with 58,646 units in the same month of last year, according to data released by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA).