- PSA to sell stake in smaller Chinese tie-up as sales slide – Reuters: Peugeot maker PSA Group said it is preparing to sell its 50% stake in an eight-year-old joint venture with Chinese partner Chongqing Changan Automotive which has struggled with falling sales.
- PSA says China’s Baoneng potential buyer for its 50% Capsa stake – Reuters: PSA says China’s Baoneng potential buyer for its 50% Capsa stake
- Renault-Nissan plans to reboot alliance with new overseer – Automotive News: A new alliance general secretary has already been recruited, a source told Reuters. Establishing a common platform for EVs will be one of the executive’s key tasks, the source said.
- New electric Mini models to be built in China – Autocar: New BMW Group and Great Wall plant will produce Mini EVs – but Oxford will “remain the heart” of o…
- BMW, Great Wall to open 160,000-capacity China plant – Automotive News: BMW and Great Wall will build EVs for Mini and models for the Chinese automaker at a new factory near Shanghai.
- Daimler to cut thousands of jobs worldwide by end of 2022 – Reuters: Daimler on Friday announced plans to cut thousands of jobs across the globe by the end of 2022.
- Opel confirms end of Mokka X production | Automotive Industry News – Just-Auto: Opel confirms end of Mokka X production | Automotive Industry News
- BMW and Great Wall begin work on electric vehicle factory in China – FT: BMW and Great Wall begin work on electric vehicle factory in China
- Honda sets monthly records for automobile production in China – Just-Auto: Honda sets monthly records for automobile production in China
- Mahindra Roxor Violates Fiat Chrysler’s Jeep ‘Trade Dress’: U.S. Judge – Bloomberg: Mahindra Roxor Violates Fiat Chrysler”s Jeep ‘Trade Dress”: U.S. Judge
- BMW, Great Wall to build new China plant for electric cars – Reuters: BMW and its partner Great Wall Motor said they plan to build a plant in China with a capacity of 160,000 cars per year, and which will produce BMW’s electric MINI brand and Great Wall Motor models.
- Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi to appoint General Secretary for alliance – Reuters: Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi said on Friday that in coming days it planned to appoint a General Secretary for the alliance in a bid to boost operational efficiency.
- It’s Adapt or Die for Car Industry’s East European Factory Floor – Bloomberg: More than a hundred companies like Motor Jikov are scattered across the Czech Republic, a stronghold of the European auto industry and a pillar of …
- VW seeks future-proof components arm – Automotive News: VW knows it must transform its in-house components business. But how to do it when the industry is veering away from internal-combustion engines?
- Alfa Romeo set to fix product ‘shortcomings’ – Automotive News: Aggressive expansion plans have been scaled back and the company will focus on updates to its current models, the Giulia and Stelvio, while looking forward to two new SUVs.
- China limits number of rides drivers can offer through car-pooling services – Reuters: China’s Ministry of Transport said car-pooling services have to limit the daily number of rides drivers can offer through apps such as Didi Chuxing’s Hitch, which began trial operations this month a year after passenger deaths left the service suspended.
- Japan’s factory output posts biggest fall in almost two years – Reuters: Japan’s industrial output slipped at the fastest pace … pushed down by a decrease in output of passenger cars and car engines, …