- Toyota, Denso to launch semiconductor venture for future technology – Mainichi: Toyota, Denso to launch semiconductor venture for future technology …
- Japan’s markets watchdog recommends $22 million fine for Nissan over Ghosn pay – Reuters: Japan’s markets watchdog said on Tuesday it has recommended that Nissan Motor Co Ltd be fined about 2.4 billion yen ($22 million) over the underreporting of former chairman Carlos Ghosn’s compensation.
- Key question in lawsuit against FCA: Did company knowingly sell defective shifters? – Freep: FCA did not answer a question about whether it knowingly sold vehicles with a defective shifter. The issue was linked to the death of Anton Yelchin.
- China car market set for second year of declining sales – FT: Suzuki quit the Chinese market last year, while Ford and Peugeot owner PSA have been forced to run factories at well below full capacity. However …
- Nissan’s UK plant will be protected after Brexit, Johnson says – Automotive News: Nissan’s UK plant will be protected after Brexit, Johnson says
- Kim Woo-choong, founder of S. Korea’s Daewoo Group, dies at 83 – Automotive News: The defunct Daewoo, started by Kim in 1967, symbolized South Korea’s meteoric rise after the Korean War before becoming one of its biggest corporate failures. Its Daewoo Motor unit was acquired by GM in the early 2000s.
- Tata Motors Global Sales Fell 15% To 89,671 Units In November – Bloomberg: Tata Motors Global Sales Fell 15% To 89,671 Units In November
- Hyundai thinks new 2020 Sonata sound feature will keep drivers calm in traffic – Freep: The Nature Sound feature on the 2020 Hyundai Sonata seems like the noise generators some people use to offset the city’s bustle so they can sleep.
- BYD lands Europe’s largest ever electric bus order – Just-Auto: BYD lands Europe’s largest ever electric bus order
- Rolls-Royce says ValueAct executive leaves board – Reuters: British engineering company Rolls-Royce said Bradley Singer, a representative of its largest shareholder the activist investor ValueAct Capital, has resigned from its board.
- Volvo V90 and S90 range to be updated with mild hybrid tech – Autocar: Swedish brand’s flagship saloon and estate will join XC90 with a raft of revisions, including mor…
- Honda’s Hachigo seizes the wheel as quality crisis hits profits – Automotive News: At a two-day gathering for Honda”s suppliers in March, CEO Takahiro Hachigo sounded the alarm.