Andreas Renschler will no longer head Daimler Trucks, parent company Daimler AG announced Thursday, Feb. 21. Renschler has headed the company’s trucks division since October 2004, and he’ll be moving to a production and purchasing role for Mercedez-Benz, another Daimler company.
In 2010 Danielson, then plant manager at Volvo Cars Torslanda, was chosen to manage Volvo Cars’ burgeoning operation in China after just four years with Volvo, having spent most of his career at Saab and General Motors. “I’m very pleased that Lars Danielson has accepted this challenge. His extensive experience within manufacturing will be of […]
The aim is to export 5,000 units a year to the rapidly expanding markets, following more than 70% of Toyota’s vehicles sold in the US last year being assembled in North American plants and the first exports reaching South Korea in November. “We are proud that Toyota’s U.S. manufacturing operations are continuing to grow as […]
Continental rolled out a prototype Driver Focus vehicle intended to train motorists not to text, apply lipstick, read a map, sift through the glovebox or look backward to give a crying child a pacifier while the wheels are turning.
Volkswagen Group, bent on becoming the world’s largest automaker, has amassed an expansive collection of brands to help put that goal within reach. Chrysler Group keeps adding logos to its dealers’ showrooms — Ram, Fiat, SRT and soon Alfa Romeo.
General Motors, laying down a high-stakes bet on the future of vehicle connectivity, plans to make each of its cars an Internet hotspot with a high-speed broadband connection. By mid-2014, GM will team with AT&T Inc. to equip most 2015 models in the United States and Canada with 4G LTE broadband, the fastest type of […]
To support its contract manufacturing of Mercedes-Benz A-Class cars in Finland, Valmet Automotive has signed contracts with three logistics providers following a multi-step tender process. Valmet is will work with DSV Road Holding, Polar Logistics International and Nybrok for services including collection and delivery of materials to the Uusikaupunki plant from Daimler’s supplier network.
European trade representatives have reiterated their dismay at Russia’s imposition of a recycling tax on imported vehicles. The tax means they are effectively paying duties on imports that in many cases would be higher than before the country acceded to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and agreed to lower import taxes on foreign vehicles.
Last week’s European Union budget agreement, which will see a third of funding cut from the €32 billion ($42.8 billion) originally marked for transport infrastructure projects, has been described as a “missed opportunity†by a collection of transport-related associations across the continent and transport modes,
