Ford is the first vehicle manufacturer to join The Climate Registry, a new North American corporate CO2 reporting initiative which follows on from a longer-established California Climate Registry.
Magna International Inc. has overtaken Delphi Corp. to become the largest automotive supplier in North America by sales turnover, according to Automotive News.
A £10 million purpose-built car retail park opening this month called VROOM!, at Silverlink, Newcastle upon Tyne, consists of ten showrooms with forecourts, while a 'service lane' hosts the participating franchises' PDI units in addition to a MOT and service
Solomon Technologies, Inc. has announced that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC has generally affirmed an earlier court decision in its case against Toyota Motor Corporation and some of its affiliates concerning intellectual property in
The Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company recommended at the end of last week that its stockholders take no action in response to the announcement by Tracinda Corporation that it had commenced a tender offer to acquire up to
Unite, Scotland's largest trade union, has condemned the management of Freescale Semiconductors after they announced a buyer could not be found to continue production at the East Kilbride plant which produces embedded chips for products ranging from vehicle powertrains to
Invest Germany is promoting opportunities to join the German auto industry in developing lithium-ion and related automotive technologies backed by €1.1bn of public funds over 10 years. The agency reports that German OEMs - Daimler, BMW, Porsche, Audi, Volkswagen, and
The Calibre One Index - a quarterly review of tech investor activity - shows that more venture capital was put to work in the European technology sector in the first quarter of 2008 than ever before. The previous high of
Analysts quoted by the US Automotive Digest Weekly say that General Motors, already facing fresh Chapter 11 exit finance costs for its former subsidiary Delphi following the withdrawal of a private equity group funding, has agreed to pay up to
The BERR published yesterday a second consultation document relating to implementation of the EU Batteries Directive, this time covering just its Internal Market provisions. The consultation includes draft Regulations to transpose the Internal Market provisions of the Directive into UK
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., today announced financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008, and committed in a five-year business plan to achieving global ZEV market leadership.Nissan's financial results included net revenues of 10.824 trillion yen (€66.98 billion),
