Nissan have named Makoto Uchida, head of the maker's important China division, to be their next President and CEO, after resignation of former CEO Hiroto Saikawa.

A Nissan executive with experience in joint purchasing with partner Renault, the Uchida

The Volkswagen Group plan to increase differentiation among the VW, Škoda and SEAT brands, pushing SEAT upmarket while focusing Škoda more on challenging lower-priced rivals such as Hyundai, Kia, and Dacia.

Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa has resigned in the wake of a scandal over his compensation and over-payments. The Nissan Motor nominating committee met yesterday to discuss the matter after Saikawa privately indicated to some executives within

Kia Motors named former Infiniti design chief Karim Habib as a senior VP, heading the Korean automaker's design center and presiding over the look of its vehicles.

Habib will join Kia at the start of October and will be based at Kia's global design headquarters

Arnaud Deboeuf has left his role as a senior executive of the Renault-Nissan Alliance and been appointed industrial strategy director at French rival PSA Group.

Deboeuf, 27 years at Renault, was a close ally of former alliance boss Carlos Ghosn, serving

Marelli have entered a strategic partnership with China-based Shanghai Highly. Under the terms of the deal, Marelli has agreed an equity transfer agreement with Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning (JCH) to acquire equity interest in Shanghai

Human Horizons have entered a strategic coöperation agreement with Beijing Nebula Link Technology, for the development of V2X technology.

Human Horizons, who are behind a premium all-electric smart-automobile brand named HiPhi, have pioneered

Jaguar Land Rover are trialling an innovative recycling process to convert waste plastics into a new, premium-grade material that could feature on future vehicles.

Today, an unsettlingly large amount of plastic can't be recycled for use in automotive

Oliver Zipse will assume the role of Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG effective on 16 August 2019. The company's Supervisory Board made this decision last week during its meeting in Spartanburg, South Carolina (USA).

Ford and Volkswagen will share electric and autonomous car technologies, extending their alliance beyond commercial vehicles. Ford CEO Jim Hackett said in January that sharing EV and AV technologies is attractive for coöperation because of big