Volkswagen Group has begun regular production of ID.4 crossover, the second model in a planned family of electric vehicles that will be built and sold around the world.

Mitsubishi Motors Chairman Osamu Masuko retires, citing health reasons, after leading the automakers through more than a decade.

The Czechslovak manufacturer Avia has given up on the production of new vehicles and will now concentrate on building spare parts.

Volkswagen Group is not done reshuffling its management, CEO Herbert Diess told a German newspaper in an interview.

The coronavirus pandemic in Europe has temporarily shut down production in many factories of European and overseas automakers. Only a few of them did not close their operations: Tatra Trucks is one of them.

Prosecutors searched Fiat Chrysler Automobiles sites in Germany and Italy as part of an international fraud investigation into potentially illegal emissions cheating defeat devices.

In the first six months of 2020, Porsche supplied a total of 116,964 cars to customers worldwide. The coronavirus crisis and the resulting closures of Porsche Centres over a period of several weeks resulted in a 12 per cent decline in deliveries as compared to the prior year.

The world’s light vehicle market is forecast to decline by 17.2% to 73.6 million units in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated economic fallout, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

German prosecutors have extended their diesel-emissions probe to include supplier Continental for its role in supplying engine components, searching the company’s offices and those of automaker Volkswagen Group, the companies said on Wednesday.

Britain’s car production plunged 95 percent to the lowest level for May since 1946 after automakers were forced to idle factories to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

Following the news that BMW and Mercedes-Benz are putting their autonomous drive technology collaboration on hold; David Leggett, Automotive Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view.

Following the news that UK new car sales in the month of May fell by 89% on last year as the market was effectively frozen under lockdown rules.

Volkswagen Group has agreed to pay 9 million euros ($9.9 million) in a deal with a German court to end legal proceedings against its chairman and CEO, who were accused of holding back market-moving information on rigged emissions tests.

Even as automotive manufacturers tentatively restart production lines after the COVID-19 crisis disruptions, the global automotive industry faces a hit to the market that will be greater than in the 2007/8 financial crisis, says GlobalData, a data and analytics company.

TPCA, a joint venture of Toyota and PSA Group, has extended the shutdown of its plant in Kolin, Czech Republic, until at least May 25.

Benzina plans to continue the investment in expanding and developing its Slovak network also this year. The leader of the Czech market ended last year with ten filling stations in Slovakia, and it plans to double their number this year.

Porsche is extending the new car warranty by a further three months for all cars with a new car warranty expiring between 1 March 2020 and 31 May 2020. This measure is free of charge for customers and is valid worldwide.

Ford confirmed today that it intends to restart initial production at most of its main continental European vehicle and engine plants from May 4.

PSA Group warned of sharp fall in demand for autos this year due to the coronavirus crisis after posting a 15.6 percent drop in first-quarter revenue.

Global light vehicle production is now expected to fall more than 20 percent to around 71 million units in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing recession, a top automotive forecaster said Monday.