German new-car registrations are expected to decline by 6 percent in 2020 as the coronavirus outbreak hits automakers and suppliers, industry association VDA said on Thursday.
The Geneva auto show, due to start next week, has been canceled after the Swiss government banned gatherings of more than 1,000 people.
The organizers of the Geneva auto show have asked exhibitors from coronavirus-infected areas to check staff for symptoms before arriving in Switzerland.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is restricting access to its European plants following the spread of the coronavirus in northern Italy.
China car sales plunged 92 percent during the first two weeks of February as the coronavirus outbreak kept buyers away from showrooms.
Following the news that this year’s Beijing auto show – planned for April – is being postponed due to the coronavirus health crisis; the coronavirus public health crisis alone puts a big question-mark next to this year’s Geneva Motor Show, scheduled for March.
Skoda’s first battery-powered model based on parent Volkswagen Group’s MEB electric platform will be called the Enyaq.
Disruptions to parts production caused by the coronavirus outbreak in China could threaten output at one of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ plants in Europe within two to four weeks, CEO Mike Manley said.
Volkswagen Group has postponed the resumption of production at its China joint ventures, in the latest sign of the coronavirus’s impact on economic activity.
Automakers face twin short-term challenges: the transition toward producing a higher share of electric vehicles in response to tightening emission legislation and declining volumes in their biggest markets: Europe, China, US.
Following the new and tighter EU CO2 emissions rules for cars sold in Europe coming into effect in 2020, David Leggett, Automotive Editor at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view.
German prosecutors on Tuesday filed charges against six Volkswagen managers for their role in the automaker’s emissions-cheating scandal.
Nissan has stepped up contingency planning for a possible split from Renault, according to the Financial Times, which cited people familiar with the matter.
The head of Volkswagen Group’s Seat brand, Luca de Meo, is stepping down with immediate effect. De Meo will be replaced by the brand’s finance chief, Carsten Isensee, until further notice, Seat said in a statement on Tuesday.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has delivered an historic annual sales record in 2019, with a global performance unequalled in the company’s 116-year history. A total of 5,152 cars were delivered to customers in over 50 countries around the world, an increase of 25% on the previous high set in 2018.
In outlining the industrial side of their merger, PSA Group and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said that more than two-thirds of their production would be concentrated on just two platforms, with 3 million cars per year on a compact/midsize platform and 2.6 million on a small platform.
Volkswagen Group is not considering other locations for a new multibrand plant besides Turkey, sources said. A decision to build the plant in Turkey is still on hold and will not be made until February, sources familiar with the matter told Automobilwoche.
Renault has offered Luca de Meo, CEO of Volkswagen Group’s Seat brand, the job of CEO, Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia reported on Saturday, citing anonymous sources.
Automakers selling cars in the EU may face tougher CO2 emissions reduction targets after the European Commission signaled it will review goals already set for 2030.
