Volvo Cars will start vehicle assembly operations in India in 2017. The move positions the company for further growth in the fast-expanding premium car segment in India. The assembly operations will be located near Bangalore in southern India and focus on models based on Volvo’s SPA modular vehicle architecture. The first Volvo model to be [...]

Ford Motor is planning to cut its workforce in North America and Asia by about 10 per cent – which could equate to around 20,000 jobs. However, it does not plan to cut its hourly workforce or production. According to the Wall Street Journal, this is part of a previously-announced plan to cut costs by $3bn. [...]

The number of robots installed by the French car industry rose 22% to 1,400 according to World Robotics Report 2016 published by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). The automotive sector is one of the main driving forces modernising the French economy: with a robot density of 940 units per 10,000 workers, France currently ranks [...]

Autopromotec, an international exhibition of automotive equipment and aftermarket products, takes place in Bologna, Italy on 24-28 May. The event includes AutopromotecEDU, what the show organisers label as ‘the area of discussion and debate for the most current topics of automotive aftersales service, aimed at business growth but above all at the development of a [...]

Toyota is set to back Cartivator group engineers in a bid to develop a flying car. The vehicle manufacturer has agreed in principle to support the project to the sum of 40 million yen (£274, 000) reports the Nikkei Asian Review. To date crowdfunding has paid for development of the ‘Skydrive’ car, which uses drone [...]