Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki) announced its agreement to begin considering concrete collaboration in new fields. Toyota and Suzuki have been considering the concrete details of such collaboration since having concluded a memorandum of understanding toward business partnership on February 6, 2017. Toyota and Suzuki, in addition to bringing together Toyota’s [...]

Michelin China is expanding its partnership with China’s largest retailer JD.com through the launch of a first-party flagship store on the JD platform. The new partnership will also see the global tire manufacturer and e-commerce giant integrate its offline auto service networks. Consumers who buy Michelin tires on JD.com will be given priority to choose [...]

Ford is planning to cut up to 5,000 jobs in Germany in an effort to turn around its European business. Some UK jobs will also be lost as part of the strategy. Ford, which employs 53,000 people in the Europe, including 24,000 in Germany and 12,000 in the UK, reported losses of $400m in 2018. [...]

Mitsubishi and Nissan will introduce four new mini-vehicles in Japan through their joint venture. Production of the all-new Mitsubishi eK wagon, Mitsubishi eK X, Nissan Dayz, and Nissan Dayz Highway Star, has begun at Mitsubishi’s Mizushima Plant in Kurashiki, Japan. For the first time, the models will be offered with semi-autonomous driving technology, designed for [...]

TWI Ltd is leading a European project consortium to create training modules for a harmonised standard of qualification in the car body repair sector. The CARBOREP project, which has been co-funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme, plans to create a curriculum and examination for training European car body repair technicians in processes such as [...]