On 23 December 2018, a Japanese court extended Nissan chairman’s, Carlos Ghosn, detention by 10 days, according to Reuters. Carlos is facing new allegations of shouldering $16.6m of Nissan’s money in personal investment losses. Announced by the Tokyo District Court, the extension requires Carlos to stay in Tokyo’s main detention centre. The detention centre is [...]

Automechanika Ho Chi Minh City 2019 will be returning for its third consecutive year from 28 February – 2 March. The fair expects to host 380 international exhibitors across the automotive service industry, in the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre. The fair will stretch over 10,200 sqm of exhibiting space, where attendees will explore an [...]

Saint-Gobain has acquired the UK-based company Farécla Products. Founded in 1952, Farécla Products manufactures surface finishing products and solutions for consumer and industrial uses including automotive markets. Farécla Products will enable Saint-Gobain to complete its surface finishing product range while at the same time bringing its technical expertise to engineer new solutions in the automotive [...]

Groupe Renault and JMCG announced an agreement in EV on the Chinese market, which represents 50% of the worldwide EV market. Groupe Renault will take a significant part of JMEV, a subsidiary of JMCG. Groupe Renault will thus complete its offering, increase its presence in the country and further support JMEV development. Since 2015 JMCG [...]

Kia Motors will preview a range of new technologies developed for the post-autonomous driving era at the 2019 Consumer Electronic Show (CES). Kia’s interactive ‘Space of Emotive Driving’ exhibit looks to a future when autonomous driving is the norm and priority is given to improving the human mobility experience. Central to this concept is Kia’s [...]