International business leaders, engineering experts and academics from the automotive industry and complete aluminium value chain will be converging on Shanghai in July for Aluminium China 2017, to share the latest developments in lightweight automotive design and manufacturing. Aluminium is increasingly seen as playing a key role in minimising overall weight while ensuring strength and [...]

Two Porsche bosses have been caught up in the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal. The BBC has reported that German prosecutors suspect the executives, Matthias Mueller and Hans Dieter Poetsch, of delaying releasing information to investors. Matthias Mueller, the boss of Porsche SE, the parent company of the sportscar maker, and chairman of VW, will be [...]

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 [...]