WASHINGTON—The United States, Canada and Mexico came to a last minute agreement last Sunday on a revised trade deal called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement or USMCA. President Donald Trump and his Mexican and Canadian counterparts are expected to sign the deal by the end of November. It will then be up to Congress to approve the deal, which is likely to come up for a vote next year.
STUTTGART, Germany—Sports car maker Porsche said Sunday it would become the first German auto giant to abandon the diesel engine, reacting to parent company Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal and urban driving bans.
Altair and the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) recently announced the winners of the 6th annual Altair Enlighten Award, which honors achievements in vehicle lightweighting.
Computer tomography (CT) has traditionally been used in the healthcare field. But, engineers at BMW recently started to use the technology to improve quality. They use it for prototype development, production and analysis, a first in the automotive industry.
DETROIT—General Motors will expand production and sales of the Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle. At the same time, GM is expanding battery production for the vehicle from South Korea to a new factory in Michigan.
SPIRIT LAKE, IA—A worker at the Polaris Industries motorcycle assembly plant here was injured late Monday in a small explosion and fire at the facility, according to a report in the Sioux City Journal.
CHARLOTTE, NC—As residents on the East Coast deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, the region’s automotive industry has mostly resumed normal operations, according to a report in Crain's Detroit Business.
India is one of the world's fastest-growing economies thanks, in part, to the automotive industry, including suppliers like Johnson Controls. This global conglomerate produces a wide range of components for cars.