Global automotive industry news, data and analysis
Top insights
Latest automotive news
Hyundai Ulsan output stops on COVID-19 case
Hyundai Motor has shut down a factory in South Korea on Friday after a worker tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Autoliv Americas president quits
Autoliv announced Dan Garceau was resigning as president of Autoliv Americas to take up another post outside the company.
Volkswagen details 1-speed gearbox
Volkswagen has provided some details on the 1-speed gearbox fitted to the ID.3 electric car.
Indonesia sales down slightly in January
New vehicle sales in Indonesia were just slightly lower in January 2020, by 1.5% at 79,983 units compared with already weak year-earlier sales of...
Gestamp 2019 net income down 18% to EUR212m
Gestamp has recorded 2019 net income down 17.6% to EUR212m (US$234m), while revenue grew 6.3% to EUR9.1bn.
Brose invests in further growth in India
Automotive supplier Brose officially opened its new campus in Hinjewadi, Pune on 25 February 2020, with customers as well as representatives from...
Ford's Spin to expand dockless e-scooter services
Spin, the micro-mobility unit of Ford Motor Company that crafted the first stationless micro-mobility permit in the United States of America, today...
Geneva show cancelled as coronavirus spreads - Updated
Organisers of next week's (3 March) Geneva Motor Show have cancelled the event after a Federal Edict banning gatherings of more than 1,000 people came into immediate effect, following the increasing impact of the coronavirus in Europe.
Renault mulls using other suppliers as coronavirus spreads
Renault says it is evaluating whether or not other unnamed component manufacturers can step in to fill the supply gap...
UK car output dips 2.1% in January, but exports up
British car production fell by 2.1% in the first month of 2020 according to figures released today by the Society of...
Latest automotive insights
Geneva is coronavirus toast - the week
Not entirely unexpected but enough to rattle quite a few people's cages this morning - the Geneva show is off. Not postponed. Too big for that. Axed. Canned. Cancelled. News agency sources reported the announcement following the government in Bern's ban on gatherings of over 1,000 people while a hapless Palexpo 'spokesperson' declined to comment. Eventually came a press conference. Force majeure so forgeddabout suing Palexpo and good luck with nailing legal paper on the Swiss administration's front door.
What you would have seen at the now cancelled Geneva motor show
Volkswagen was one of the last to announce official details of new cars which would have made their global debut at the...
Electrified Soul searching, round two
One thing was abundantly clear at the UK media launch of Kia's fully redesigned, Korean built Soul EV - the days of...
GUEST COMMENT - Mobility tech and the importance of critical components
In a third guest article written exclusively for just-auto, Dato Madani Sahari, the CEO of Malaysia Automotive, Robotics...
ANALYSIS - Ford Focus ST diesel
Market leader Ford says it will be boosting the appeal of the Focus this year within a 48V mild hybrid petrol powertrain. No doubt the C02 number will be good but will there be as much combined vim and sensibility as can be found in the ST 2.0-litre diesel, surely the best Focus yet?
Future Bentley, Lamborghini and Bugatti models
A year ago, Bentley was in its parent's bad books, being publicly chastised by Wolfgang Porsche and Hans Michel Piech....
Why we should applaud VW at the Guggenheim
A car company is obviously a social enterprise of considerable scale and economic importance. The collective aim of the...
Management briefing - 2020 Geneva motor no-show
This year's Geneva Salon will be remembered as being cancelled due to the coronavirus. What would we have seen? There...
Hot issues
Coronavirus hits the auto industry
The Wuhan coronavirus outbreak is causing disruption in China (especially Hubei province) with knock-on impacts on...
OEMs and Tier 1s announce vehicle and technology innovations at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Our...
PSA and FCA have jointly published plans for a merger that they say opens a path to the creation of a new group with...
Strike hits General Motors in North America
In the middle of September, some 49,000 UAW members at GM in the US walked out in what is the company's first strike...
Latest interviews
Interview - Ford Europe chief, Stuart Rowley
These are turbulent times for Ford. Earlier this month, investors took fright when the company announced a $1.7bn...
The future looks bright for dim mirrors
Car auto-dimming mirror-maker Gentex Corporation has developed a number of new features and technology concepts that...
Robo-van B2B logistics for the retail industry
An autonomous vehicle start-up based in Silicon Valley is developing Level 4 automated light trucks...
Designers are continually reinventing the interior to appeal to occupants of all shapes, sizes, ages...
Reducing cobalt levels without sacrificing wear-resistance
Cobalt-rich alloys are frequently used to provide wear resistance in critical high-temperature...
Thought leaders
Driving Smarter Innovations with Chemical Labelling & Material Approval for Manufacturers and Upstre
Driving Smarter Innovations with Chemical Labelling & Material Approval for Manufacturers and Upstream Suppliers
2020 and Beyond – What can we expect from the Next 20 Years of Automotive Technology?
TU-Automotive Detroit is celebrating its 20th birthday this year. And to kick off this year’s campaign we looked back at the past 20 years of Automotive Technology and asked our...
New from just-auto - the just-auto magazine. Read it for free now.
New from just-auto - the just-auto magazine. Read it for free now.
Research store
Car Rental BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) Industry Guide 2014-2023
Car Rental BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) Industry Guide 2014-2023
The BRIC Car Rental industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: Market size (value and volume 2014-18, and forecast to 2023). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the Market... Read more
Published: January 2020 - ($995.00)
Porsche Automobil Holding SE (PAH3) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review
Published: January 2020 - ($125.00)
Shared mobility - Thematic Research
Published: July 2019 - ($1950.00)
About just-auto
just-auto is the online resource for the automotive industry. Packed with the latest global automotive industry news, analysis and research, just-auto gives automotive industry executives the intelligence they need to do their jobs better. Visitors to just-auto can also buy global automotive industry research from our own market research store.
just-auto's online advertising team also offer opportunities for companies to advertise to our membership of senior decision makers. Join the thousands of automotive executives who stay ahead of trends in the global automotive industry with just-auto.
MAGAZINE
