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After we’ve found out that almost each automaker has revealed sale decrease for July 2017, we had been thinking that probably specialists were right calling the car industry doomed, but now that w know that Subaru Corp.’ sales climbed 18%, we’re not so sure anymore Operating income climbed 18 percent for the company’s fiscal first quarter ended June 30. Net income increased 4.4 percent to 82.33 billion yen ($732.9 million) in the period. Revenue advanced 11 percent to 854.77 billion yen ($8.90 billion) in the April-June period, driven by an 11 percent in...
Just because your name is considered to be synonym for quality, doesn’t mean you will always follow these rules, and don’t make mistakes. If you don’t believe that, just see here how many Cayenne cars Porsche is recalling for having a software glitch fixed with an update The number of Porsche Cayenne Diesel models affected with the software issue is more than 21,500 vehicles in Europe from model years 2014 to 2017, including 6,000 in Germany, all powered by the 3.0-litre V6 Diesel. The issue is with irregularities in the engine control software ...
Takata Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan and the U.S., after the world’s biggest automotive recall scandal. The company will be bought by the U.S. supplier Key Safety for $1.59 billion. The sale will not include some operations related to Takata’s business in the ammonium nitrate airbag inflators that were the subject of a global recall linked to defects that resulted in some airbags exploding with too much force and spraying the cabin with metal shards. Malfunctioning Takata airbag inflators have been linked to at least 16 deaths and 180 injuries worldwide ...
For the first time starting in 2019 Ford Motor Co. will export vehicles from China to the U.S.. The automaker plans to move the production of its Ford Focus small car from U.S. to China. Sales of small cars have dropped sharply in the U.S. and companies are seeking to cut costs making them. Ford's president of global operations Joe Hinrichs said the move to China will save the company $1 billion, including $500 million for canceling plans to build the Focus in Mexico. Wary of the response from President Donald Trump, who has criticized Ford for making vehicles outside the U.S., ...
Auto supplier Robert Bosch is investing $1,1 billion in its semiconductor plant. The company has never made such big investments before, which means this deal it’s planning right now is really worth it. The factory in Dresden, Germany, will start producing chips needed for autonomous vehicles, smart homes and Internet-linked city infrastructure in 2021. It’ll employ as many as 700 workers once construction is complete in 2019. Bosch, known as a maker of traditional car parts such as braking systems and combustion engines, is also a long-time software developer and is inc...
