The International Material Data System (IMDS) is the automobile industry’s system for managing information on materials used in auto manufacturing; it enables companies to meet national and international standards, laws, and regulatory obligations for materials declarations. Some suppliers may have used Recommendation 019 (REC 019) materials in their IMDS declarations in the electronics supply chain. […]

PARIS — Renault on Friday named Clotilde Delbos at interim chief executive after ending the tenure of Thierry Bollore following a boardroom vote. Renault issued a statement saying Bollore, 56, would leave his role with immediate effect and that Delbos, 52, would be interim CEO during the process to appoint a new CEO. Renault also […]

PARIS — Thierry Bollore, Renault’s embattled CEO, said the news that the automaker’s chairman, Jean-Dominique Senard, was pushing for his removal was “totally unexpected” and “stupefying.” Bollore told the French business newspaper Les Echos that he only learned at 4 a.m. on Wednesday, after returning to Paris on a flight from Tokyo, that Senard wanted […]

SHANGHAI — The unexpected, extended downturn in China’s new-vehicle market poses grave threats to the survival of many small domestic brands. It has also sent General Motors rushing to the aid of a volume brand it created nine years ago at its light-vehicle joint venture in China. GM unveiled the Baojun market-entry brand in 2010 […]

When French automakers jumped into China, they thought Chinese consumers’ appetite for French design and luxury goods would translate into booming car sales. That hasn’t been the case. After several years of growth in China, sales at PSA Group and Renault have dropped sharply. True, the slumping Chinese economy has affected sales at almost every […]

Volvo Cars and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group plan to carve out their engine operations and merge them into a stand-alone unit. The new business will develop next-generation hybrid powertrains and internal combustion engines for group brands such as Volvo, Lotus, Lynk & CO and Geely Auto as well as third parties. Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson […]

This years’ theme, “Beyond ELV: The Expanding Requirements for Compliance Reporting” will focus on what you need to know to meet upcoming and ever-changing requirements. Hear the latest on GDPR Reporting challenges, Brazillian RoHs, Waste Frame Directive, ELV in Asian Pacific & Europe, Polymer Reporting, Prop65 impacts and of course, IMDS. What was new in […]

Jaguar Land Rover said it won a case in China against local rival Jiangling Motors Corp. for making light trucks that copy features of the Range Rover Evoque. Beijing Chaoyang District Court said on Friday the Evoque, whose latest model was launched in 2018, had five unique features that were copied directly in the Landwind […]

LONDON — Honda is set to announce the closure of its Swindon car plant putting 3,500 jobs at risk, Sky News reported on Monday. The broadcaster said that the announcement by Honda could come on Tuesday, and that the plant was scheduled to close in 2022. Most Civics and CR-Vs built in Swindon are exported […]

Ford Motor told British Prime Minister Theresa May that it is stepping up preparations to move production out of Britain, The Times reported on Tuesday. The automaker told the prime minister during a private call with business leaders that it is preparing alternative sites abroad, the paper said. “We have long urged the UK Government […]