• Toyota expands collaboration with AWS(Amazon Web Services) to accelerate cloud-connected services development under its MSPF (Mobility Services Platform), which helps Toyota engineers develop and manage next-generation of data-driven mobility services.
  • Volkswagen Mexico reaches contract deal with union.
  • Geely Auto unveiled Geely Preface, which will launch in the Q4 2020.
  • Automakers, BMW, VW ,TOYOTA, see auto market rebound in China.
  • Talks between UK government and Tata-owned Jagur Land Rover ended without agreement.
  • Jaguar Land Rover opens new site in South West Londa.
  • Nexteer,a leader in intuitive motion control in Auburn Hills Michigan, reports revenues down 33.9% in H1 2020.
  • Nexteer earned a 2020 Manufacturing Leadship Award.
  • Several UK manufacturers restarted production.
  • Philippine’s vehicle sales sharply down 35% in July 2020.
  • HiPhi(a premium all-electric brand by Human Horizons ) announces partnership with Givaudan(a Swiss manufacturer of flavours, fragrances and active cosmetic ingredients) to develop exclusive onboard fragrances.
  • HiPhi X, self-learning SUV will be launched at 2020 Beijing Auto Show.
  • America’s Car-Mart reports Q1 fiscal year result.
  • UK bus and coach registration fall 77% in Q2.
  • New UK HGV, heavy goods vehicle, market fell 73.4% in Q2 2020.
  • Niu Technologies,electric scooter manufacturing company in China, announces Q2 financial results.
  • Hankook Tyre UK supports Air Ambulance Critical Care car fleet.
  • Ford’s All-New F-150 makes New York City debuts.
  • Black is the most common car color in Britain.
  • Foton Motor, a Chinese commercial vehicle manufacturer, announced 1.1 million vehicles on its platform.
  • EV startup Canoo to go public via a merger with a special-purpose company.
  • Hyperion shows hydrogen-electric supercar via video.
  • RHA, Britain’s Road Haulage Association, predicts UK NOx truck emissions will fall 80% by 2025.
  • Opel Grandland X drives with blue light in e-mode.
  • PPG teams with US Department of Energy for energy-efficient coating systems.
  • China’s vehicle production up 11.2% year-on-year.
  • Uniroyal Global Engineered Products reports Q2 financial results.
  • 2021 Subaru Ascent SUV earns IIHS(Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ) Top Safty Pick+ award.
  • Mazda Toyota Manufacturing commitment to US manufacturing with investment.
  • BYD supplies 30 more eBus for Madrid, Spain.
  • Ludwigsburg (in German)takes Cohda Wireless(a leading developer of Safe Vehicle and Connected Vehicle design solutions and services for public safety, outdoor, and automotive)applications for connecting vehicles) V2X technology.
  • Hyundai Glovis and Incheon Airport to establish a smart parking system.
  • Lanxess sells its organic leather chemicals business to TFL (Transport for London).
  • Birmingham will install 394 rapid EV charge points for Autumn 2020.
  • Automechanika Frankfurt, held in September, sets out digital event vision.
  • Porsche report to build a new plant in Slovakia.
  • CATL, China leading EV battery manufacturer,plans to invest up to $2.75bn in new business to regain leadship.
  • Czech coachmaker Torsus show COVID-18 adapted seating option.