Peter Sigal

Before year-end, Stellantis will roll out its strategic plan, which is expected to give more clarity about several brands that had been starved of investment under FCA, including Dodge and Chrysler in the U.S.

Michael Lohscheller, who led money-losing Opel's turnaround under PSA Group, will be replaced by Uwe Hochgeschurtz, the head of Renault’s operations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Starting in 2025, batteries and other EV components will come from Svolt's planned factory in Germany's Saarland region. Stellantis now has five battery sources ahead of an expected mass transition to electric vehicles.

Jeep touts "zero emission freedom" while Ram says it is "built to serve a sustainable planet." Dodge wants to "tear up the streets…not the planet."

Replacing side-view mirrors with cameras brings safety and aerodynamics benefits, but Mercedes will not offer them on the EQS, for a very un-technical reason: motion sickness. 

The C5 X marks Citroen's re-entry into the large sedan segment, dominated by German automakers.

The industry has been confident that the strange problem would straighten itself before long. That now seems unlikely.

Bernd Pischetsrieder was nominated for the position in December after former Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche withdrew his candidacy amid shareholder opposition.

The suppliers current CTO, Michael Bolle, is leaving the company and Uwe Raschke, head of Bosch's Consumer Goods business sector, is retiring.

The higher-voltage system, now found only on high-end cars such as the Porsche Taycan, allows for faster charging and smaller motors versus the current 400-volt standard.

Mitsubishi reverses a 2020 plan to exit the European market amid falling sales, with two new vehicles to be based on Renault models starting in 2023.

The new group, formed from the merger of PSA and Fiat Chrysler, will focus on "existing brands" in North America such as Jeep and Ram, a spokesman said.

The semiconductor factory, or wafer fab, in Germany is expected to start operations this year amid a global chip shortage that has affected global auto production.

CEO Carlos Tavares says the combined Fiat Chrysler-PSA group will not be labeled as only a "legacy car company."

The automaker's European joint venture with energy giant Total says it will be able to supply batteries for 1 million EVs by 2030.