As the powertrain specialist moves away from diesels it has explored new ways of cutting emissions with more efficient gasoline engines, as Harry Husted, the supplier’s head of product, electrification and electronics, explained to Automotive News Europe.

PSA said it will continue to sell its struggling DS upscale brand in China, although it is ending a joint venture with Changan that builds DS cars for the local market.

An FCA-PSA merger would have a deep impact across the pond, combining r&d, sharing platforms and challenging VW.

PSA CEO Carlos Tavares would lead the combined company as CEO, while FCA Chairman John Elkann would assume the same role at the new company, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. PSA’s board is holding an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.

The route between Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris and La Defense, a huge business district west of the city, is regarded as ideal for shared, self-driving cars that would add to train, taxi and bus transportation options.

With Thierry Bollore's ouster at Renault and new leaders taking the helm at Nissan, Carlos Ghosn's imprint on the alliance is quickly disappearing.

It took just three days to topple Renault CEO Thierry Bollore, giving the automaker and its estranged partner, Nissan, a clean sheet to ponder how to revive trust in their alliance and redistribute the balance of power.

Prior to being dismissed as Renault CEO, Thierry Bollore told a French newspaper that calls for his firing were "stupefying."

Ashwani Gupta, Nissan's new COO, has spent much of the past 13 years shuttling between Tokyo and Paris in executive positions that gave him a bird's-eye view of the Renault-Nissan alliance's often-opaque structure.

Renault Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard will ask the automaker's board to look for a successor to CEO Thierry Bollore, Le Figaro said, citing unnamed sources.

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.

Martin Fischer will be ZF's board member for areas that include advanced driver assist systems and electronics, and will be based in Livonia, Mich.

The French supplier named industry veteran Laurent Favre CEO as part of a new management team as the company invests in new plants and joint ventures.

Instead of creating a traditional dealer network, the Geely-owned brand will offer subscriptions to customers, market its cars online, and sell through flagship stores and so-called "pop-up" stores in Europe. Lynk & CO boss Alain Visser discussed this and more with Automotive News Europe.