auto industry

Chinese automakers have taken the global cost curve. Western OEMs have written down over US$65bn. We went to Shenzhen to see it first-hand.

India is becoming the silent backbone of many global models in the automotives industry.

Auto supplier Lear Corp’s profitability has been impacted by cost pressures and the supply chain, but its operating flexibility and product portfolio should help it...

Martin Ward knows people and numbers. Growing up in the UK, it was these skills that would take him through the Middle East and Singapore before settling into the...

In the next decade it will be illegal to purchase a car with a petrol or diesel engine in many countries. Policy like this was unthinkable until recently, but now...

GM entered bankruptcy in 2009, suffering from decades of misguided management attempts to remain one of the largest auto companies in the world. This goal led to...

Our trade tensions with China have fuelled the coronavirus-spurred debate about our reliance on offshore supply chains for goods both to and from our shores. Apart...

The Australian automotive sector was one of the hardest hit during the depths of the COVID-19 crisis. But with lockdown easing and traffic returning, the outlook is...

There is perhaps no better example of an industry undergoing digitisation than the automotive industry. The internal combustion engine is being supplanted by the...

It’s no great secret that global automakers are having a tough time, sales are falling leading to inventory building and furloughs or shutdowns of production...