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Aston Martin plans to team up with Chinese consumer electronics group LeEco to help bring its electric RapidE vehicle to market by 2018

TI Automotive said it has acquired Ligonier, Ind.-based powertrain supplier Millennium Industries Corp.

Japanese automakers may have run out of the fuel that’s driven profits higher for four years: the weaker yen. Toyota and Japan’s six other automakers may combine to earn 4.

Beda Bolzenius will leave his role as president of Johnson Controls‘ automotive business by March 31, the world’s largest auto seat supplier said today in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Japan’s autoworkers will ask for raises from carmakers led by Toyota for a third straight year while scaling back from their demands in 2015.

GM Powertrain is no more. General Motors said today it has renamed its powertrain unit after 24 years to GM Global Propulsion Systems.

Two executives have left Santander Consumer USA to take top leadership positions at Exeter Finance, the companies said Tuesday. Both lenders specialize in subprime auto lending.

Hyundai, now entering the final stages of its plan to launch the Genesis luxury brand this summer, said it tapped Erwin Raphael as Genesis‘ first general manager in the U.S.

The folks at Radio Flyer have collaborated with Tesla Motors to create a drivable miniature version of the Model S electric car for children, complete with lithium-ion battery technology.

Seven Super Bowl 50 commercials remain on our Viral Video list this week, including Honda’s top-rated ’sheepish‘ tribute to the new Ridgeline, „A New Truck to Love.“