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FROM SHOP TO PIT ROW
Dec. 17Mini says its program of embedding dealership service techs with race crews is promoting teamwork and building morale.
Hyundai promotes former BMW exec to r&d chief in management shake-up
Dec. 12Hyundai Motor appointed Albert Biermann, a former BMW executive, as its first foreign head of research and development, raising expectations of a smooth transition of power at the family-run business empire.
U.S. DOT grants will help BMW's S.C. plant, connected vehicles
Dec. 12A $25 million U.S. transportation grant supporting the expansion of an inland port for containers will directly benefit logistics operations at BMW in South Carolina and other manufacturers in the region.
BMW names new head of autonomous driving development
Dec. 11Alejandro Vukotich will replace Elmar Frickenstein, who has been in charge of the department since it was created in May 2016 and who will retire after a three-month handover phase in March.
White House seeks more German auto production in U.S.
Dec. 4The Trump administration was expected to push senior executives of German automakers to expand their U.S. investments as the White House considers imposing new tariffs on European-made vehicles.
BMW faces trade, cost headwinds of at least $1.1 billion in 2019
Dec. 4BMW expects headwinds from U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war with China as well as higher commodity prices and foreign exchange swings to weigh on earnings next year.
LUXURY: Mercedes maintains lead over BMW, Lexus
Dec. 3Despite an anemic 0.6 percent increase in November U.S. sales, Mercedes-Benz remained No. 1 among luxury brands last month.
German car CEOs straddle thin line in White House trade meeting
Dec. 3Top executives of Volkswagen Group, Daimler AG and BMW AG have a balancing act to pull off when they meet with Trump administration officials Tuesday about potential tariffs on U.S. imports from Germany.
Trade spat weighs on Spartanburg plant
Dec. 2BMW is considering building more crossovers in China as exports from its Spartanburg, S.C., plant are hit by a 40 percent tariff.
BMW could force plug-in hybrids to adopt electric-only mode in polluted cities
Nov. 29BMW can force its plug-in hybrid cars to switch to an electric-only mode in heavily polluted inner-city areas and is currently demonstrating the technology in Germany.
German car bosses invited to White House on Tuesday, report says
Nov. 29The Trump administration has invited the heads of Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler to a meeting at the White House on Tuesday to discuss trade policy, officials said.
Trump lauds BMW for new U.S. factory that's just an idea
Nov. 29President Donald Trump congratulated BMW for building a “major new plant” in the U.S., but the German carmaker's decision hasn't been finalized.
