Not since the hotted-up Mazdaspeed 3 – last on the market in 2013 – has there been a turbocharged Mazda 3.

The chairman of Apple Inc supplier Foxconn said on Saturday he expects his company and its clients will face only “limited impact” from a chip shortage that has rattled the global automotive and semiconductor industries.

There is huge momentum behind the electrification of transport and while the environmental consequences are huge, there are also significant commercial rewards for the fastest movers in the evolving electric mobility (eMobility) ecosystem.

Chinese automaker Geely is planning to set up a new company that will examine new ways of product planning, marketing and sales of electric vehicles (EVs), breaking with the automotive industry convention that markets and sells EVs alongside traditional combustion-engine cars.

The #HRSpotlight2021 series continues with a new interview.

Renault has posted a record annual loss as coronavirus lockdowns put the brakes on sales.

Massive imports of parts and accessories by new entrants under duty and tax incentives has caused a whooping jump of 79 per cent in arrival of completely and semi-knocked down (CKD/SKD) kits to $468 million in the first seven months of the current fiscal year (7MFY21).

The semiconductor crunch that has battered the auto sector leaves carmakers with a stark choice: pay up, stock up or risk getting stuck on the sidelines as chipmakers focus on more lucrative business elsewhere.

Family businesses are optimistic about their recovery over the next two years.