As the automotive industry continues to recover, Ennis & Co have looked to the latest media insights to bring you a selection of the top stories from the past week.
This week’s update covers the following topics:
· New appointments in the industry
· Automotive news
· Covid-19 recovery
· Key trends
· “Ones to Watch”: the latest automotive webinars
Read on below to find out more…
| New Appointments in Automotive |
Volkswagen Group  Volkswagen Group names new software chief Christian Senger, the current chief executive of Volkswagen Group’s Car Software unit, will be replaced by Dirk Hilgenberg, who is former senior vice president of manufacturing engineering at BMW, the automaker said in a release. Read the full article here |
Groupe PSA  Cyrille Moreau appointed Groupe PSA director B2B Cyrille Moreau will lead the Group’s B2B sales and marketing operations. He succeeds Olivier Bodet as B2B Director. Read the full article here |
Volvo Financial Services  Volvo Financial Services appoint new regional president Patrick Shannon, who has more than 30 years of experience in business operations and financial services, has been appointed president of Volvo and Mack Financial Services North America region. Read the full article here |
| Automotive News Ford and ALD Automotive launch new fleet management business: Ford Fleet Management  Ford and ALD Automotive, two leading global providers of mobility solutions, have signed a shareholder agreement to create an integrated leasing and fleet management solution for European customers. Read the full article here |
Marshall completes acquisition of Jardine Aylesbury VW dealership Marshall Motor Holdings has completed the acquisition of Jardine Motor Group’s Volkswagen dealership in Aylesbury. Read the full article here |
Cazoo buys Imperial Car Supermarkets New-start online retailer Cazoo has bought Imperial Car Supermarkets for an undisclosed sum. The move takes Cazoo from being an online-only, home delivery, retailer to being a more traditional used car dealer. Read the full article here |
Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot just announced a new name for their merging companies: ‘Stellantis’ Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and France’s Peugeot jointly announced that the new corporate entity formed from their forthcoming 50-50 merger would be called ‘Stellantis’. Read the full article here |
TrustFord signs fleet deal with Asda TrustFord, the factory owned dealer group, has signed a ‘significant’ fleet deal with supermarket group ASDA. Read the full article here |
COVID-19 Recovery  Ellesmere Port Vauxhall plant to restart production Car manufacturer Groupe PSA has put more than 100 safety measures in place to allow production to restart at one of its sites in August. The Vauxhall plant at Ellesmere Port, which employs about 1,500, shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic in March. Read the full article here |
MAN Truck & Bus expands to deal with pandemic Christian Schuf, head of the company’s sales and product unit in Asia-Pacific, said his company maintains its plan to expand its market in Thailand, even as the pandemic lays waste to logistics activities. Read the full article here |
Groupe PSA: Worldwide sales at 1 million units in the first semester  The Group’s sales recovered strongly in June (sales doubled and deliveries up 71% versus May) in a European market down by 39% in the first half of 2020, in particular in Southern Europe where the Group has a strong position, impacting negatively the market mix. Read the full article here |
| Key Trends EVs  Hyundai, Kia target EV sales of 1 million in 2025 Hyundai Motor Group leader Euisun Chung said Tuesday flagship Hyundai Motor and sister company Kia Motors aim to sell 1 million electric vehicles in 2025, together targeting more than 10 percent of global market share of EVs. Read the full article here |
| Vic Young Becomes First UK Dealership to Launch Suite of Electric Vehicles for Commercial Use North East motor dealer Vic Young Conversions has created a range of fully-electric vehicles suitable for commercial use including an electric Box Van, electric Wheelchair Access Taxi and an electric Drop-side Tipper- all converted from regular Nissan e-NV200s. Read the full article here |
| Digital Mitsubishi Road Assist+ App Wins 2020 Future Digital Award  Juniper Research has named Mitsubishi a 2020 Future Digital Award winner for its Road Assist+ smartphone app. This impressive app specifically won a Technology Award in the Technology & Innovation category for giving easy access to connectivity options. Read the full article here |
Volvo updates On Call app to include driving pattern data for plug-in model owners Volvo has updated its On Call smartphone app to allow drivers of plug-in hybrid models from the Swedish firm’s range to see how their vehicles are using electricity. Read the full article here |
| Technology Audi CEO Will Continue to Invest in Internal Combustion  During his recent interview with Focus.de, Audi CEO Markus Duesmann claimed that Audi would continue to invest in internal combustion. In fact, Duesmann feels that internal combustion “will live for a very long time,” he told Focus. Read the full article here |
| Ones to Watch Webinars  Daily Automotive News podcast, ‘Daily Drive’. Join Automotive News Publisher Jason Stein for a daily podcast series about the coronavirus crisis. He’ll speak with industry experts, insiders and Automotive News reporters about how the virus is impacting and reshaping the automotive industry. Find out more here |
Automotive World  Learn like Tesla: how every car and every mile can make your global fleet better July 27, 2020, 10am EDT | 4pm CET A Tesla vehicle receives an update every 16 days. Unlike other brands, its vehicles improve over time. Why? Because Tesla learns from its fleet through data-gathering. In this free webinar, Renovo shares details of how its own platform is allowing OEMs to compete with Tesla, learn rapidly from their production vehicles, and develop software that their customers love. Find out more here |
