Register now: Leading automotive logistics through 2025 – Key turning points and trends livestream
Join Automotive Logistics’ livestream, ”Leading automotive logistics through 2025: Key turning points and trends”, to hear from industry thought leaders and gain actionable insights on overcoming today’s toughest automotive supply chain challenges. Discover strategies to stay ahead of disruption and lead the way toward more profitable operations.
Hyundai starts selling vehicles through Amazon Autos
Car buyers looking for a Hyundai can now buy their preferred model through the Amazon Autos website.
Register now: Automotive logistics & supply chain – review of 2025 and opportunities in 2026
Join Automotive Logistics’ exclusive livestream, Automotive logistics & supply chain – review of 2025 and opportunities in 2026, to hear from thought leaders and experts and learn not just the lessons of the year, but how to be best placed to take advantage of the opportunities in 2026 and beyond.
Register now: Building trust and partnerships to effectively digitize supply chains
Join Automotive Logistics’ exclusive livestream, Building trust and partnerships to effectively digitize supply chains, to explore how organisations can foster a collaborative mindset to overcome industry silos and encourage open communication, break down barriers and establish the trust needed to share real-time data and critical insights, develop actionable strategies for creating long-term partnerships that drive digital transformation and unlock the benefits of real-time collaboration and data exchange to improve decision-making and operational efficiency.
Register now: Finished vehicle logistics: mitigating complexity through innovation
Join Automotive Logistics’ livestream, Finished vehicle logistics: mitigating complexity through innovation, to take the pulse of the finished vehicle supply chains in Europe and North America, as we address the critical trends and challenges shaping the industry. We’ll explore key aspects of vehicle logistics and service requirements—from capacity and infrastructure to technology and equipment—and delve into the strategies and game-changing innovations that are giving carmakers and service providers a competitive advantage in an ever-evolving landscape.
Ford drops Jack Cooper mid-contract, threatening union jobs
Ford ends contract with Jack Cooper, risking union jobs. Teamsters and analysts weigh in on the impact for logistics and workforce stability.
VW looks at digital architecture for rapid, local EV roll-out in China
VW China is looking at rapid battery EV development on a new digital architecture supported by a local supply chain that will enable it to produce value over volume.
Volkswagen to cut production in Germany and move Golf assembly to Mexico
The Future Volkswagen agreement will reduce production capacity “on a lasting basis” across German plants by 734,000 units and 35,000 jobs will go by 2030
Honda and Nissan include supply chain synergies in business integration talks
Honda and Nissan have signed an MoU to explore closer business inegration and a joint holding company that could also include Mitsubishi
Duvenbeck and MAN support VW Group goTOzero logistics strategy
Duvenbeck plans to put up to 120 electric trucks supplied by MAN Truck and Bus into service for VW Group Logistics in Europe by 2026
Continental to make Automotive a separate European company
As tier one suppliers look for greater resilience Continental announces it will spin off its Automotive business by the end of 2025
Mixed fortunes in the race for electric vehicle adoption: 2024 in review
EV sales have been volatile in 2024, including changes in fortune for Volkswagen and Stellantis, while trade disputes have disrupted supply chains
Top Red Sofa interviews of 2024
Discover 2024’s top automotive logistics strategies from OEMs like JLR, Volkswagen, Nissan, GM, Toyota and BMW, covering sustainability, digitalisation and nearshoring.
VDA releases updated auditing standard to optimise supply chain logistics
VDA 6.8 Process Audit Supply Chain includes updates on service provider management and procurement, to transport and in-house logistics
Register now: Data: Silos, Security & Sovereignty livestream
Join Automotive Logistics’ livestream, Data: Silos, Security & Sovereignty, to learn how supply chain and technology leaders can work together to future-proof their data. With a mix of interviews and market intelligence, this livestream session will detail the steps organisations can take to manage their datasets effectively, ensure they are shared with trusted partners and can be utilised in real-time to provide actionable information.
How GM is tackling EV logistics challenges through nearshoring and improving supplier relations
GM boosts supply chain resilience by enhancing supplier relations, nearshoring strategies, and digitalisation to tackle EV logistics challenges.
Mexican and Canadian governments prepare for Trump’s automotive trade review
Mexico and Canada warn of trade war risks as Trump plans 25% tariffs, threatening USMCA and North America’s automotive supply chain.
Red Sofa | Daimler Truck’s digital strategy to track supplier risk
Marion Gillich, head of supplier risk management, Daimler Truck talks about using AI to assess supplier risk through tier-n at ALSC Digital Strategies Europe.
Stellantis invests in €4.1 billion Spanish gigafactory with CATL
Stellantis partners with CATL to invest €4.1bn in a carbon-neutral gigafactory in Spain, targeting 50 GWh capacity to localise EV battery supply.
ALSC DS Europe day 2 wrap-up
Explore how OEMs like Volkswagen and JLR are transforming automotive supply chains with digital strategies at ALSC Digital Strategies Europe.
