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Daimler Truck said it would export a popular North American truck - in right hand drive form, of course -  to Australia and New Zealand [where normal control tractors are the norm for heavy work such as logging, stock movements and Australia's multi-trailer road trains].

Hungary's Investment Agency says strong domestic economic performance remains a powerful tool to attract manufacturing sectors as the country continues its presence as an automotive hub.

Hungary's Investment Agency says strong domestic economic performance remains a powerful tool to attract manufacturing sectors as the country continues its presence as an automotive hub.

Volkswagen Group and the German city of Hamburg are to extend their existing mobility cooperation with a on support e-mobility, innovative mobility services, intelligent transport networking and self driving vehicles.

News 22 Nov, 2019

Half of drivers say local road conditions have become worse since last year, while only 11 per cent believe they’ve become better

An old and unfortunate General Motors recall - which followed crash fatalities - was back in the news this week as a US federal appeals court said GM was not liable for punitive damages over the accidents that occurred after its 2009 bankruptcy and involved vehicles it produced earlier, including vehicles with faulty ignition switches.

The US United Auto Workers union, currently in the final stages of renewing its labour contracts with the Detroit Three automakers, said its international executive board had filed charges under Article 30 of the UAW Constitution against president Gary Jones - who recently took a lengthy leave of absence - and his aide Vance Pearson, aiming to remove them both from their elected positions and to expel them from the union's membership.

Teijin has signed an technical licence agreement with Shanghai Energy New Materials Technology (SEMCORP) to make solvent-based coating separators used in lithium-ion secondary batteries (LIBs) for electric vehicles (EVs).

News 21 Nov, 2019

A new Maserati’s test mule has been undergoing development on the streets of Modena, testing the firm’s new all-electric powertrain

Volkswagen's new Car.Software organisation will operate as an independent business unit from 1 January, 2020, the automaker said.

Tyremaker Michelin and Tier 1 supplier Faurecia have formed a joint venture using an existing company name, Symbio, combining their hydrogen fuel cell dedicated operations and aiming, they said, to be "a world leader in hydrogen mobility".

Fiat Chrysler has said talks with Peugeot to create the globe's fourth largest carmaker were going well, despite a racketeering lawsuit filed by General Motors late on Wednesday, seeking "substantial damages".

News 21 Nov, 2019

A new super-advanced halo BMW M model could arrive by 2021, and it's likely to feature some form of electrification

News 20 Nov, 2019

The new Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S sports a twin-turbocharged mild-hybrid V8 engine, which develops 603bhp and 850Nm of torque