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News 18 Nov, 2019

The updated Mitsubishi Mirage takes on the latest brand look, gets new materials inside and comes with updated infotainment

News 15 Nov, 2019

Markus Duesmann will take up the position of Audi CEO on April 1 next year, replacing Bran Schot

There has been a suggestion that Brexit uncertainty may have been a significant factor in Tesla opting to put its first European manufacturing in Germany rather than the UK. I'm not sure I quite buy into that, given the strong advantages presented by Germany as a location for the premium electric brand.

News 18 Nov, 2019

The all-electric Mustang Mach-E crossover builds on the famous sports car nameplate and gives Ford a rival for the Tesla Model 3

News 15 Nov, 2019

With the UK electorate going to the polls on 12 December, we explain the policies each party has in store for motorists

Faurecia will demonstrate its Cockpit of the Future and Sustainable Mobility technologies at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next January.

Chinese automobile manufacturer Brilliance Auto Group says it has made an important step in tapping the South American market by establishing cooperation with Chongqing Lifan Holdings Co., Ltd. (Lifan Group), another Chinese automaker, to co-build an automobile assembly plant in Uruguay.

Renault has co-developed fabric made from 100% recycled materials for the new Zoe.

The Philippine new vehicle market continued to expand in October 2019, by 3.8% year-on-year to 34,397 units from 33,150 units in the same month of last year, according to member wholesale data released jointly by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc (CAMPI) and the Truck Manufacturers Association (TMA).

Chinese electric vehicle start-up Xpeng Motors has raised US$400m from investors for New Product Development (NPD) and is planning to bring to market a number of new models in its pipeline. Among Xpeng's investors are smartphone maker Xiaomi, Alibaba and Foxconn Technology Group.

Opinion 17 Nov, 2019

Innocent motorists are being unfairly picked on as a result of the diesel ban by Bristol City Council, says Mike Rutherford

New vehicle sales in China declined by 4% year-on-year to 2.3m units in October from 2.4m units a year earlier, the sixteenth consecutive monthly decline, according to data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).

A new test centre dedicated to autonomous and connected vehicles was opened this week in Xiangyang in China's Hubei province.

ZF says it is the first major automotive supplier to participate in the Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Alliance.

Hyundai Mobis has announced it has developed a rear-autonomous emergency braking system (R-AEB) which prevents collisions when vehicles are reversing.

Rheinmetall subsidiary Pierburg says it has developed an air-conditioning (AC) compressor specifically for use in electric vehicles.

BMW has provided an update on its e-mobility strategy and its dedicated facility for developing battery technologies.

Kolbenschmidt Huayu Piston (KSHP), a subsidiary of Rheinmetall Automotive, is to produce lightweight pistons for an unnamed automaker in China.