Electric powertrain technology comes with a number of drawbacks - mainly surrounding battery performance issues - but it is interesting to see different OEM strategies emerging.
General Motors is recalling 8,989 Impalas for passenger-side airbags that can fail to turn off if an infant seat is in the front seat.
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22 Aug, 2015
SEAT adds new SE Technology Business edition to the popular hatch range to tempt company car users
Toyota's redesigned Prius is still weeks away from its global debut, but new spy photos captured this week give the clearest look yet at the fourth-generation hybrid. Caught during a photo shoot in Malibu, Calif.
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21 Aug, 2015
The first warranty cover for EVs has been announced by Warrantywise
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22 Aug, 2015
Toyota has confirmed the Land Cruiser V8 will no longer be sold in the UK
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21 Aug, 2015
Low supermarket fuel prices aren’t about being generous to drivers, says Mike Rutherford
Jaguar Land Rover says it expects many of its 5,800 vehicles kept at the Port of Tianjin to have been damaged, although is unable to quantify the exact number.
NHTSA opened an investigation into 348,000 Honda Accords for a flaw that could prevent airbags from deploying in a crash.
Tesla is providing charging stations to Airbnb hosts on the West Coast as part of a partnership with the home-sharing startup.
The 2015 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show got underway yesterday at the shiny new Indonesian Convention and Exhibition centre in BSD, a new commercial centre some 30km west of central Jakarta. Tony Pugliese was there.
Autoneum has laid the foundation stone for a new plant in San Luis Potosí and from the beginning of 2017, carpet systems, inner dashes and floor insulators will be produced at the factory around 400km North West of Mexico City.
Samvardhana Motherson Group (SMG) plans to build a new US$150m automotive supplier plant in Tuscaloosa County to supply the local Mercedes-Benz plant at Vance.
Volkswagen has denied a report in Wirtschaftswoche that capacity utilisation at the company's 20 Chinese car and components plants is falling.
Martin Leach, a consultant who once led Ford's European operations, is reportedly recruiting staff for a new electric car manufacturer that will be based in California and the US.
Daimler's CEO said "different types" of cooperation with Apple and Google are possible as carmakers realize next-generation autos cannot be built without greater input from telecoms and software experts.
Asahi Kasei says it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Polypore International through a US subsidiary.
Jaguar Land Rover owner Tata said that 'many' of the 5,800 Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles it had at Tianjin port in China were likely to have been damaged in the recent chemical explosions that killed more than a hundred people.
Toyota, recalling about 12 million vehicles worldwide to replace Takata airbags, said it may tap three additional suppliers to boost supply of the components.
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