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Jaguar Land Rover launched a technology business today that aims to create apps for services such as car sharing, the latest automaker to explore ways of tapping demand for cheaper and greener ways of making short journeys.

The owner of the UK's Grand Prix racetrack at Silverstone is in talks to lease the circuit's property to Jaguar Land Rover after a vote of its members authorized the board to continue discussing the deal.

News 11 Apr, 2016

Audi builds massive bespoke Audi A8 L with six seats and a wheelbase of over 4.2m. It'll certainly take some parking.

Cummins has been awarded a US$4.5m grant from the US Department of Energy (DoE) to develop a Class 6 commercial plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, which it says can reduce fuel consumption by at least 50% compared to conventional models.

Renault and a group of suppliers will invest $1.04 billion in Morocco to build an "industry ecosystem" to help boost local production of components.

Voestalpine has acquired Advanced Tooling Tek (ATT) in Shanghai and the Sermetal Group in Barcelona, to enhance its special steel production.

News 11 Apr, 2016

Jaguar Land Rover's new tech start-up will also see development of new apps for transport and travel research

Jaguar Land Rover has launched 'InMotion', a new technology business that builds apps and on-demand services to "overcome modern travel and transport challenges", it says.

Freudenberg Group has reached an agreement with its joint venture partner Trelleborg, to acquire its 50% shareholding in the joint venture company, Vibracoustic.

News 11 Apr, 2016

£150m connected roads trial to go live next year. The technology and driver assistance systems will have a huge impact on insurance costs.

News 11 Apr, 2016

This redesign of the aging British supercar is the work of Russian coachbuilder Cardi

BASF has cooperated with International Automotive Components (IAC) to develop a roof frame for cars made entirely of natural fibre.

Nissan has big plans to expand its SUV line-up into the 2020s, building on its major successes with the Qashqai and Juke. And the first additional model will be revealed in just a few weeks' time in a segment many see as the potential next big sweet spot in certain key markets.

Mercedes-Benz will preview its upcoming pickup, likely badged the X class, this fall at the Paris auto show, says British magazine Auto Express.

Tesla Motors, facing a likely shortage of U.S. tax credits for the Model 3, its first mass-market electric vehicle, may consider a clever production strategy to squeeze more money out of the program for its buyers.

The number of GM-brand dealerships owned by minorities and women is set to grow in 2016.

A CARB certification slowdown has frozen shipments of 2017 model Porsche Macans bound for 13 states. The slowdown is part of the fallout from the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal.

When leasing peaked in 1999 at 26 percent of new-car sales, it severely damaged residual values. Leasing is back to that level and beyond, but this time, it's smarter.