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Volvo will start rolling out a series of compact models next year to compete with the likes of Audi and BMW for younger, urban consumers.

Volvo has revealed two concept cars here in Torslanda, Sweden, that, it said, "move the Swedish brand in an audacious new direction and mark the official launch of its global small car strategy".

A BMW i3 owner in the U.S. filed a lawsuit claiming that the EV can experience a sudden loss of power when a feature designed to nearly double its driving range is deployed.

The UK announced plans for new motor insurance laws designed to encourage investment in driverless cars, as the government looks to capture a leading role in the developing technology.

The UK announced plans for new motor insurance laws designed to encourage investment in driverless cars, as the government looks to capture a leading role in the developing technology.

News 18 May, 2016

Explorateur Disc Road bicycle combines three classic Aston colours – and folds away neatly, too

News 18 May, 2016

Lexus is readying new LS luxury saloon to challenge the BMW 7 Series for 2018, could get hydrogen power later

Opinion 18 May, 2016

Joint deals between manufacturers might make you worry that all the vehicles will be similar - but Graham Hope thinks otherwise

Elio Motors, the start-up vehicle manufacturer planning to launch a USD7,000 three-wheeled vehicle that will get up to a claimed 84 mpg, has signed a Letter of Intent with Linamar Corp, a powertrain development and production company.

News 20 May, 2016

Italian design house Zagato again rebodies an Aston Vanquish supercar to create striking concept for Lake Como event

Peter Mertens, senior vice president, research and development, Volvo Car Group, describes the cooperative development of the new Compact Modular Architecture (CMA) with parent Geely as "good relations" though the start was a little rocky as culture and time zones took some adjusting to, on both sides.

Nemaska Lithium and Johnson Matthey Battery Materials (JMBM) of Candiac, Quebec, have inked final agreements in the collaboration, financial support and lithium salt supply MOU previously announced last November.

Ford says it is the first automaker to develop foams and plastics using captured carbon dioxide for its vehicles.

Opel Group CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann has reiterated the company's strong rebuttal of claims in the German media that it has rigged emissions tests on some of its diesel engine models.

News 18 May, 2016

Suzuki has admitted to mishandling the testing of fuel economy for 16 models, but denies cheating tests

Johnson Electric has posted 2015 EBITDA down 4% to US$332m, although sales rose 5% to US$2.23bn.

The latest Indian crash test results from Global NCAP continue to disappoint with all five models rated as zero star. The Renault Kwid, Maruti Suzuki Celerio, Maruti Suzuki Eeco, Mahindra Scorpio and Hyundai Eon all showed low levels of adult occupant protection.

Toyota Motor plans to build a second vehicle assembly plant in Malaysia to tap into growing regional demand, according to reports in Japan quoting company sources.

The new vehicle market in Indonesia expanded for the first time in two years in April, by 3.8% to 84,700 units from 81,600 units a year earlier, according to data released by the industry automotive Gaikindo.