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News 24 Nov, 2017

Jaguar XE, XF, F-Pace, F-Type and XJ Black Edition specials arrives with Black Event savings at dealers this weekend

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., part of the Mahindra Group, has announced that it will collaborate with Uber to explore the deployment of electric vehicles on the Uber platform in several cities across India

BMW is selling its 49 percent stake in its joint venture with carbon fiber specialist SGL. BMW is limiting its use of the material and turning to cheaper alternatives such as aluminum to help keep profit margins high.

The UK government came under fire this week from automakers after announcing it was linking the taxation of diesel cars from next year to their ability to hit the new real driving emission standards (RDE), which is not what they were expecting.

Go to Oslo, which I did once with Nissan, purveyor of an electrified vehicle named after tree foliage, and, if you don't get killed (a) because you, British tourist from a country that drives on the right side of the road, forgot to look left instead of right when stepping off the kerb and (b) because you didn't hear one coming, you'll notice that electric vehicles (henceforth EVs) are rather common thereabouts.

Renault is upbeat on prospects for EV sales in South Korea according to an interview given by a Renault executive to the Korea Herald.

Turkish automotive supplier body, TAYSAD says it has always enjoyed cordial relations with Russia as the two countries show more signs of rapprochement following a chillier period a few years ago.

Arman Kevric has been appointed director, advanced R&D for the Concentric Group reporting to the CEO.

BMW will invest 200 million euros ($237 million) over the next four years in a battery cell competence center in Munich, the automaker's home city.

PSA will use an Opel factory to build 200,000 gasoline engines instead of its own Trnava plant in Slovakia, as initially planned, as the automaker gears up to produce more vehicles based on its future common modular platform, a French newspaper...

The automotive industry is the largest market (36%) for industrial robots in Japan and the country is the top manufacturer of the equipment, supplying 52% of global needs across all industries.

Semiconductors are used in a variety of automotive applications, including interior, safety, fuel efficiency and connectivity. Continuing just-auto/QUBE's series of research snapshots, this one turns a spotlight on some of those applications and the key players serving the market.

VW Group named an executive from outside the company to head powertrain development at its core VW brand.

Tesla has opened its second large charging station in China in the Fengtai district of Beijing.

BMW says it is bringing premium element to car-sharing in China with its ReachNow program that uses a fleet of electric i3 models.

A fresh surge of vehicles coming off leases in 2018 will include more light trucks and fewer cars. Increasingly, they'll have low mileage and higher price tags.

Chinese startup SF Motors says it's learned a lesson from watching the flashy, short life cycles of competitors.

The Jeep Scrambler #8212; FCA's planned Wrangler-based pickup #8212; will come with an optional droptop, Automotive News has learned.

Porsche expects it won't have any trouble meeting the EU's next round of CO2 reduction targets because more than half of its sales by 2025 will come from electrified vehicles

Uber has taken a big step toward offering robotaxis. They will be on the streets "sooner than most people think," said the ride-hailing company's head of automotive alliances.