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The Center for Auto Safety is asking NHTSA to open an investigation and recall the Chrysler Pacifica, which the group says represents an "unreasonable risk" because of a stalling problem.

News 21 Nov, 2017

Campaigners want lower speed limits in rural areas as 222 horses and 38 riders die in last seven years

Geely's Volvo Cars has signed a framework agreement with Uber to sell "tens of thousands of autonomous driving compatible base vehicles between 2019 and 2021".

Starting next summer, Ford will sell a plug-in hybrid version of its Fusion-based police sedan that will have an electric range of 21 miles.

News 20 Nov, 2017

Uber has agreed to a large-scale purchase of cars from Volvo, to which it will add its own autonomous tech

News 12 Jun, 2019

Volvo will build and sell the XC90-based vehicle, which is equipped with a number of autonomous driving systems, to Uber

Honda will use Facebook's custom-audiences tool to find car owners with defective Takata airbags.

Volkswagen reportedly now expects group revenue to exceed 2016's record EUR217bn by more than 25% by 2020, up from a March forecast of more than 20%.

VW Group raised its midterm revenue outlook on demand for new SUVs in emerging markets. The automaker also upgraded its pretax profit goal.

In global terms, Norway enjoys by far the highest penetration of electric vehicles in its car market. Exclusively for just-auto, Norwegian writer Jorn Madslien takes a trip to his homeland for a personal journey that sheds some light on this small European country's huge drive for electrification.

Russia has recorded October sales of new passenger cars and LCVs rising 17.3%, the eighth consecutive monthly increase after years of sharply falling numbers.

Mercedes is ramping up its offering of electric delivery vans to counter the StreetScooter, a no-frills competitor from Deutsche Post and Ford.

Following last week's announcement of a Tesla electric truck with first deliveries in 2019, just-auto's QUBE research database has updated its section covering such vehicles. We note that, while the rise of electric passenger vehicles is firmly established, it's taken longer for electric trucks and commercial vehicles to appear in the mainstream automotive industry. The drive towards electrified powertrains stems from the worldwide effort to lower emissions, significantly hastened by toughened legislation in the wake of the Dieselgate emissions fixing scandal. Some European nations are already introducing bans on the future sale of non-electrified vehicles, so the inevitable turn toward electric power is a considerable concern for vehicle manufacturers.

News 20 Nov, 2017

SEAT’s sales and marketing boss is running a ‘prototype’ SEAT Leon Cupra ST with more power – and it could launch next year

Groupe Renault and Al-Futtaim have inked definitive agreements for assembly and distribution of the French automaker's vehicles in Pakistan.

VW Group is reorganizing production at its German factories to further its goal of transforming itself into a leading force in EVs.

VW Group is reorganizing production at its German factories to further its goal of transforming itself into a leading force in EVs.

Daimler's Mercedes-Benz Vans plans to offer all its commercial van model lines with electric drive, starting with the mid-size eVito, now available to order, with deliveries commencing in the second half of 2018.

Skoda will build a full-electric vehicle in the Czech Republic as part of plans for an electrified lineup

IAC has appointed Daniel Linder as vice president of the organisation's China operations.