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News 13 Oct, 2017

With the all-new hybrid CR-V due in 2018, £23,500 Honda CR-V S Plus special edition revealed

Great Wall confirmed it is in talks to cooperate with BMW over Mini brand cars.

Valeo's bid for German clutch manufacturer FTE Automotive was approved by EU antitrust regulators after Valeo agreed to sell a unit to an Italian rival.

Kobe Steel's fake data scandal expanded after the company admitted "inappropriate actions" related to steel wire used in engines and to strengthen tires.

Volvo Car group, owned by China's Zhejiang Geely Holding, soon plans to begin exporting cars from Malaysia to other markets in the region, according to local reports.

Mercedes and its Chinese joint ventures will recall 351,218 vehicles due to potential issues with airbags made by Takata.

News 13 Oct, 2017

The energy giant has bought one Europe's biggest EV charging providers as it aims to plug-in to the EV market

Japan's new vehicle market continued to grow in September, by 3.9% to 495,189 units from 476,769 sales a year earlier, according to registration data released by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association.

PSA will add production of new vehicles at its Sochaux and Mulhouse plants in France in 2020 and 2021.

Volkswagen Group will make its VW, Skoda and Seat brands more distinct to reduce overlaps and defuse tensions within the group, CEO Matthias Mueller said.

News 12 Oct, 2017

The reduction in VW dealers is the latest fallout from the ongoing emissions scandal and will affect the UK

News 12 Oct, 2017

Pair of 679bhp bespoke McLaren supercars unveiled after a collaboration with lucky customer

Britain will promote electric and other low-emissions vehicles as part of plans to invest $3.3 billion by 2021 to help meet its climate change targets.

Norway plans to trim lavish incentives for electric cars in a move dubbed a "Tesla tax." The country has the world's highest rate of battery-vehicle ownership.

Oxford plans to ban gasoline and diesel cars from its center in the most radical set of proposals so far in Britain to curb pollution.

News 12 Oct, 2017

In three years' time, parts of Oxford city centre will ban petrol and diesel cars prior to full non-EV ban in 2035

LG Chem will open Europe's largest lithium-ion battery factory in Poland next year as the region's auto industry gears up to mass produce electric cars.