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Jun
1st

New, lighter Lotus Elise Cup 250 revealed

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News 1 Jun, 2017

Hottest Cup 250 version of the Lotus Elise gets new weight saving tweaks and aerodynamics for 2017

Jun
1st

UK takes step closer to national EV battery hub

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The UK is moving towards creating a new national development hub for EV batteries with officials pitching plans for a center that would focus on research and development and testing, possibly paving the way for large-scale local production.
Jun
1st

New 2017 Lotus Elise Cup revealed – pictures

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Jun
1st

BMW Designworks chief Heilmer will head Mini design

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BMW has picked Oliver Heilmer to head design at its Mini brand. Heilmer is currently president of BMW's Designworks subsidiary.
Jun
1st

BMW picks company veteran Heilmer to head Mini design, sources say

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BMW has picked Oliver Heilmer to head design at its Mini brand, according to industry sources. Heilmer is currently president of BMW's Designworks subsidiary.
Jun
1st

Renault EV chief to speak at industry gathering

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Renault's head of electric vehicles, Gilles Normand, will speak at the 2017 Automotive News Europe Congress.
Jun
1st

Manual vs automatic gearboxes – which should you choose?

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Tips & advice 1 Jun, 2017

Would you rather change gears, or let the car do the job for you? There's much to consider when choosing manual or automatic gearboxes

Jun
1st

Audi’s new A8 flagship will get 48-volt tech to boost economy, performance

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Audi will become the latest automaker to use a 48-volt mild hybrid system in its cars to improve fuel economy and lower emissions. The technology will be standard on all of the latest-generation A8 models.
Jun
1st

Volkswagen woos BMW, Mercedes buyers in new upmarket push

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Volkswagen Group's mass-market VW brand is pushing upmarket with the Arteon, a new flagship model, as the marque seeks to lift margins and revive its image after its emissions-cheating scandal.
Jun
1st

Denmark ‘kills’ Tesla and other EV sales with tax move

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Electric-car sales plunged 61 percent in the first quarter in Denmark as consumers responded to a change in government tax subsidies for buyers of greener vehicles.
Jun
1st

Brose to supply door panels to BMW in China

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German supplier Brose opened a plant in China to produce door panels for BMW's locally produced 1-, 3- and 5-series sedans as well as the X1 crossover.
Jun
1st

Automotive News Europe salutes Michael Weiss

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Automotive News Europe honors the winners of the 2017 Rising Stars awards. The Rising Star for Engineering is Michael Weiss, who is vice president of thermal management and water pump bearings at Schaeffler.
May
31st

AutoNation names Iserman COO, executive vice president of sales

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AutoNation named Lance Iserman COO and executive vice president of sales, promoting the president of the dealership group's western region.
May
31st

Texas store’s CEO sets plans in aftermath of fatal shooting

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RFJ Auto Partners has shut down a Nissan store in Texas to regroup after a triple homicide in the store during business hours. Here's what it plans to do next.
May
31st

GM plans to cut shift at Mich. transmission plant

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GM said it will end one of two production shifts at a Michigan transmission plant next month, following cutbacks at several vehicle assembly vehicle plants.
May
31st

Volkswagen Arteon Shooting Brake in the pipeline

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Auto Express 2017 Car Design Award - VW Arteon
News 31 May, 2017

A new VW Arteon Shooting Brake is on the way, while a six-cylinder engine could also be added to the range

May
31st

Fields tried to fire Hinrichs before being ousted from Ford

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Days before his May 19 ouster as CEO of Ford, Mark Fields was proposing to fire his top lieutenant, Joe Hinrichs, in an effort to relieve some of the pressure he was facing from a skeptical board of directors, Automotive News has learned.
May
31st

Fields tried to fire Hinrichs before being ousted from Ford

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Days before his May 19 ouster as CEO of Ford, Mark Fields was proposing to fire his top lieutenant, Joe Hinrichs, in an effort to relieve some of the pressure he was facing from a skeptical board of directors, Automotive News has learned.
May
31st

Musk mulls the end of his tortured dance with Trump

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Elon Musk has vowed to leave President Trump's advisory councils if the president pulls the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord. To Musk's fans, it's about time.
May
31st

Low-cost reduction in real world diesel NOx emissions a possibility with CPT’s 48V BISG technology

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The UK's Controlled Power Technologies (CPT), working with Austria's Technische Univeritat Wien (TU Wien), has demonstrated how its SpeedStart belt-integrated starter generator (BISG) 48V mild hybrid can help reduce NOx emissions and improve fuel economy in diesel engines using the latest emission test procedures.
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