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Ever parked a truck? Me neither. But I have enormous respect for those who daily thread huge delivery trailers, hauled by prime movers bearing such names as Scania, DAF and Mercedes-Benz, through the chaos that is most European city roads and jammed motorways. And then line the business end up against a loading dock with the same sort of precision I can just about manage parking a small Kia at the supermarket. As with cars, numerous electronic aids now make truck driving a little easier (but no less skilled) and I was intrigued to see that 3D surround multi view camera systems for trucks are now on offer. Nissan Birdview scaled up, if you will.

Opinion 4 Nov, 2017

Dyson instead of Dacia? Apple rather than Audi? Mike Rutherford looks at the rise of non-car firms in the Automotive industry

SUVs' share of the Brazilian market has soared to 17.4% in 2017 from just 6.8% in 2012.

Opel/Vauxhall CEO Michael Lohscheller and PSA chief Carlos Tavares are to present a business plan for PSA-owned Opel/Vauxhall on Thursday, November 9.

Ford this week opened a new THB100m (US$3m) automotive parts distribution centre in the Bangna-Trad industrial complex on the outskirts of Thailand's capital city Bangkok.

Trelleborg has finalised the acquisition of White Baumaschinenreifen GmbH (White) through its business area, Trelleborg Wheel Systems.

Software platform developer, Mojio, is set to go from strength to strength, working directly with the mobile carriers to connect our older cars. Cat Dow catches up with Mojio CEO Kenny Hawk on what the team does and its plan for the future.

NSK has inaugurated the newly built Chonan plant (Chonan City, Korea). It says the added capacity for bearings is needed to serve the Chinese automotive market and the growing take-up of automatic transmissions.

French brands were among the winners in an Italian market that had a record month for new-car sales in October as demand grew 7 percent.Fiat Chrysler sales fell after the automaker started to reduce self-registrations.

French automakers were among the winners in an Italian market that had a record month for new-car sales in October as demand grew 7 percent, helped in part by an additional selling day.

News 3 Nov, 2017

Volkswagen Group investigates UK banking licence to secure future ahead of post-Brexit regulatory changes

BMW, Daimler, Ford and the Volkswagen Group have announced a joint venture called IONITY which will develop and install a high power charging (HPC) network for electric vehicles across Europe.

News 4 Nov, 2017

Mitsubishi Mirage replacement set to use Renault Clio platform and engines, and our exclusive image previews how it could look

Porsche SE, the investment vehicle whose main asset is a majority holding in VW Group, acquired minority stakes in two 3D-printing companies as part of a long-standing effort to broaden its investment portfolio.

Following the announcement of the PACE! business plan for Opel-Vauxhall by its CEO Michael Lohscheller, just-auto takes a look at what this means for the brands' current and future models.

France's state shareholding in Renault is to revert to 15% after Paris' decision to sell nearly 5% of its stake worth EUR1.24bn (US$1.41bn) in the automaker.

News 3 Oct, 2018

Over 40 super-fast Ionity chargers to be sited in UK, starting alongside the M20 in Maidstone

News 3 Nov, 2017

Universal charging connections and 400 fast charging stations the priority as part of joint IONITY venture

The expected boost from post hurricane vehicle replacements slacked off in October as US light vehicle deliveries fell 1.1% to about 1.36m. Year to date (YTD) volume was about 1.7% behind the first 10 months of 2016, coming in at slightly more than 14.2m.

BMW, Daimler, VW and Ford have formed a joint venture to create a pan-European network of 400 fast charging stations for EVs by 2020. The venture will launch its first 20 charging stations this year in Germany, Norway and Austria.