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News 28 Dec, 2018

60% of the world’s cobalt - which is used in EV batteries - comes from DR Congo, but how are carmakers safeguarding workers’ rights?

News 19 Dec, 2018

JLR develops prototype door which can open and close automatically, giving disabled motorists easier access to their vehicles

Faurecia has made an unspecified investment in French laboratory, ESP Consulting, which uses cognitive science to optimise human well-being and performance in different situations. 

German company Wielpütz Automotive will no longer build a car component factory in Craiova, in Southern Romania, which would have required an investment of EUR10m, local Digi24 reported.

Faurecia has made an unspecified investment in French laboratory, ESP Consulting, which uses cognitive science to optimise human well-being and performance in different situations. 

General Motors has said it planned to cut 50 jobs at a suburban Detroit lithium-ion battery assembly plant announcing last month it would end production of its plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt in 2019.

Features 31 Dec, 2018

Deep lagoons, extinct volcanoes, geothermal pools and icy rivers: Iceland is the ideal place to put the Lamborghini Urus through its paces

Japan's new vehicle market continued to rebound in November, by 8.6% to 441,943 units from 406,860 units a year earlier, according to registration data released by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association.

News 19 Dec, 2018

The system will be available in China from early 2019, allowing buyers to unlock and start their vehicles with fingerprints

Articles 19 Dec, 2018

JLR, Bentley and Ford join forces with Department for Transport to develop cyber security guidelines for self-driving cars

News 19 Dec, 2018

Research finds the most common London taxis emit up to 30 times as much NOx as personal petrol cars of the same age

News 19 Dec, 2018

A preview of the new car tech you can expect to see at the upcoming Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show

Brose has opened a new plant in Taicang, China.

The Volkswagen Group is acquiring a majority stake in the Swedish telematics specialist WirelessCar from Volvo with a view to making further advances in fleet connectivity.

News 19 Dec, 2018

Well-specced Volkswagen Golf Match edition arrives to replace the outgoing SE and SE Nav trim levels

VW Group owned SEAT says it is joining the Alastria infrastructure, the first semi-public multisectorial consortium which aims to provide a venue for digital cooperation in an independent, neutral network where blockchain technology-based products and services are developed.

Human Horizons, the mobility technology innovator, Protean Electric, the automotive technology company, and Wuxi Weifu e-Drive Technology (WFDT) have announced the signing of a memorandum of strategic co-operation to 'develop and manufacture in-wheel motors for the next generation of intelligent connected vehicles'. 

Nissan has confirmed the switch-on of the largest collective solar roof in the Netherlands at its facility in Amsterdam.