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News 17 Jan, 2019

Tokyo's Auto Salon is known for its aggressive mods and this year, Mugen carried on the tradition with its take on the Honda Civic Type R.

Carbon, a Silicon Valley-based digital manufacturing company, has showed the first digitally manufactured polymer parts in production for Ford Motor Company.

Eberspaecher, a Tier 1 automotive supplier specialising in the development and manufacturing of exhaust technology, has opened its 'Asia Test Centre' in Shanghai. The new centre bundles the Group's exhaust technology testing expertise and prototyping operations for customers in Asia.

BMW has shown its mid-cycle facelifted BMW 7 Series in Shanghai, China.

Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi's venture capital arm, Alliance Ventures, has announced an investment in US company, Tekion.

Industrial fuel cell power company, AFC Energy has deployed CH2ARGE, an electric vehicle charger based on hydrogen fuel-cell technology.

Jim Farley, Ford Motor's head of world markets, has told attendees at an industry conference in Detroit that the company will bring a fully electric version of the world's best selling vehicle to market.

News 17 Jan, 2019

Fresh take on EV charging sees hydrogen fuel cell used to replenish EV batteries; tech allows for off-grid charging

News 16 Jan, 2019

An SUV-inspired version of the Audi A1 hatchback has been snapped, with a jacked up ride height

News 16 Jan, 2019

A heavily-disguised Hyundai i10 mule has been spied during its winter testing programme

In a presentation at the Deutsche Bank Global Auto Industry Conference in Detroit Ford has cautioned on the 2019 outlook citing risks associated with the global trading environment as well as higher commodity costs. 

The Indonesian government has announced it will provide fiscal incentives to support the development of a local electric vehicle market, according to local reports.

The South Korean government aims to have around 80,000 hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicles on the country's roads by 2022, as it looks to expand the country's "hydrogen economy".

Westport Fuel Systems has appointed David Johnson as CEO, effective immediately.

Opinion 16 Jan, 2019

News of the recent job losses and falling profits at JLR should be the wake-up call the company needs, says Steve Fowler

Opel's Supervisory Board has appointed Ralph Wangemann as new managing director, Personnel and Labour director.

Brose is working with sensor specialist Vayyar, integrating sensor systems in power adjustment systems and drives in interior and exterior applications.