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ZF Friedrichshafen AG has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wabco for US$136.50 per share.

Three new automakers - Subaru, Nissan, and Mazda - will participate in Japan's D-Call Net system which comprises the non-profit Emergency Medical Network of Helicopter (HEM-Net), auto manufacturers, and service providers.

Honda Motor and Toyota subsidiary Hino are to join the Mobility as a Service (MaaS) joint venture between SoftBank and Toyota known as Monet Technologies.

Nissan Motor CEO Hiroto Saikawa has said he was unaware of discussions about the possibility that Renault was considering a bid for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA).

News 28 Mar, 2019

Finnish indoor test facility offers over mile-long indoor test track, allows for year-round winter testing

Toyoda Gosei has developed a turbo duct made entirely of plastic.

PSA said it was acquiring a controlling interest in Longstar to further expand its spare parts business in China.

Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) is expanding its operations at the Struandale Engine Plant in Port Elizabeth as part of a wide-ranging investment in its two South African plants, announced late last year.

UK car production fell by 15.3% in February, with 123,203 units manufactured, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Declining demand in the UK and in key European and Asian export markets resulted in output falling for the ninth consecutive month.

Visteon, which claims to be the leading supplier of automotive digital instrument clusters, has claimed an industry first: a fully digital instrument cluster displaying holographic objects for the redesigned Peugeot 208.

News 28 Mar, 2019

The Chinese automotive group has bought a 50 per cent share in Smart, with the aim of producing a new all-electric Smart car by 2022

An independent committee set up by Nissan Motor to it advise on how strengthen corporate governance following the arrest of Carlos Ghosn last November found that the former chairman wielded too much power at the Japanese automaker.

Daimler has struck a deal with Chinese automaker Geely for a 50:50 joint venture based in China to develop and operate the Smart brand globally as an all-electric carmaker.

News 28 Mar, 2019

Skoda’s mid-size and large SUVs get a fresh 187bhp 2.0-litre TSI petrol engine, priced from £31,820 and £34,120 respectively

News 27 Mar, 2019

The latest version of Audi’s super estate has been caught on camera, hammering its way around the carousel at the Nurburgring

Volkswagen and Amazon Web Services (AWS) said they would develop the Volkswagen Industrial Cloud together and have agreed a multi-year, global deal to jointly carry out the project.

News 27 Mar, 2019

A heavily-camouflaged mule for the all-new Honda Jazz has been caught on camera undergoing handling testing

Today's launch of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in central London is a welcome step on the road to cleaning up urban air quality but will not stop 'dirty diesels' from entering the capital despite controlling access based on emissions, says publishers of the AIR Index. The AIR (Allow Independent Road-testing) Index is an independent vehicle emissions rating for cars from A (the best) to E (the worst) that provides the on-road urban NOx emissions using the same independent test on every vehicle, to show the relative impact a specific vehicle has on air quality. However, AIR's own testing has found that the Euro emissions standards bear little resemblance to what comes out of a car's tailpipe in urban driving. There is huge variation in Euro 6 diesels, and although the latest are very clean there are still millions of dirty diesels on European roads that can emit in excess of Euro standards for urban NOx, yet still gain free access to ULEZ. The AIR Index is calling on policy makers in London and across Europe to make clean air zones more effective by tackling the issue of dirty Euro 6s - using ratings such as the AIR Index- to bring air quality into legal compliance as soon as possible. To learn more, we spoke to Nick Molden, co-founder of the AIR Index.

BMW reportedly is considering more car production in the UK and is said to be in talks to take over Honda's Swindon factory once the Japanese automaker ends output there in 2021.