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News 16 Apr, 2019

Jaguar Land Rover says autonomous vehicles will need 1,000 times more computer code than Apollo 11

Renault has launched a new, small, SUV-style EV for China at the Shanghai show.

Aston Martin Lagonda has finally revealed a production-ready Rapide E EV at the Shanghai motor show.

News 16 Apr, 2019

Special Nissan 370Z 50th Anniversary Edition draws inspiration from the legendary Datsun BRE 240Z racer

Honda claims the apparently production ready X-NV, developed jointly by Honda Motor China Technology and local joint venture partner Dongfeng Honda (which has just opened a third factory), is a "concept model" for the first mass-production EV Dongfeng will soon introduce for sale only in China.

The Philippines new vehicle market continued to rebound in March 2019, by 14% to 32,173 units from 28,216 units in the same month of last year, according to member wholesale data released jointly by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc (CAMPI) and the Truck Manufacturers Association (TMA).

Volkswagen reportedly has whittled down potential south east Europe factory locations to two countries, according to Bulgarian and German media reports.

News 16 Apr, 2019

A new conventionally powered Lotus sports car will follow its new all-electric hypercar to market in 2020

Ford sold 359,400 vehicles in the first quarter 2019 in its traditional European 20 markets, achieving 7.6% market share, but that was down 0.4 percentage points, while its commercial vehicle share rose 0.4 percentage points to 14.5%, suggesting its strategy to focus more on profitable LCVs is making sense.

After launching 14 NEV models there this year, Volkswagen Group said China would produce more than half of its target of 22m BEVs by 2028 and it plans to launch a charging infrastructure.

News 16 Apr, 2019

The refreshed version of the MINI Clubman estate has made its debut at the Shanghai Motor Show, sporting a fresh face and more standard kit

News 16 Apr, 2019

Karma and Pininfarina unwrapped their collaboratively-built two-door GT at Shanghai, based on the hybrid-powered Karma Revero

Has the other shoe finally dropped? Following the recent European Commission accusation against BMW, Daimler and VW of breaching EU antitrust rules from 2006 to 2014 by colluding to restrict competition on the development of petrol and diesel emissions control technology for passenger cars, came news today former Volkswagen AG chief Martin Winterkorn has been charged with serious fraud alongside four other managers in Germany for their role in the diesel emissions-rigging scandal that so far has cost the automaker about EUR29bn (US$33bn).

Salvatore Basile has been appointed EVP of SAIC-GM.

Seating tier 1 Adient said preliminary financial results for the quarter to 31 March, 2019 showed falls in revenue and profit.

Renault and Nissan, the automotive alliance partners, have established a new research and development joint venture in Shanghai, China, called Alliance Automotive Research and Development (Shanghai) but which will be referred to as Alliance Innovation Lab Shanghai (AIL-SH).