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Dana is applying its fuel cell experience to designing and manufacturing composite and metallic bipolar plates for public transportation systems, such as eBus and hydrail applications.

Continental has expanded its logistics centre in Gross-Rohrheim south of Frankfurt, supplying dealers across the world with spare parts.

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems is expanding its Huntington, Indiana, footprint with the addition of a sixth location.

News 2 Apr, 2019

Tesla has bolstered its range of die-cast collectibles with a new, $320 model of its forthcoming Tesla Semi truck articulated lorry

Domestic sales by South Korea's five largest automakers declined by 0.8% to 138,288 units in March from 139,432 units in the same month of last year, according to preliminary data released individually by the vehicle manufacturers.

Bridgestone Europe has completed the acquisition of TomTom Telematics for EUR910m.

Ford is adding a digital chill-out mode to its redesigned Explorer SUV, a model sold mainly in North America.

News 2 Apr, 2019

New compact Audi concept imagines futuristic autonomous transport for our cities

Daimler has allocated the Mercedes-Benz GLC model to its Sindelfingen plant from 2022.

BYD says it has launched the K12A, described as the world's first 27-metre pure electric bi-articulated bus. With a passenger capacity of 250 people, BYD claims it is the longest pure electric bus in the world and can travel at a maximum speed of 70 km/h.

Features 1 Apr, 2019

You’ve had your say. Now we can reveal which foreign-market models manufacturers should sell here in the UK

Test World says it views alternative propulsion development as "definitely a business opportunity" as it marked the opening of its new indoor site at Ivalo in northern Finland.

Huber+Suhner said its claimed super-fast high power charging system has been selected by EV charging network providers Electrify America and Ionity.

Faurecia has launched of its fourth business group - Faurecia Clarion Electronics - based in Saitama, Japan, saying it wants to become a global leader in cockpit electronics and low-speed ADAS.

Ports have been very much in the news as the UK government struggles to deliver Brexit as promised and, amid all that, Associated British Ports' (ABP) Port of Grimsby announced it recently expanded storage for imported vehicles.

Test World says it is focusing on securing more suppliers and OEMs to its northern Finland facility given the stable nature of weather conditions offered by its new indoor site high in the Arctic Circle.

News 1 Apr, 2019

Gridserve is investing £1bn in a new 100-strong network of solar forecourts which will recharge EVs at a rate of up to 500kW

Renesas Electronics has completed its purchase of Integrated Device Technology (IDT) following approvals by IDT shareholders and regulators.

Amongst the various April Fools Day gag press releases - special mention to Jaguar Land Rover for its 'EV charge point 15 miles from the nearest road on the Scottish island of Skye' and Juice Technology's 'extended version of the wall-mounted Juice Charger 2 with an integrated juicer' - we particularly liked Toyota Australia's 'Pieace' - a convertible version of the popular Hiace van/people carrier complete with built-in pie warmer.

News 1 Apr, 2019

Number of drivers caught speeding is nearly 170 times higher in some parts of England and Wales than in others