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Apr
24th

Porsche Romania to build 77 fast charging stations by 2021

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Porsche Romania, the VW group distributor and Romania's largest car importer, will invest in the country's EV charging infrastructure with dealer partners.
Apr
24th

ZF Japan presents energy efficient electric LCV prototype

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ZF Japan announced that the company has developed an electric light commercial vehicle specifically for the Japanese market. Driven by its slogan, "ZF electrifies everything," the company has been electrifying a wide range of systems not only for passenger cars and commercial vehicles but also for industrial machines.
Apr
24th

Electrifying trucks – challenges and opportunities

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It is said that commercial vehicles are the most difficult to electrify and likely to be the last to migrate from IC powertrains. Continuing just-auto/QUBE's series of interviews, we asked David Kelly of Drive System Design why this is the case and what can be done to make battery electric trucks (BETs) more attractive.
Apr
24th

Volvo Group sales up 20% to SEK107.2bn in Q1 2019

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Volvo Group net sales increased by 20% to SEK107.2bn (US$11.46bn) (89.1) in Q1 2019. Adjusted for currency movements, net sales increased by 12%.
Apr
24th

Hyundai Motor names new styling chief

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Hyundai Motor Company said Simon Loasby, director of design in China, had been promoted to head of the Hyundai Styling Group at the design centre in South Korea.
Apr
24th

Ford and Autonomic sign multi year deal with Amazon Web Services

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Ford and the creators of the Transportation Mobility Cloud (TMC) Autonomic have signed a multi-year, global agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), which the companies will expand the availability of cloud connectivity services and connected car application development services for the transportation industry.
Apr
24th

Lada starts selling cars in Mongolia

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Avtovaz has signed a contract with its local partner Russo Motors to sell cars in Mongolia.
Apr
24th

Tesla reintroduces cheaper Model S and X

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Tesla will bring back lower-priced versions of its Model S and X and upgrade its vehicles to improve range and recharging speed.
Apr
24th

Hyundai boosts Q1 sales and profit

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Hyundai Motor Company reported a 6.9% and 21% increase in sales revenue and operating profit respectively for the first quarter of 2019, "in spite of continued slowdown in global economic growth".
Apr
24th

Waymo to reuse American Axle factory for autonomous vehicles

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Google parent company Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo will build autonomous vehicles in Detroit, CEO John Krafcik has said.
Apr
24th

‘Genesis is set to succeed where Infiniti has failed’

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Opinion - Genesis
Opinion 24 Apr, 2019

Hyundai's luxury brand Genesis is coming to Europe, and Steve Fowler thinks it will succeed where many others have failed

Apr
23rd

Ford and Amazon partner to develop connected and autonomous cars

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Ford Edge - Ford badge
News 23 Apr, 2019

Ford announces “multi-year, global agreement” with Amazon Web Services; partnership to pave the way for universal connected car systems

Apr
23rd

Huawei launches auto 5G comms module

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China's controversial Huawei Technologies has claimed to have launched the world's first 5G communications hardware for the auto industry.
Apr
23rd

Allison makes EV-related acquisitions

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Allison Transmission Holdings has purchased Vantage Power and AxleTech's electric vehicle (EV) systems division.
Apr
23rd

UK speed camera tolerances revealed: is your car’s speedo accurate?

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Speed camera
News 24 Apr, 2019

We investigate the internet rumors surrounding UK speed camera tolerances and whether your car speedo can be trusted

Apr
23rd

Volkswagen using blockchain for transparent supply chain

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Optimising supply chains, eliminating error sources and guaranteeing social and ecological standards are the goals of a collaboration between the Volkswagen Group and Minespider.
Apr
23rd

Novares acquires minority stake in Quad Industries

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Novares Venture Capital Fund has invested in Quad Industries, a company specialised in printed flexible electronics.
Apr
23rd

Soueast, Dearcc and Enovate future models

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For years, Southeast Motor had a successful business building Mitsubishi-based vehicles in China. Now, amidst tough trading conditions, this small OEM is experiencing a major downturn. Will the addition of the Dearcc and Enovate EV brands be enough to turn things around?
Apr
23rd

What the future holds for Zotye and Traum

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Zotye Auto, infamous as a supposed cloner of other OEMs' models, has been steadily building up a range of vehicles. Moderately successful in its native China as well as in certain export markets, the company has several brands and will from next year be a partner of Ford, supplying its much larger rival with an EV.
Apr
23rd

Chery, Cowin, Karry, Jetour and Exeed future models

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Chery Auto is bucking the trend and doing very well in the Chinese market while rival state-run OEMs flounder. Its secret? The new Jetour brand, soon be joined by another, Exeed. This report examines the model ranges and looks at future vehicles for the Chery, Cowin and Karry divisions too.
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