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Volvo Group and Samsung SDI have agreed a strategic alliance to develop battery packs for electric trucks.

News 18 Jul, 2019

The UK now has 42,000 individual speed bumps on a total of 14,000 different roads, with London Boroughs having the most

News 18 Jul, 2019

An updated version of the Mazda 2 supermini will reach the UK later this year, with fresh styling and revised mechanicals

Strong demand for the Ranger pickup truck it produces both for local sale and export has led Ford South Africa to add a third shift from August 2019.

Toyota Motor Corporation said it would conduct verification tests in Toyota City using driving data obtained from Ha:mo Ride, a car-sharing service that uses COMS ultra-compact BEVs (battery electric vehicles).

News 18 Jul, 2019

Skoda will revise its Karoq and Kodiaq for next year with a handful of styling, drivetrain and technology updates

Coscharis is to start assembling Renault's Logan and Duster brands in Nigeria, as well as distribute them from October this year. 

Tell us something we didn't already know: The United States has fallen out of love with station wagons (aka estate cars).

Skoda is adding Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) to its Karoq and Kodiaq models.

SEAT is going to begin offering corporate carsharing services through Respiro. The move was announced at 'Madrid on the move by SEAT', an event in the Spanish capital where the company presented its urban mobility strategy for the first time and vehicles such as the new SEAT Mii electric, the SEAT Minimo concept vehicle and the SEAT eXS KickScooter powered by Segway.

Advance Auto Parts has appointed Jason McDonell, who the supplier says will join the company as EVP and CMO, effective 29 July.

Geely's Volvo Cars has reported record revenue for the first six months of 2019 of SEK130.1bn, up from SEK122.9bn a year ago.

Motus Integrated Technologies has selected Gadsden, in Etowah County, as the location for its new manufacturing facility.

Genuine Parts Company (GPC) has announced an acquisition for its European automotive business.

PSA Group has appointed Master Group Corporation Asia (MGC) as the sole authorised importer and distributor of Peugeot brand vehicles in Thailand.

Following its June 2018 acquisition by Swedish EV manufacturer NEVS, British in-wheel motor technology company Protean Electric has launched an electric-drive corner module designed for urban mobility pods.

Sanctions, what sanctions? Iran has launched Peugeot 301 production at the Iran Khodro (IKCO) plant in Tehran.

Australian new vehicle sales fell in June reflecting, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) said, "tough market conditions".

It's the middle of southern hemisphere winter and the heat came off the New Zealand new vehicle market in June, according to the local Motor Industry Association (MIA).

Opinion 17 Jul, 2019

What does the Evija mean for Lotus? John McIlroy thinks it's important but mainly as a sign of things to come...