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China is set to drive capacity growth in the global propylene oxide (PO) industry from planned and announced projects between 2019 and 2023, contributing around 41% of the global growth by 2023, according to GlobalData, the data and analytics company and parent of just-auto.com.

Opinion 20 Nov, 2019

As diesel continues to get a bad press, some bigwigs in the industry think a comeback is one the cards, says Steve Fowler

Saying the move "builds upon its strong track record of bolt-on acquisitions", Aptiv, self-described as "mobility's leading software and systems technologies integrator" on its website, has completed the acquisition of gabo Systemtechnik (gabocom) from Bregal Unternehmerkapital.

Luxury sports car maker Aston Martin is entering a new segment with its Wales-made DBX luxury crossover, which is now on sale.

News 20 Nov, 2019

Toyota revealed a plug-in hybrid version of the RAV4 at this year’s LA Show, with almost 300bhp and an all-electric range of 39 miles

Volkswagen Group Logistics claims to be the first company to use two car freighters powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) in overseas traffic.

News 20 Nov, 2019

Ford’s performance brand, Shelby, is to do a fettled version of the electric Mustang Mach-E.

BlackBerry Limited and electric vehicle company Arrival Ltd. have announced today that Arrival's intelligent, autonomous-ready commercial vehicles will be powered by BlackBerry QNX technology.

Mitsubishi Motors North America (MMNA), which claims to be the fastest-growing Asian brand in the US for a second consecutive year, is the latest US distributor to uproot staff from the Los Angeles area to shift 'back east' - and has just confirmed a new headquarters location close to Alliance partner Nissan in the Cool Springs district of Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville.

News 20 Nov, 2019

Audi Sport’s SUV offensive continues with the new Audi RS Q8, which will challenge the Range Rover Sport SVR at the £100,000 price point

Phoenix, Arizona-based Nikola Corporation claims its new battery has a record energy density of 1,100 watt-hours per kilogram on the material level and 500 watt-hours/kg on the production cell level.

Jacobs Vehicle Systems (of 'Jake Brake' fame), the manufacturer of heavy duty diesel engine retarding and valve actuation systems, recently shipped the first engine brake from its newly opened European facitory near Brno in the Czech Republic.

Automobili Pininfarina has announced its ambition to follow the launch of the pure-electric Battista hypercar with a series of major investments and initiatives that it says will see the Italian brand develop into one of the world's leading luxury automotive companies.

ADAS specialist Veoneer has joined the Autonomous Vehicle Computing Consortium (AVCC) to speed autonomous driving vehicle development.