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BorgWarner has unveiled its Onboard Battery Charger (OBC), adding to the company's portfolio of technologies for plug-in hybrid and pure-electric vehicles.

News 20 May, 2019

The new special edition Mazda CX-3 GT SportNav+ arrives with a range of unique styling features and additional standard equipment

News 20 May, 2019

Mercedes has unveiled a new autonomous concept car based on the GLE, and it comes with a variety of prototype safety systems

News 18 May, 2019

Nearly half of part-worn tyres being sold in some areas are illegal, putting drivers’ lives at risk, councils have warned

Borealis, which supplies polyolefins and base chemicals to the auto plastics industry, has officially opened a new polypropylene (PP) compounding plant in Taylorsville, North Carolina, US.

President Trump has officially set a six-month deadline to negotiate national security issues with respect to imported automobiles and certain automobile parts from the European Union, Japan and any other country the US Trade Representative deems appropriate, seekingalpha.com reported.

Opinion 18 May, 2019

A British motor show is needed to help educate and inspire the future generations interested in the car industry, says Mike Rutherford

Porsche Automobil Holding SE (Porsche SE) said first quarter group profit rose to EUR1.14bn from EUR0.95bn a year ago, an increase of around 20%.

News 17 May, 2019

To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the BMW M5, the German brand has released a new special edition model, limited to just 350 units

Europe's Investment Bank (EIB) has given its in-principle agreement to support the financing of the Continent's first home-grown gigafactory for lithium-ion battery cells, Northvolt Ett, in Sweden.

My look at Volvo's new US-born 'citizen', the S60 saloon/sedan, drew the most just-auto reader eyeballs this week, and rightly so as it's another highly competent contender in the medium/large premium sector, yet another use of the automaker's versatile SPA 'large car' platform and a very interesting illustration of an automaker's global manufacturing footprint, model selection and plant location strategy.

Hitachi Automotive Systems announced Audi is using its electric vehicle (EV) inverter in the e-tron SUV which went on sale in Europe last March.

Nissan Motor announced a boardroom shake-up on Friday as it looked to move on from the ousting of former chairman Carlos Ghosn and disappointing financial results for the 2018-19 financial year.

SEAT has announced that it is focusing its environmental improvement actions this year on reducing waste. Over the past eight years, SEAT has managed to generate 34% less waste in its facilities, and in the next few months is going to implement measures designed to reduce production waste by up to 60% in the next six years.

The BMW Group, a pioneer in electromobility, says it is rapidly expanding its range of electrified vehicles.

Alabama governor Kay Ivey and other elected officials joined Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama management and staff to celebrate the 'grand opening' of HMMA's cylinder head machining plant.

Accuride has appointed Robin Kendrick as president and CEO, effective 1 June 2019.

ITM Power has extended its UK refuelling collaboration agreement with Shell, originally announced in 2015.