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The Board of Management of Volkswagen AG has resolved to go ahead with the planned IPO of VW subsidiary Traton SE before the summer break, depending on 'further developments on capital markets'. Traton is VW's commercial vehicle specialist that includes brands such as MAN and Scania.

Technology company Silicon Mobility has announced the opening of a subsidiary in Shanghai, China.

Foresight Autonomous has signed a distribution agreement with Japanese trading house, Cornes Technologies. 

Green Commuter has launched six all-electric vanpools through Metro's subsidised programme in a contract with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro).

Infineon Technologies says it is a new partner in Volkswagen Group's supplier network FAST (Future Automotive Supply Tracks).

News 14 May, 2019

Transportation is one of biggest contributors to CO2, but electric cars will not be the only solution

News 14 May, 2019

The facelifted Audi A4 will take the fight to the BMW 3 Series and Jaguar XE with a new look and a raft of engine changes

The global vehicle market was virtually flat in 2018 at around 94m vehicles sold, but the fourth quarter showed a near 5% year-on-year drop on the back of a similarly sized decline in Q3. The global light vehicle market continues to face challenges in 2019 after that pronounced weakening in the second half of 2019.

News 14 May, 2019

The new Kia compact SUV is based on the 2019 SP Signature Concept, however it's unlikely to be sold in Europe

Daimler's Mercedes-Benz Cars wants to have a carbon-neutral new passenger car fleet within two decades and also aims to have plug-in hybrids or all-electric vehicles account for over half its car sales by 2030.

New vehicle sales in Vietnam declined by 2.8% to 20,106 units in April 2019 from 20,678 units a year earlier, according to wholesale data released by the Vietnam Automotive Manufacturers Association (VAMA).

China has announced it will increase tariffs imposed on about US$60bn of US goods in retaliation for president Donald Trump's latest escalation of the trade war, media reports on Monday (13 May) said.

News 13 May, 2019

Sitting at the top of the Fiat 500 range, the two new editions add fresh colour combinations and more standard equipment

Honda of the UK Manufacturing has this afternoon (13 May) informed employees it has confirmed earlier announced plans to close its English manufacturing plant in Swindon, Wiltshire, at the end of the current model's production lifecycle, in 2021.

News 13 May, 2019

Mercedes predicts more than half of new car sales will be plug-in by 2030, and targets all European factories to be carbon-neutral by 2022

Following the reveal of its Ami One concept (self-described as "the embodiment of urban electric mobility") last February, Citroen has announced the 19_19 which "expresses [a] vision of ultra-comfort and extended mobility to escape from the cities". It will be revealed at VivaTech in Paris on 16 May.

News 13 May, 2019

The UK-based tuning company and USA-based wheel manufacturer have launched a new Volkswagen performance brand, called M52

Chinese electric vehicle startup Byton plans to launch a new round of fund raising in the next few months as it prepares to unveil its first production model in the third quarter of the year.