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Apr
29th

Jaguar Land Rover reveals new ‘earn as you drive’ tech

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News 29 Apr, 2019

JLR's ‘Smart Wallet’ software will provide drivers with monetary rewards for sharing information on traffic jams and potholes

Apr
26th

Autoliv takes Q1 hit to operating income

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Autoliv has reported first quarter operating down 29% at USD173m as it said a labour conflict in Mexico caused temporary costs of over USD20m - although the issue is now 'resolved and production returning to normal levels'.
Apr
26th

Valeo Q1 sales down 1%

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Valeo has reported consolidated first-quarter sales of EUR4,841m down 1% (or 3% on a like-for-like basis).
Apr
26th

Not just Ford which can Go Further – the week

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News of a 200 mile range electric DS drew a lot of reader interest this week. When PSA Group adds a fully electric variant to its new DS 3 Crossback range later this year, the car will come with a claimed range on full battery charge of 200 miles (on the WLTP drive cycle, 267 miles on NEDC). The car (the variant will be called E-Tense) will be equipped with a 50kWh lithium-ion battery and a system for recovering energy during deceleration and braking.
Apr
26th

Daimler profits down 16% in Q1

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Daimler has posted first-quarter profit down 16% on last year and warned that its financial targets have become harder to achieve.
Apr
26th

PSA names new quality and engineering chief

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Gilles Le Borgne, executive PSA Group's vice president of quality and engineering has decided to leave on 2 May "for personal reasons".
Apr
26th

Subaru builds #4m in the US

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Subaru of Indiana Automotive (SIA) has produced its four millionth Subaru branded vehicle - the plant has previously also assembled the Camry under contract to Toyota.
Apr
26th

Tesla hopes for 2,000 Chinese made cars a week by year’s end

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Tesla production in China could reach 2,000 vehicles a week by the end of the year, CEO Elon Musk has said.
Apr
26th

20 years of the BMW SUV: inside BMW’s US mega factory

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BMW SUVs feature - header
Features 27 Apr, 2019

To celebrate 20 years of the BMW SUV, we take a tour of BMW's gigantic Spartanburg factory in the US

Apr
26th

Renault to propose a new merge arrangement with Nissan – report

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Renault plans to propose to Nissan Motor the companies merge under a new holding company, a media report said, citing "people familiar with the proposal".
Apr
26th

Mercedes-Benz CKD centre ships its 750,000th truck kit

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The 750,000th truck kit from the Completely Knocked Down (CKD) centre at the Mercedes-Benz Woerth plant was packed in a 40-foot sea container for its journey overseas.
Apr
26th

General Motors to add second shift at Bowling Green plant

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General Motors is adding a second shift and more than 400 hourly jobs at its Bowling Green (Kentucky) Assembly plant to support production of the Next Generation Corvette, which will be revealed on 18 July 2019.
Apr
26th

Dana and Motiv to integrate e-Axle on Ford Super Duty F-550 chassis

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Dana Incorporated and Motiv Power Systems announced a collaboration to integrate Dana's Spicer Electrified eS9000r e-Axle on the Ford F-550 chassis for use in commercial fleet applications.
Apr
26th

Denso FY2019 revenue up, profits down

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Denso revenue for the financial year to 31 March, 2019 rose 5% year on year to JPY5,362.8bn. Operating profit fell 23.4% to JPY316.2bn and net profit was off 20.6% to JPY254.5bn.
Apr
26th

‘Jaguar is showing that the UK car industry is still the best in the world’

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OPINION WCOTY 2019
Opinion 28 Apr, 2019

Jaguar and Ian Callum have both proved that the UK motor industry is not on its knees after all, says Mike Rutherford

Apr
26th

Renault Q1 sales hit by lower overseas volume

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Renault has said that its Q1 revenue fell 4.8% to EUR12.5bn as global deliveries declined by 5.6%, including the adverse impact of the company's withdrawal from Iran last year.
Apr
26th

Ford upbeat on outlook after posting strong Q1 results

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Ford surprised investors with a strong set of financial results for the first-quarter and said that it expects 2019 to be better than the previous year despite a 'volatile environment'. The results will be very welcome for Ford CEO Jim Hackett as evidence that his turnaround strategy ('global redesign') is gaining traction. Ford shares were up in after-market trading last night.
Apr
25th

Borgward aims to strengthen revival with future SUVs

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A well funded revival of this once dormant German make initially saw Borgward going from nowhere to huge popularity in China. Alas, the early success was not to last and the brand crashed to earth in 2018. Now with a new owner, sales are rising once more and fresh models are on the way.
Apr
25th

Volkswagen T-Cross – worth the wait

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Until now, Europe's B-SUV segment has been missing the biggest brand of all. Volkswagen has timed the arrival of the T-Cross well too, as not one of the most successful incumbents is even close to being new.
Apr
25th

New Scout helps make Karoq number one Skoda SUV

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July will mark the second anniversary of Karoq production so to maintain the sales momentum, Skoda continues to add variants to the range. The most recent one is the Scout, which unlike competitors such as the Peugeot 3008, offers all-wheel drive.
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