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Apr
25th

New 2020 Lotus sports car to be brand’s first electrified model – pictures

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Apr
24th

Operations commence at new GS Yuasa plant in Turkey

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GS Yuasa has launched operations at the newly opened Inci GS Yuasa lead acid storage battery plant in Manisa, Turkey.
Apr
24th

NHTSA eyeing TRW airbag control units in millions of cars

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A US investigation into airbags using TRW (absorbed into ZF) control units now includes millions of additional cars, according to US media reports.
Apr
24th

Axed Ford workers in Russia fight for higher compensation

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Workers losing their jobs this summer under Ford's plans to axe car production in Russia are protesting for higher pay-offs, according to reports in Russia.
Apr
24th

Ford and Rivian announce £380m deal to develop new electric Ford

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Rivian R1S - charging
News 24 Apr, 2019

Significant Ford investment sees industry giant gain access to Rivian’s new all-electric platform

Apr
24th

Didi Mobility taking taxi hailing to 13 Japanese cities

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Didi Mobility Japan, a joint venture (JV) between China's Didi Chuxing and SoftBank, is to expand its taxi-hailing service to 13 cities across Japan.
Apr
24th

Ford and Rivian to make battery electric vehicle

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Ford has invested US$500m in Rivian and the two companies will develop a new, battery electric vehicle for the automaker using Rivian's skateboard platform.
Apr
24th

Auto industry consolidation to ‘focus on selective alliances’

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Ratings agency Fitch says that selective alliances are likely to be a medium-term alternative to full-scale mergers and mega acquisitions to support automotive manufacturers' credit profiles.
Apr
24th

Entry-level Range Rover Evoque meets RDE2 standard

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The entry-level diesel engine option with the new Range Rover Evoque meets the Real Driving Emissions 2 (RDE2) standard, it has been confirmed.
Apr
24th

Porsche Romania to build 77 fast charging stations by 2021

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Porsche Romania, the VW group distributor and Romania's largest car importer, will invest in the country's EV charging infrastructure with dealer partners.
Apr
24th

ZF Japan presents energy efficient electric LCV prototype

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ZF Japan announced that the company has developed an electric light commercial vehicle specifically for the Japanese market. Driven by its slogan, "ZF electrifies everything," the company has been electrifying a wide range of systems not only for passenger cars and commercial vehicles but also for industrial machines.
Apr
24th

Electrifying trucks – challenges and opportunities

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It is said that commercial vehicles are the most difficult to electrify and likely to be the last to migrate from IC powertrains. Continuing just-auto/QUBE's series of interviews, we asked David Kelly of Drive System Design why this is the case and what can be done to make battery electric trucks (BETs) more attractive.
Apr
24th

Volvo Group sales up 20% to SEK107.2bn in Q1 2019

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Volvo Group net sales increased by 20% to SEK107.2bn (US$11.46bn) (89.1) in Q1 2019. Adjusted for currency movements, net sales increased by 12%.
Apr
24th

Hyundai Motor names new styling chief

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Hyundai Motor Company said Simon Loasby, director of design in China, had been promoted to head of the Hyundai Styling Group at the design centre in South Korea.
Apr
24th

Ford and Autonomic sign multi year deal with Amazon Web Services

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Ford and the creators of the Transportation Mobility Cloud (TMC) Autonomic have signed a multi-year, global agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), which the companies will expand the availability of cloud connectivity services and connected car application development services for the transportation industry.
Apr
24th

Lada starts selling cars in Mongolia

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Avtovaz has signed a contract with its local partner Russo Motors to sell cars in Mongolia.
Apr
24th

Tesla reintroduces cheaper Model S and X

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Tesla will bring back lower-priced versions of its Model S and X and upgrade its vehicles to improve range and recharging speed.
Apr
24th

Hyundai boosts Q1 sales and profit

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Hyundai Motor Company reported a 6.9% and 21% increase in sales revenue and operating profit respectively for the first quarter of 2019, "in spite of continued slowdown in global economic growth".
Apr
24th

Waymo to reuse American Axle factory for autonomous vehicles

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Google parent company Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo will build autonomous vehicles in Detroit, CEO John Krafcik has said.
Apr
24th

‘Genesis is set to succeed where Infiniti has failed’

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Opinion - Genesis
Opinion 24 Apr, 2019

Hyundai's luxury brand Genesis is coming to Europe, and Steve Fowler thinks it will succeed where many others have failed

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