Jinkang Seres, a subsidiary of Chinese automaker Sokon Group also known as SF Motors, unveiled a new battery-powered SUV at a company event held this week in the south west city of Chongqing.
Easter is coming this weekend, which means Friday (19 April) and Monday (22 April) are public holidays for us, here in the UK.
New vehicle sales in Indonesia continued to fall in March 2019, by over 11% to 90,189 units from 101,674 units a year earlier, according to wholesale data compiled by industry association Gaikindo.
Ride-hail giant Uber Technologies is reported to be nearing a deal with a group of investors prepared to invest in its self-driving car unit.
SKF has inaugurated its tapered roller bearing factory in Changshan, China.
In a record year for Volkswagen Group Spanish unit SEAT, the purchasing operation spent EUR7.137bn (US$8.061bn) in 2018, up 5.6% year on year.
Lear Corporation has announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Seattle-based Xevo, a leading automotive software supplier that develops solutions for cloud, car, and mobile devices.
Hella has signed further cooperation agreements at Auto Shanghai, China's most important motor show.
Dana has announced that the company had added five facilities in China since the start of the year. The increase is the result of Dana's recent acquisition of the SME Group, as well as the Drive Systems segment of Oerlikon Group, including the Graziano and Fairfield brands.
Aeva has announced a partnership with AID-Autonomous Intelligent Driving GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Audi AG and the 'center of excellence' for Volkswagen Group's autonomous driving system, to bring 'ground-breaking 4D Lidar' to its autonomous vehicle program.
Volkswagen plans to have produced 11.6m electric vehicles in China by 2028, the German automaker said.
Malaysia's new vehicle market expanded by 9.6% to 54,776 units in March from 49,987 units in the same month of last year, according to registration data released by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA).
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Ford has said a shift in production at a Michigan plant to trucks from less profitable cars would lead to a $1bn-plus boost to its operating profit.
Apple has been evaluating at least four companies as possible suppliers of next-generation lidar sensors in self-driving cars while continuing to work on its own lidar unit, Reuters sources have said.
Japan's Nidec Corporation this week agreed to acquire Omron Corporation's automotive electronics business for JPY100bn (US$893m), according to a statement by the company.
Average CO2 emissions from new cars sold in Europe were 118.5 grams of CO2 per kilometre in 2017, or up 0.4% compared to 2016, according to data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The European vehicle makers' association, ACEA, has called for more investment in charging infrastructure to boost EVs and help reduce overall CO2 emissions.
With the current economy the last thing you need is for your vehicle to break down. Whether your driving a reliable car or a busted up