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News 15 Apr, 2019

Research suggests drivers do not feel the need to give cyclists in bike lanes as much room as they do on standard sections of road

News 16 Apr, 2019

The Aston Martin Rapide E is ready for production, offering 602bhp and a claimed range of more than 200 miles

New vehicle sales in China fell by 5.2% to 2.52m units in March from 2.66m units a year earlier, according to wholesale data compiled by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).

Dongfeng Honda Automobile a Honda automobile production and sales joint venture in China, held an opening ceremony to commemorate the completion of construction of its third automobile plant in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

News 16 Apr, 2019

The Lotus Type 130 hypercar could have up to 1,000bhp and is due to be unveiled in London in late 2019

Brose's UK operation said it was reaping the dividends of new driverless vehicle logistics in its Coventry factory.

News 15 Apr, 2019

Volkswagen showcases five new SUVs for China in Shanghai as brand plots 12 strong SUV line-up by 2020

News 13 Apr, 2019

There’s now a record of nearly 200,000 plug-in cars on the UK’s roads, thanks to a rise of more than 75 per cent in 2018

Geely's Volvo Cars has started production of its XC40 'small' SUV in Luqiao, China, citing ever-growing demand.

News 15 Apr, 2019

The new, aerodynamic Audi AI:ME concept is envisioned as on-demand, autonomous city transportation

A smart road allowing battery-less EV power will be built in Sweden.

News 14 Apr, 2019

The new Volkswagen ID. Roomzz concept is the largest of the brand's all-electric ID. range and will morph into a production model in 2021

As well as making the Audi e-tron at the Forest plant (Brussels) the electric crossover e-tron will also be made in China.

At the Chinese debut of the Polestar 2 in Shanghai, Geely-owned Polestar confirmed that production of the new electric performance fastback will take place in Luqiao, Zhejiang Province, from early 2020.

Another week, another kick-the-Brexit-can-down-the-road move by the apparently paralysed UK government as a humiliated Remainer prime minister shuttled to various European capitals and Brussels before a small-hours announcement that, er, nothing had been achieved apart from yet another extension. You can imagine how the automakers who brought forward summer plant shutdowns or stockpiled a few parts just-in-case just-in-time was interrupted temporarily must have been feeling.

Geely Auto Group, which already has a bit of form with electrified vehicles, has launched a new, pure EV brand.

ZF has launched coPilot, an intelligent advanced driver assistance system (ADAS).

Changan Corporation will construct an EV production factory in Georgia (the east European country that is, not the US state). Strategic partners of Changan Corporation include Volvo, Volkswagen and Ford.

March 2019 was the best ever single sales month in the BMW Group's history with a total of 263,319 premium BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles delivered to customers, an increase of 2.8% on the same month last year. Across the first quarter of the year, the company maintained sales at last year's high level, with a total of 605,333 (+0.1%) vehicles sold.