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China's Prinx Chengshan Shandong Tire has begun construction of a new US$600m tyre manufacturing plant in Thailand this week as the company looks to strengthen its overseas sales.

Volkswagen has unveiled three new electric vehicles (EVs) in China last week, all battery powered versions of existing mainstream passenger cars models produced at its two main joint ventures in the country.

Chinese new energy vehicle start-up Hozon New Energy Automobile opened a design centre in Beijing last week to help speed up its product development.

While the rest of the world seems fixed on driving up the use of electric and hybrid vehicles to help reduce emissions and energy consumption, the South Korean government is putting forward a transportation policy based on hydrogen power.

News 3 Apr, 2019

Firm says mass release of patents will help other companies address demands of “time, money and resources” required for hybrids

News 3 Apr, 2019

Police fear problem of car cloning is even more widespread than reports say

US deliveries of light vehicles were down 3.3% in the first quarter of 2019 as March volume fell 3.2%.

Opinion 3 Apr, 2019

Editor-in-chief Steve Fowler thinks Euisun Chung’s leadership is steering Hyundai, Kia and Genesis into an even brighter future

News 3 Apr, 2019

The new Ford Puma will arrive later this year, and will sit between the EcoSport and Kuga in the brand's SUV range

Even the richest of manufacturers frequently have money-saving JVs for light commercials, particularly in Europe. Groupe PSA, allied with Fiat Chrysler for large vans, also now supplies Toyota with the Proace Verso. One size down, a modified version of the same EMP2 platform is used for the Peugeot Rifter, Opel Combo and Citroën Berlingo triplets.

Ford said it was is spending tens of millions of euros preparing for a possible British exit from the European Union without a trade deal and had yet to decide on its longer-term plans for Britain, a media report said.

Ford has announced more electrified vehicles for Europe.

Ford has now produced a million three cylinder, one-litre Ecoboost engines at its plant in Craiova, Romania.

Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says it is developing the next phase of its aluminium closed loop strategy and aims to recover aluminium from existing JLR vehicles and reform it into a new high-grade aluminium to create new vehicles.

Mitsubishi Motors (MMC) is following Nissan with a new Dendo Drive House (DDH) package which connects car, building and electricity grid.

News 2 Apr, 2019

On sale from 8th April 2019, the new Play special editions are priced from £11,195 for i10 and £14,495 i20