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News 13 Feb, 2019

Study finds electric cars are cheaper to run than petrol or diesel models, even once higher purchase prices are taken into account

Honda has given a first look at the interior of its compact electric vehicle prototype to be shown in Geneva next month. It reveals a full-width dashboard which it says 'combines clean and simple design with user focused technology'.

Oxis Energy has signed a contract with Codemge Participacoes in Belo Horizonte, Brazil to establish a digital manufacturing plant for mass production of lithium sulphur cells.

Rane TRW Steering Systems a joint venture of Rane Group with ZF, has opened a new facility for occupant safety products at Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu in India.

Reports in Japan say that ex-Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn's chief defence lawyer has resigned in a move that throws further uncertainty over the future of the ex-chairman of Nissan who is in detention in Tokyo and facing charges related to financial misconduct.

A report in The Times newspaper says that Ford has told UK prime minister Theresa May that it is stepping up preparations to move manufacturing activity out of Britain as the UK heads towards a 'no-deal' Brexit.

WiTricity has acquired the Halo division from Qualcomm, which will bring to more than1,500 the number of patents and patent applications related to wireless charging WiTricity will own or control.

News 13 Feb, 2019

Mark Blundell joins British Touring Car Championship for 2019 and will drive a Trade Price Racing Cars Audi S3 Saloon in the 30-race series

News 12 Feb, 2019

University professor says big executive cars carrying “male egos” should not be allowed on the road

News 12 Feb, 2019

The MINI John Cooper Works GP III is set for launch in 2020, featuring a turbocharged four-cylinder engine with more than 300bhp

News 13 Feb, 2019

The new special edition Range Rover Sport HST arrives with a new powertrain and exclusive interior and exterior trim

A new contract - the third and latest covering the engine supply partnership between the two companies and the largest ever signed by Ricardo - confirms the company as supplier of engines to McLaren in support of its Track25 business plan.

News 12 Feb, 2019

Citroen is planning to celebrate its centenary with two concepts in 2019 - and the firm has already given us an early look at one of them

News 12 Feb, 2019

The Skoda Vision iV concept sits on the VW Group’s MEB platform and is likely to morph into a production-ready electric coupe-SUV in 2021

There was good news and bad in the latest financial results reported by Nissan.

VW Group owned brand SEAT says it is getting ready to participate at the Mobile World Congress, the global benchmark event of mobile technology and connectivity, for the fifth year in a row.

French shared mobility tech firm Vulog supplies back-end software platforms for car-sharing services. It claims to offer everything needed for an operator to run a car-sharing service, working with the likes of Kia and PSA Groupe in the US, China and Europe. Last year, their platforms powered 15 million journeys. This year, they're forecasting 25 million. They're using Big Data to help clients optimise fleet efficiency and trialling autonomous ride-hailing/mobility sharing. To learn more, we spoke to Grégory Ducongé, CEO of Vulog.