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Months after the Mini in which it is used was launched, Continental, in component maker's tradition, has finally announced it developed the turbocharger with aluminum turbine housing - an industry first.

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Tesla to challenge the compact exec elite with all-electric Tesla Model 3. Gen III car on sale in 2017 with possible UK engineering input

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The Tesla Model 3 is now on sale in select European markets, with first deliveries penned in for February 2019

A subsidiary of BMW's China JV partner Brilliance has started local assembly of BMW's N20 4-cylinder turbocharged engines.

Life will become increasingly difficult for automakers in the hotly contested Brazilian market for compact hatchbacks. After all, there are no fewer than 32 models on offer, including five subcompacts, in this locally-made and imported sector which accounts for 53% of annual sales or 1.5m units.

Audi will add a third shift at its car plant in Hungary in mid-August ahead of the launch of the new TT sports car.

News 15 Jul, 2014

Porsche’s new 911 Turbo S Exclusive GB Edition will start from £150,237 and celebrates 40 years of the 911 Turbo

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Volkswagen plans to invest 15 billion rupees ($250 million) in India over the next five to six years. VW's market share in India fell in the last fiscal year to 2.1 percent from 2.4 percent.

Geely's Volvo Cars has produced its last XC90 at its Torslanda factory in Sweden and the tooling for the now-jurassic vehicle, first seen at the Detroit show in 2002, is being shipped to China.

BMW Group and Samsung SDI plan to expand their supply relationship for battery cells for electro-mobility. The two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will see supply volumes of battery cells from Samsung SDI to BMW rise.

BMW is open to sharing with rival automakers the EV battery cell technology it co-developed with Samsung SDI. Sharing the technology would reduce the cost of the battery cells -- the most expensive part of an electric vehicle.

BMW is open to sharing with rival automakers the EV battery cell technology it co-developed with Samsung SDI. Sharing the technology would reduce the cost of the battery cells -- the most expensive part of an electric vehicle.

Two new viral videos, two very different locales.

German industrial gases maker Linde has opened what it says is the world's first production line for hydrogen fueling stations, in a bid to boost support networks for eco-friendly cars.

Audi's central London dealership has chosen a revolutionary new way for the automaker to sell not just cars but the brand itself by allowing customers to configure their vehicles on four huge powerwall screens.

Uber and Lyft are racing to recruit drivers to spur the growth of their popular ride-sharing businesses. The rivalry for drivers is unfolding across the United States as both companies rush to expand services -- most recently in New York.

From GMM

Mercedes will restrict the race strategies that can be adopted by its drivers as Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg fight for the 2014 title.

Until now, the dominant team has given its driver duo almost free rein to battle for the championship, despite constant speculation that Mercedes and its parent Daimler might prefer to see German Rosberg ultimately triumph.

Italy's Autosprint now reports that one of the ways Mercedes is moving to demonstrate absolute equality between the pair is to limit them to very similar pit strategies.

"The drivers must comply with the same number of pitstops," said correspondent Alberto Antonini.

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG, pitstop. (Photo: WRi2)

That aside, the Hamilton and Rosberg camps will be free to wage their battles, even at the risk of some loss of 'transparency' as outlined by boss Toto Wolff recently.

"As an individual, you cannot dominate alone in motor racing," Wolff is quoted by Speed Week. "Our position is a testament to how well we work together.

"But of course there are areas where you keep certain details to yourself to develop an advantage, and this is also accepted by the team. But it must not have a negative influence on the development of the team," he insisted.

From GMM

The distinctive nose at the front of Caterham's 2014 car could be the popular victim of a development push by the backmarker team.

"New management, new nose, new hope," read a report in the German-language Speed Week, as it referred to Caterham's plans to press ahead in the wake of the Tony Fernandes era.

Caterham is currently last in the constructors' standings, after its traditional backmarker rival Marussia finally broke into the points in Monaco.

Finishing last in 2014 - a statistic new bosses Colin Kolles and Christijan Albers are determined to avoid - could mean the loss of about $20 million in official prize-money.

And so it seems Caterham's mysterious new Swiss-Middle Eastern owners have approved a timely development push.

Italy's Omnicorse claims departed backer Fernandes had essentially 'blocked' the further development of the uncompetitive CT05 car while he contemplated selling the Leafield based team.

The new management has now 'unblocked' that programme.

The report said that, on Tuesday, a 60 per cent model of the car entered the state-of-the-art Toyota wind tunnel in Cologne, with the fruits of the work scheduled to debut at the Belgian grand prix after the summer break.

The headline improvement will be a "more efficient nose", Speed Week claims.

The curious 'double nose' on the CT05, arguably one of the ugliest innovations in F1 history, is tipped to be gone at Spa-Francorchamps in August.

But, before that, the new nose would require a new FIA crash test.

"We obviously have a lot of work to do," said team boss and former Minardi driver Albers, "but we're prepared for the challenges ahead."

Caterham CT05 nose. (Photo: WRi2)

In 2015, it is expected that every car on the grid will feature much more aesthetically-pleasing nose designs.

Next year's rules have addressed the issue of the unseemly and unpopular 'anteater'-style noses.

"We can't legislate against ugly cars," said the FIA's Charlie Whiting, "but what we can do is to try to get closer to what was originally intended."

The 2015 rules mandate larger minimum cross-sections of the noses, he confirmed.

"They (will) have to be a certain height and a certain width and they must be symmetrical about the car centre line," said Charlie Whiting.