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Malaysian national carmaker Proton this week officially launched its first SUV, based on a model already on sale in China by its new strategic partner Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely).

Charging station operator, Allego, has secured a EUR40m (US$45m) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB).

News 14 Dec, 2018

New charge points receiving Government installation grants must be able to detect and charge at off-peak times

Indorama Ventures has entered into an agreement to acquire airbag fabric supplier, UTT.

Features 13 Dec, 2018

We spend the day at a Young Driver lesson to find out the benefits of teaching your children to drive young

Competition is hotting up in the European C-SUV sector as Honda unveils a new CR-V, with a hybrid to come, and Toyota loads its own ammunition in the form of a redesigned RAV-4, with the arsenal again including hybrid.

News 13 Dec, 2018

Scotland’s road traffic accident rate has actually increased since tougher drink-drive laws were introduced in 2014

News 14 Dec, 2018

Research finds 37 per cent of people have friends who they believe have driven while over the drink-drive limit

Renault's Board of Directors has met under the Chairmanship of Philippe Lagayette, Lead Independent Director, and heard the preliminary conclusions of a review of under-fire Carlos Ghosn's Renault compensation in the period 2015-2018 (the period of alleged financial misconduct at Nissan). The review concluded that his compensation was 'in compliance with applicable law'. 

As VinFast sets a course to become the first indigenous Vietnamese automaker, it's also happy to partner with European companies and buy in expertise from companies such as BMW and Bosch, local reports say.

China's Changan Automobile officially began operations in Argentina this week with the launch of two SUV models in the city of San Isidro, according to local reports.

News 13 Dec, 2018

Audi to display “mobile movie theatre” style entertainment system, which will eventually work with its automated driving technology

News 13 Dec, 2018

BMW and Porsche’s prototype 450kW FastCharge unit can give 62 miles of range in just three minutes, once vehicle technology catches up

The Supervisory Board of Volkswagen Group has appointed Bram Schot a member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG effective 1 January 2019. The move helps to fill the vacuum created by the departure of ex-Audi chief Rupert Stadler from VW Group (after he was detained last summer by German authorities as part of ongoing dieselgate investigations).

Plastic Omnium and Brose are to collaborate on automotive side-doors.

Gentherm has unveiled Matteo Anversa as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer from 1 January, 2019.

BYD has delivered its first electric bus to Salgotarjan in Hungary following similar orders for Portugal and Denmark.

Eberspaecher Exhaust Technology says it has developed a new generation of electrically operated acoustic valves for passenger cars.

News 13 Dec, 2018

A new Audi A4 will arrive next year to take on the BMW 3 Series and Mercedes C-Class, and our exclusive image previews how it could look