Thailand's new vehicle market decline steepened further in September, with sales falling by 14.1% to 76,195 units from strong year earlier sales of 88,706 units, according to wholesale data compiled by the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
Renault will unveil its Kangoo ZE and Master ZE hydrogen vehicles in 2020.
Magirus has unveiled what it maintains is the world's first CNG-powered fire engine, the Compact class (H)LF 10.
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Toyota likely to fit one of its all-electric shuttle buses with a new solid-state battery pack for next year’s Tokyo Olympic Games
And about time. For a brand that once renewed models every four years, with a facelift (nose, tail, dashboard) after two, nine years is a long innings for Europe's Yaris, to be replaced by the fourth generation model in the second half of 2020.
Mitsubishi Motors Europe said its sales grew 7% year on year between January and September in a market down 1.6%.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has begun testing the new Jeep Compass production line at its Melfi plant in Italy.
Upstream Security, which claims to be the leader in cybersecurity for connected vehicles, has announced a syndicate of investors, including some of the world's largest OEM automotive vehicle manufacturers, insurance and fleet operators, invested US$30m in a Series B funding round, bringing the company's total investment to date to $41m.
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21 Oct, 2019
Hyundai’s Australian arm has built a one-off, 400bhp version of the eight-seater i800 people carrier for going sideways in
Romania and Bulgaria reportedly have updated their offers and are willing to provide higher financial support for a new Volkswagen factory that originally looked like it would be built in Turkey.
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All new cars are equipped with a traction control system but do you know how it works and when to switch it off?
VW Group Spanish unit Seat halted car production at its factory in Catalonia on Thursday and Friday because of ongoing strikes and unrest in the region.
Malaysia's new vehicle market rebounded strongly in September, by almost 43% to 44,666 units compared with weak year earlier sales of 31,241 units, according to registration data released by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA).
In the month of September, the Volkswagen Group delivered 904,200 vehicles to customers throughout the world, a rise of 9.2 percent compared with September 2018, although WLTP testing regime market distortions last year played a part.
Hitachi Automotive Systems (HAS), says it started the mass production of its 800-volt compatible high voltage and high output electric vehicle (EV) inverter, which increases EV practicality and enables long-distance driving.
Hyundai Motor Group announced it has developed the claimed world's first machine learning based Smart Cruise Control (SCC-ML) system for vehicles, which learns the owner's personal driving styles and incorporates them into the system's own self-driving behaviour - creating a customised experience for the driver.
Detroit supplier of chassis and electronics assemblies, Piston Group, has added Honda to its customer list by acquiring Marion Industries from Ernie Green Industries.
Just as Volkswagen and Honda seek to keep their joint venture partners happy by giving them different versions of the same basic model, so too does TMC. FAW Toyota got production and sales of the latest RAV4 but GAC Toyota wanted some of the C-SUV action too. Thus the Wildlander, an imminent SUV especially for China.
With the current economy the last thing you need is for your vehicle to break down. Whether your driving a reliable car or a busted up