Momentum in the development of the Polestar 1 has increased with the production of the first series of road-going verification prototype (VP) cars in Sweden. Produced for a number of purposes including crash tests, weather testing and on-road assessment, the VP cars form the very first fleet of Polestar 1 cars on the road.
Automotive brands accounted for 16 of Interbrand's most valuable brands list for 2018 though Apple, Google, and Amazon were the top three.
Ten sites picked by the Obama administration to be nation's hotbeds of self-driving car testing will soon have to compete with the rest of the country.
The British light commercial vehicle (LCV) market contracted last month (but not as much as cars) according to Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) data.
UK new-car registrations dropped 21 percent in September following the introduction of a new testing regime, the SMMT industry body said.
Honda spent two years checking out the technology belonging to Google's Waymo. But then it surprised the industry and went another route, investing $2.75 billion with GM's self-driving unit.
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Mitsubishi Motors announced it would expand production capacity in Indonesia in response to strong regional demand for its Xpander compact MPV.
Even without the presence of the mighty Volkswagen, it was a German make which dominated the reporting from the Paris motor show. BMW's seventh generation 3 Series was the stand-out world premiere, although PSA and Renault also had much to show and tell, including new insight into future electrified models.
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The UK car market fell by a fifth versus year-ago levels in September as supply issues associated with new emissions testing rules continued to distort the market.
Toyota Motor and SoftBank Group on Thursday announced plans to establish a new partnership to develop technology-based logistics and mobility services and ultimately autonomous mobility services in Japan.
PSA's Europe boss, Maxime Picat, has said that if the UK's departure from the EU disrupts trade to the extent the automaker has to make vehicles separately for the two markets, there would be an impact on its British production.
September light vehicle sales came through mostly as expected though the decline was not as great as had been predicted.
A proposal by EU lawmakers to cut CO2 emissions by 40 percent was criticized by industry association ACEA, which said the measure would increase costs for consumers and cause job losses.
Production of the Audi e-tron started in September as planned and on time in Brussels, with hopes of reaching maximum output this year if the supply chain does not tear.
VW has formed a biweekly task force with South Korean battery cell supplier LG Chem to ensure the security of VW's supply chain for electric-vehicle batteries.
German registrations plunged 31 percent last month as sales dried up following the introduction of the WLTP testing regime.
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