SAE International said it has approved a new technical standard that will dramatically reduce charging times for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles.
China's Lifan Group is prioritising its acquisition of Besiney in Uruguay and the establishment of its first overseas R&D centre in Brazil.
Ford India has updated its 'emerging markets' Figo based on the previous generation European Fiesta hatchback.
Ford has added the one-litre, three cylinder, EcoBoost petrol engine option to its European C-Max (five seats) and Grand C-Max (seven seat) MPV model line, claiming the powertrain delivers class-leading fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions.
Tata Motors' Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) unit sold 36,907 vehicles in September, up 22% year on year.
Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne will announce a new, scaled-back investment plan for Italy on Oct. 30, along with third-quarter results and new financial targets, union leaders said.
President Barack Obama has put $5 billion in taxpayer money behind his goal of having 1 million electric cars on U.S. roads by 2015. The Republican presidential ticket says it's money wasted on 'losers.
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16 Oct, 2012
Mat Watson takes a high-speed ride in Mikko Hirvonen's WRC Citroen DS3 rally car.
Continental used a 600-square metre booth at this year's commercial vehicle show at Hanover to display its innovations for the automotive megatrends of safety, environment, information and the industry trend of efficiency. In the second of three interviews with Continental, Matthew Beecham talked with Klaus Hau, Executive Vice President, Sensors & Actuators, Continental Powertrain and Leif Reinhold, Business Development Director, Sensors & Actuators, Continental Powertrain to find out more.
Andy Higgins, the new managing director of Chevrolet UK from 1 October, is full of enthusiasm for both the brand and football - handy as his appointment coincided with news of Chevrolet becoming Manchester United's shirt sponsor starting with the 2014/2015 season.
Data released by ACEA for September car sales in the EU shows big declines in European car sales for a number of volume makers as car demand across the region fell for the twelfth consecutive month.
Chevrolet sales in western and central Europe from January to September 2012 rose 2.3% year on year to 157,000 cars while the overall market was down 8%.
French car orders fell 11 percent last month, led by a 30 percent drop at domestic automaker Renault, according to a dealership survey by a trade publication that was released on Tuesday.
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16 Oct, 2012
Production version of the £400,000 Nissan Juke-R is ready for delivery
Following the market launch of its heavy-duty trucks two weeks ago, Daimler Trucks subsidiary Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) has now started production of medium-duty trucks (9 and 12 tons).
European new-car sales plunged the most in almost two years, with Renault and Fiat posting the steepest declines, as the region's sovereign-debt crisis led to reduced demand in Germany, its largest economy.
Driveline and aerospace supplier GKN said demand since it announced half year results in July has "remained broadly in line with expectations with more challenging European automotive and industrial markets being offset by strong automotive demand in the US and China and continued growth in civil aerospace".
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13 Sep, 2018
Here are new UK number plates the DVLA has deemed too silly, rude or offensive and banned from use
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17 Oct, 2012
We reveal some of the plates deemed too offensive by the DVLA
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